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Homeland security /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Nakaya, Andrea C., 1976-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, [2005]
Series:Current controversies.
Subjects:
United States. > Department of Homeland Security.
Terrorism > United States > Prevention.
Internal security > United States.
National security > United States.
Civil rights > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • CHAPTER 1: IS THE AMERICAN HOMELAND SECURE
  • Homeland security: and overview / Martin Kady II
  • YES: THE AMERICAN HOMELAND IS SECURE
  • The threat of terrorism has been exaggerated / John L. Scherer
  • America is prepared for a bioterrorist attack / Part I by George W. Bush; Part II by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Improved monitoring of immigrants is protecting the United States / Asa Hutchinson
  • NO: THE AMERICAN HOMELAND IS NOT SECURE
  • Terrorism is a serious threat to homeland security / Larry A. Mefford
  • America is not prepared for a bioterrist attack / James Jay Carafano
  • Current Immigration Policies are failing to protect the United States / Michelle Malkin, interviewed by Stephen Goode
  • Security lapses at nuclear plants threaten America / Alexander Cockburn
  • Reliance on technology my make America less secure from terrorism / Charles C. Mann
  • CHAPTER 2: IS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY EFFECTIVE?
  • The department of homeland security: an overview / U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • YES: THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS EFFECTIVE
  • The department of homeland security is the best way to protect America / Todd Tiahrt
  • The department of homeland security is making America safer / George W. Bush
  • The homeland security advisory system is effective / Tom Ridge
  • NO: THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS INEFFECTIVE
  • The department of homeland security is not the best way to protect America / Ivan Eland
  • The department of homeland security is unlikely to prevent another terrorist attack on America / Andrew Stephen
  • The homeland security advisory system does not work / Charles V. Pena
  • CHAPTER 3: WHAT MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENHANCE HOMELAND SECURITY?
  • Airline pilots should be armed / John R. Lott, Jr
  • Airline pilots should not be armed / George F. Will
  • National ID cards would make Americans safer / David Bursky
  • National ID cards would not make Americans safer / Timothy Lynch and Charlotte Twight
  • A home guard should be created to increase homeland security / Robert Cottrel
  • A new intelligence system must be created for effective homeland security / James B. Steinberg, Mary Graham and Andew Eggers
  • CHAPTER 4: DO EFFORTS TO ENHANCE HOMELAND SECURITY THREATEN CIVIL LIBERTIES?
  • YES: EFFORTS TO ENHANCE HOMELAND SECURITY THREATEN CIVIL LIBERTIES
  • The USA PATRIOT act has decimated many civil liberties / Barbara Dority
  • New surveillance technologies threaten civil liberties / Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.
  • Efforts to increase homeland security have resulted in the mistreatment of immigrants / Mark Engler
  • Using the U.S. military to aid domestic security efforts would lead to violations of civil liberties / Gene Healy
  • NO: EFFORTS TO ENHANCE HOMELAND SECURITY DO NOT THREATEN CIVIL LIBERTIES
  • The USA PATRIOT act provides the security that protects Americans' liberty / John Ashcroft
  • New surveillance technologies can be used without endangering civil liberties / Tony Tether
  • Immigrants have been treated fairly in efforts to increase homeland security / Michael Chertoff