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090 _aHV6432.4 .H65 2009
245 0 0 _aHomeland security /
_cDebra A. Miller, book editor
260 _aDetroit :
_bGreenhaven Press,
_cc2009
300 _a214 p. ;
_c23 cm.
490 1 _aCurrent controversies
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-203) and index
505 0 _aIs 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
610 1 0 _aUnited States
_bDept. of Homeland Security
650 0 _aTerrorism
_zUnited States
_xPrevention
650 0 _aInternal security
_zUnited States
650 0 _aNational security
_zUnited States
650 0 _aCivil rights
_zUnited States
700 1 _aMiller, Debra A.
830 0 _aCurrent controversies
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0815/2008016191.html
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