Homeland Security 
Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the United States began taking more aggressive actions to protect the American people and way of life from terrorism. National or homeland security traditionally involved defending the homeland against foreign military attack. In today's world, however, threats to a nation's security can come from both outside and inside its borders.
In January 2003, the Department of Homeland Security became the Nation's 15th and newest Cabinet department, consolidating 22 previously disparate agencies under one unified organization. In 2002, no single federal department had homeland security as its primary objective. Now it is our mission. We are integrating our resources to meet…>> (read more)
Homeland Security Points of View
5 America Is Prepared for a Bioterrorist Attack
6 Improved Monitoring of Immigrants Is Protecting the United States
7 Terrorism Is a Serious Threat to Homeland Security
8 America Is Not Prepared for a Bioterrorist Attack
9 Current Immigration Policies Are Failing to Protect the United States
10 Security Lapses at Nuclear Plants Threaten America
11 Reliance on Technology May Make America Less Secure from Terrorism
12 Department of Homeland Security Is the Best Way to Protect America
13 Department of Homeland Security Is Making America Safer
14 Homeland Security Advisory System Is Effective
15 Department of Homeland Security Is Not the Best Way to Protect America
16 Department of Homeland Security Is Unlikely to Prevent Another Terrorist Attack on America
17 Homeland Security Advisory System Does Not Work
18 Airline Pilots Should Be Armed
19 Airline Pilots Should Not Be Armed
20 National ID Cards Would Make Americans Safer
21 Efforts to Increase Homeland Security Have Resulted in the Mistreatment of Immigrants
22 Using the U.S. Military to Aid Domestic Security Efforts Would Lead to Violations of Civil Liberties
23 National ID Cards Would Not Make Americans Safer
24 Home Guard Should Be Created to Increase Homeland Security
25 New Intelligence System Must Be Created for Effective Homeland Security
26 USA PATRIOT Act Has Decimated Many Civil Liberties
27 New Surveillance Technologies Threaten Civil Liberties
28 USA PATRIOT Act Provides the Security That Protects Americans' Liberty
29 New Surveillance Technologies Can Be Used Without Endangering Civil Liberties
30 Immigrants Have Been Treated Fairly in Efforts to Increase Homeland Security
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