| Description |
191 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Current controversies
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index. |
| Contents |
CHAPTER 1 : IS THE AMERICAN HOMELAND SECURE -- Homeland security : and overview / Martin Kady II -- YES : THE AMERICAN HOMELAND IS SECURE -- 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? -- Department of homeland security : an overview / U.S. Department of Homeland Security -- YES : THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS EFFECTIVE -- Department of homeland security is the best way to protect America / Todd Tiahrt -- Department of homeland security is making America safer / George W. Bush -- Homeland security advisory system is effective / Tom Ridge -- NO : THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS INEFFECTIVE -- Department of homeland security is not the best way to protect America / Ivan Eland -- Department of homeland security is unlikely to prevent another terrorist attack on America / Andrew Stephen -- 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 -- Home guard should be created to increase homeland security / Robert Cottrel -- 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 -- 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 -- 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. |
| Subject |
United States. Department of Homeland Security.
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Terrorism -- Prevention.
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Internal security.
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National security.
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Civil rights.
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| Added Author |
Nakaya, Andrea C., 1976-
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| ISBN |
0737727772 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) |
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0737727780 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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