Homeland Security And Homeland Security

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Bush 2003 states that the Federal Government defines homeland security as “a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America Vulnerability to terrorism and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do occur”. I find this interesting since it is believed that this is a national effort which depends on a partnership involving everyone to include the American people. Today it takes everyone to secure the homeland, many people who are less aware of what is going on in the country and still some of who are aware of what is going on still see the federal government as the responsible authority to protect its people from terrorist. Few days ago I was watching the events as they unfolded September …show more content…

According to the reading the department is moving their focus on measures to prevent attacks. Some of the strategies that are being looked at can be from reorganization situating resources in places where it is needed most and where the threat is most likely to occur, intelligence gathering to include travel history, financial records and associations, internet searches these are all clues that are being used to identify and take out the threats. Law enforcements and military planners can also model this by doing the same thing for their cities, states and to include military bases. Planners at all level can look for vulnerabilities and identify risks and patterns the enemy can use to create serious harm or that can create serious harm and damage if a natural disaster should occur. Moreover planners at all levels should use the proactive approach, don’t wait till the threat to find out where your weaknesses are, knowing that the enemy can strike at any time is a good approach to not thinking that you might be immune, there are measures designed to protect our valued institutions. When reading about the different databases and how these systems do not link together in real time, this leads me to think that there is not a direct link with some states law enforcement databases and federal databases. However law enforcement will not know right away if the person …show more content…

Knowing what the Homeland Security does someone can know that the information that is obtained about terrorist groups is based off of intelligence both domestic and intelligence. The goal of the department is to warn the American public about any threats to the Homeland. The process involves rapid transit of intelligence collection, it needs to be analyzed and then distributed to other departments, know where the threat is most likely to occur and develop strategies that may eliminate the threat. A person hearing about threats to the homeland every day should take these seriously regardless if anything come out of it, people can be more cautious of their surroundings, look out for anything out of the ordinary and report the information to the

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