U.S. Homeland Security: A Reference HandbookHoward Ball, Professor of Political Science and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Howard Ball ABC-CLIO, 2005 - 235 pages A legal scholar details the creation and function of the Department of Homeland Security, placing it in historical context.
From the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts to the present, the government has aggressively discharged its duty to ensure domestic tranquility, including jailing dissidents and forcing Japanese American citizens into internment camps. In this book, a leading legal scholar explains in detail the present federal actions and places them in historical context.
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Contents
A Brief History of Domestic Security | 1 |
Constitutional Foundations | 3 |
Domestic Security Issues 17892005 | 6 |
The Al Qaeda Attacks of September 11 2001 | 13 |
Immediate Responses by the Bush Administration | 16 |
Enhancing Domestic Security Against Terrorism | 17 |
International Money Laundering Abatement and AntiTerrorist Financing Act of 2001 Title | 18 |
Providing for Victims of Terrorism Public Safety Officers and Their Families | 19 |
Maritime Cargo Container and Port Security | 58 |
Airport Security | 60 |
Border Patrol Security | 63 |
PrivateSector Security Problems | 66 |
State and Local Government First Responders Problems | 70 |
Some Proposed Solutions | 73 |
Chronology | 81 |
Biographical Profiles Top Leadership in the US Department of Homeland Security | 91 |
Miscellaneous | 20 |
Executive Order to Establish the Office of Homeland Security | 24 |
Creating a CabinetLevel Department of Homeland Security | 27 |
Calls for Creation of a Department of Homeland Security | 28 |
Politics in the Creation of the DHS | 33 |
The Department of Homeland Security Act | 38 |
Problems Facing the DHS and Proposed Solutions | 45 |
Problems Confronting Homeland Security | 47 |
DHS Problems | 48 |
Budget and Funding Problems | 52 |
Too Many Congressional Committees | 55 |
The Intelligence Information Sharing Dilemma | 56 |
Others Involved in the Creation of the US DHS | 111 |
Documents | 117 |
Presidential Message to the Congress of the United States on the Need to Create a Department of Homeland Security June 18 2002 | 125 |
Congressional Summary of DHS Act of 2002 Public Law 107296 November 25 2002 | 132 |
Testimony The Nomination of The Honorable Tom Ridge to Be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security before the US Senate Committee ... | 167 |
Protecting the Homeland Lessons from Prior Governmental Reorganizations National Academy of Public Administration April 2003 | 178 |
Directory of Organizations | 193 |
Nongovernmental | 199 |
Print and Nonprint Resources | 207 |
Index | 219 |
About the Author | 235 |
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Popular passages
Page 9 - ... overthrow or destruction of any government hi the United States, to print, publish, edit, issue, circulate, sell, distribute, or publicly display any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence...
Page 10 - Whenever there is declared a war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States by any foreign nation or government, and the President makes public proclamation of the event...
Page 118 - Office") to be headed by the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. Sec. 2. Mission. The mission of the Office shall be to develop and coordinate the implementation of a comprehensive national strategy to secure the United States from terrorist threats or attacks.
Page 8 - When a nation is at war many things that might be said in time of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight, and that no court could regard them as protected by any constitutional right.
Page 123 - The Secretary of the Treasury The Secretary of Defense The Attorney General The Secretary of the Interior The Secretary of Agriculture The Secretary of Commerce The Secretary of Labor The Secretary of Health and Human Services The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development The Secretary of Transportation The Secretary of Energy The Secretary of Education The Secretary of Veterans...
Page 8 - States or to promote the success of its enemies, and whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully cause or attempt to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States...
Page 15 - Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated.
Page 9 - ... government in the United States by force or violence; "(3) to organize or help to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any government in the United States...
Page 117 - Accordingly, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1.
Page 123 - Executive order is intended only to Improve the internal management of the Federal Government and does not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity by a party against the United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other person.
Bibliographic information
| Title | U.S. Homeland Security: A Reference Handbook Contemporary world issues |
| Authors | Howard Ball, Professor of Political Science and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Howard Ball |
| Publisher | ABC-CLIO, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1851098038, 9781851098033 |
| Length | 235 pages |
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