The Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) started after the 9/11 to prevent any more terroroist attacks. After 9/11 the U.S. has beem more strict with Suspicious things happening in places it shouldn't be. Such as taking pictures of government buldings, exits routes, vantage points to kill/destroy something,etc... The SAR is used to protect our nation without it we would be in Chaos. The use of suspicious Activity Reports provides a valuable resource on a potentially criminal behaviors which has helped to keep this country safe over the past 10 years.
I agree with the thesis because, by the Suspicious Activity Report we can stop crime before it happens and we can also stop a terrorist plot. We can catch the people who are planning to do bad stuff and stop them from doing any harm and save possibly lots of lives. "The law enforcements and Homeland Security give information to each other to better protect there community and stop terrorist attacks." (Homeland Security) What the NSI, Law Enforcement, and all the other agencies are doing are giving each other information. The information they are giving each other are information on all the Suspicious Activitys happening in certain areas and what this individual or group of people are doing. By doing this they can send the information to the fushion center and then they can keep an eye on this individual or group of people. The fushion center is the key to everything when a Suspicious Activity is reported. All suspicious activity is sent to the fushion center to further investigate the situation. Then they can keep a eye on this person or group of people and if they try to do something dangorus such as, killing people,blowing stuff up, chemical warfare,etc.. they can stop it befo...
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...ff to all law enforcements in U.S. to narrow down searches and stop criminals and terrorsit. The SAR reports to me is a good thing and bad. I have Explained the bad and good stuff about the SAR report but I still choose SAR to be a good thing even after a lot of flaws in it.
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...e administration plans to introduce legislation that would alter the N.S.A’s privacy breaches and end its illegal data collections. Citing an identical argument, that the government cannot indicate terrorist attacks that have been stopped by the intelligence gathering programs, a review group of the Administration “called for major changes to the program; the latter also concluded that the bulk collection is illegal.”3
Homeland defense is primarily a Department of Defense (DOD) activity and is defined as “... the protection of US sovereignty, territory, domestic population, and critical defense infrastructure against external threats and aggression, or other threats as directed by the President.” Homeland security, regardless of the definition or strategic document, is a combination of law enforcement, disaster, immigration, and terrorism issues. It is primarily the responsibility of civilian agencies at all levels. It is a coordination of efforts at all levels of government. The differences between homeland security and homeland defense, however, are not completely distinct. A international terrorist organization attack on and within the United States would result in a combined homeland security and homeland defense response, such as on 9/11 when civilian agencies were responding to the attacks while the U.S. military established a combat air patrol over New York and Washington, DC. This distinction between homeland security and homeland defense, and the evolution of homeland security as a concept, was reflected in the strategic documents developed and issued following 9/11 (Reese
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September 11, is a time etched in history of the United States, more so than the majority any past conflicts or disasters felt on domestic land. This caused our country to consider its safety for family, friend, and country that has caused a shift in considered career paths or chosen professions. Larsen address the need for a different type expert needed to talk the threats of homeland security (n.d). Studies now show that the past prerequisite degrees like, biomedical are chemistry are no longer the normal backgrounds in the profession of homeland security. Furthermore, to meet the demand of the new career path, many colleges, and university to introduce and address the needs of the field. By 2012 nearly a quarter of all federal jobs were related to homeland security, while ...