Our stereotype terrorist is often male‚ age between 18 – 35 years old. The majority of those who commit acts of terrorism are men. However‚ recent notice has been given to women as actors in terrorist attacks. Female terrorist have been involved in a number of incidents. Women have been involved in a wide range of tasks in support of terrorist activity so the concept of the female terrorist is not a new one. A motivational factor that seems to be clear is the intention for fame and acknowledgement
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detect and prevent intended attacks before they occur. In this report‚ the Committee on Technical and Privacy Dimensions of Information for Terrorism Prevention and Other National Goals examines behavioral surveillance technologies in Counterterrorism programs and make decisions about deploying and evaluating those and other information programs of their effectiveness and risk to personal privacy. Modern data
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The attacks on the United States on September 11‚ 2001 were the direct result of the failure of US agencies‚ ranging from the White House to airport security‚ to recognize vulnerabilities present in the various symptoms. The reason why these vulnerabilities were not acknowledged and repaired is that these various agencies were trapped in a cognitive dissonance cycle of thinking. After the Cold War‚ terrorism was seen as a regional problem (9/11 Commission‚ 92). The majority of terrorist groups
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Customs Enforcement provide our nation with a valuable weapon against the ever-growing and evolving war on drugs. These drug enforcement assets‚ however‚ are not the only entities that play an important role within this organization‚ for the Counterterrorism and Criminal Exploitation Unit provides invaluable support to Homeland Security’s mission of keeping our nation safe against a growing threat of
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that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors. All RAND monographs undergo rigorous peer review to ensure high standards for research quality and objectivity. Long-Term Effects of Law Enforcement’s Post-9/11 Focus on Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Lois M. Davis Michael Pollard Jeremy M. Wilson Kevin Ward Danielle M. Varda Lydia Hansell Paul Steinberg Prepared for the National Institute of Justice Safety and Justice A
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According to her it’s shown that UK‚ India and the U.S. are the only nations seeing drones as an effective and useful strategy in the matter. So since neither Europe nor any Muslim majority country seem to support America’s biggest investment in the counterterrorism program at the time‚ they fear that they’ll soon have more enemies
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The FARC Purpose Statement: To inform the class about The FARC Thesis Statement: To understand The FARC you have to look into their background‚ look at their regional familiarization‚ and the threat they pose towards the United States. Introduction Attention Getter: People are fighting and dying every day trying to get the freedoms they feel should be given to them. The FARC has been fighting for these rights but going about it the wrong way‚ they use bombings‚ murder‚ mortar attacks‚ kidnapping
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Homeland security After 9/11 Department of homeland security Who are they? DHS was established to consolidate efforts of all of the domestic agencies in securing American borders and infrastructure. It possesses functions reaching far beyond what previous domestic security agencies used to have. The need for a new efficient apparatus to manage domestic security was realized very quickly: on 9/11 2001 no one was prepared for the type of attacks launched against the United States of America
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[pic] Among the countless repercussions from September 11 is a new rationale for doling out security assistance: the war on terrorism. Not since anticommunism was used to excuse the arming and training of repressive governments during the cold war has there been such a broad‚ fail-safe rationale to provide military aid and arms to disreputable foreign militaries. Already the largest weapons supplier in the world‚ the U.S. government is now providing arms and military training to an even
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Dave Gorman November 20‚ 2008 Writing About World Affairs Word Count: 708 Warrantless Wiretapping Since the September 11‚ 2001 attacks on the United States‚ many of the counterterrorism measures taken by President George W. Bush and his administration have been questioned concerning their legality‚ morality and practicality. Chief among the issues being debated is that of warrantless wiretapping and data mining inside of the United States. This unprecedented use of executive power
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