03981nam a2200349 a 4500 vtls000045161 KUKTEM 20251117150101.0 100222t2009 miu f b 001 0 eng d 9780737741384 (hardcover) 0737741384 (hardcover) 9780737741391 (pbk.) 0737741392 (pbk.) 201107132307 VLOAD 201008191054 fauzi 201002221627 farina UMP HV6432.4 .H65 2009 Homeland security / Debra A. Miller, book editor Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009 214 p. ; 23 cm. Current controversies Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-203) and index Is the American homeland secure? Since 9/11, the United States has made extraordinary progress in securing the homeland / The White House ; The U.S. military is better prepared to defend against terrorist threats / Jim Garamone ; The terrorist threat has been greatly exaggerated / John Mueller ; Homeland security efforts since 9/11 have been ineffective and wasteful / Stephen Cass ; The government has let homeland security languish since 9/11 / James Ridgeway ; Strengthening security is a work in progress / The Plain Dealer ; Americans remain attractive terrorist targets / The Economist -- Is the Department of Homeland Security effective? 2007 was a year of tremendous progress and maturation for the Department of Homeland Security / Michael Chertoff ; The Department of Homeland Security is making progress in recruiting veterans / Robert Brodsky ; The Department of Homeland Security is actively engaged in the War on Terror / George W. Bush ; The Department of Homeland Security has not made us safer / Harris Sherline ; A 2007 General Accounting Office report gives the Department of Homeland Security a failing grade / Government Security ; The Department of Homeland Security has not taken a strategic approach / Daniel Byman ; Congress has created more bureaucracy but less security for Americans / Ron Paul -- What measures should be taken to enhance homeland security? Congress should concentrate on five basic areas to fix homeland security / James Jay Carafano ; Following our basic values is the foundation for our security / Brian Michael Jenkins ; The United States must continue to improve its domestic intelligence system / David Heyman ; The nation must develop a legal framework for detaining terrorist suspects / Benjamin Wittes and Mark Gitenstein ; The U.S. government should improve its emergency preparedness system / E. L. Gaston ; The public must refuse to be terrorized / Bruce Schneier -- Do efforts to enhance homeland security threaten civil liberties? Chapter overview / David Cole ; George W. Bush’s "War on Terror" violates the rule of law / David Cole and Jules Lobel ; The revised Patriot Act is unconstitutional / Ryan Singel ; The government’s data-mining program is an unprecedented assault on privacy / Shane Harris and Tim Naftali ; The Real ID Act will clearly invade Americans’ privacy / Michael Hampton ; The 2007 Protect America Act poses a serious civil liberties threat / John W. Dean ; The Patriot Act has not abused civil liberties / Paul Rosenzweig ; Data mining could help catch terrorists / Hiawatha Bray ; The Protect America Act modernizes America’s foreign surveillance capabilities / George W. Bush United States Dept. of Homeland Security Terrorism United States Prevention Internal security United States National security United States Civil rights United States Miller, Debra A. Current controversies Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0815/2008016191.html 0 0 0 0 10000 10000 2019-09-04 131.27 0 HV6432.4 .H65 2009 0000049112 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 131.27 2019-09-04 OPEN VIRTUA40 51058 51064 VTLSSORT0080*0200*0201*0202*0203*0400*0900*2450*2600*3000*4900*5040*5050*6100*6500*6501*6502*6503*7000*8300*8560*9991