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    Drones for Homeland Security WRTG 101/ 101S Joseph Leone July 20‚ 2014 Drone and Homeland Security Introduction Increased security threats caused by heightened global terror activities‚ for instance‚ sectarian groups or Mexican drug empires‚ has prompted the development of decisive technologies‚ which will respond directly to the increased sophistication of these radical groups. A reliable technology is the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) commonly known as a

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    Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5) The directive was aimed at enhancing the capability of United States to efficiently manage domestic incidents by creating a single yet comprehensive national incident management plan. The directive gives the role of coordinating federal operations‚ responses‚ and recoveries from tourist attacks to the secretary of DHS. The directive mandated the secretary of the department of homeland security to establish the National Incident Management System

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    It was gray‚hazy and raining. This is what is looked like after the horrific storm of hurricane Katrina . Before the storm came Armani was celebrating her 10th birthday. Her family (the Curtis’s ) were eating the cake and then is started pouring down rain and the wind was blowing so hard it busted out some of their windows.The Curtis’s really weren’t prepared for the storm . So when it came to their home it hit it hard. When the storm was over they didn’t have much left.Then the went outside to

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    FUNDAMENTAL OR FINANCIAL?"International Journal of Strategic Property Management 10.4 (2006): 209-16. ProQuest. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. Jost‚ Kenneth. "Remembering 9/11." CQ Researcher 2 Sept. 2011: 701-32. Web. 8 Nov. 2013. Katel‚ Peter. "Homeland Security." CQ Researcher 13 Feb. 2009: 129-52. Web. 8 Nov. 2013. Simons‚ Rae. The World Gone Mad: Surviving Acts of Terrorism. Broomall: Mason Crest‚ 2009. Print. Ruschmann‚ Paul. The War on Terror. New York: Chelsea House‚ 2008. Print.

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    Running Head: SECURITY & INFRASTRUCTURE Assignment 2: Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Clara Mae Jones Strayer University Instruction: Dr. Patricia White CIS 502 – Theories Security Management May 16‚ 2013 Abstract When we ask what “Critical Infrastructure is?” Critical infrastructure is the backbone of our nation’s economy‚ security‚ and health. It is clear that we have the power in our homes‚ the water we drink‚ the transportation that moves us‚ and the communication systems

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    Although‚ the gods in two different stories and God in the Old Testament are outraged with the actions of mankind‚ justice was served. We can’t say that all the people on earth were evil doers‚ but thereafter the earth was cleansed from unrighteous people. The significant of The Great Flood Stories and the Hurricane Katrina flood are similar because New Orleans was a city that was full of sin. The Great Flood will cleanse the earth‚ but a selected few people will survive the flood as the City of New

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    Bieschke Dr. Kim English 102 11/30/2012 Homeland At the beginning of the twenty-first century everything changed for the United States of America. Hundreds of people were forced to jump to their deaths. Four airplanes‚ used as suicidal attack vessels‚ quaked the earth and the Pentagon as they hit their targets. Thousands of people died as the towers fell. It all happened Tuesday morning‚ September 11‚ 2001. Al-Qaeda‚ an Islamist militant group‚ was responsible for this brutal terrorist attack

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    When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005 the Zeitoun family could not decide on whether or not to flee or to stay in the city. In the end‚ Abdulrahman‚ more commonly known as Zeitoun‚ stayed behind and Kathy took the children to visit her family in Baton Rouge. What was his justification to stay behind? What happened in his past that gave him the faith to remain during the storm? The book‚ Zeitoun‚ answer many of these questions through anecdotes. Dave Eggers uses anachronistic anecdotes to

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    Finally‚ requiring a person to produce certain documents is unfair to foreign nationals‚ Native Americans‚ victims of domestic violence‚ the homeless‚ the elderly‚ military personnel and victims of natural disasters. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) response was the REAL ID Act does not have

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    Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating events that has ever happened in the U.S History. Katrina started out in the Atlantic Ocean as a small rotation at the beginning of August 20th and in 4 days crossed over the southern tip of Florida. At this point it was considered a category 1 hurricane‚ but it didn’t do to much damage and took approximately 20 lives. Four days later the U.S Government issued an evacuation of the city because the hurricane had grown to a category 3 and predicted

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