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Appraising America's security in a post 9/11 era 25 Articles

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    by T. M. Beeker

    Security is an extremely illusory term. It hopes we are safe but cannot assure it. Yesterday, we lived in a world with international terrorism where airports and other public places were bombed. Hostages were taken in addi...read more

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    by Richard Snow

    It seems that a President is defined by his words. Well one thing about the current administration that has always struck me as disingenuous is to establish a "War on Terror". Yeah, I am not thrilled about a war on Af...read more

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    by NikkiAngel

    America over the years has always been known as the peoples' defender. Not just only the American people but the world has greatly benefited from the America power. Kudos goes to America for ending the Communist reign; wor...read more

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    by Gary C. Gibson

    Trans-national interests surmount interests of national democracy in the United States as the political leadership is seduced by the tremendous wealth of capitalism to such an extent that it generally gives up management o...read more

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    by Linda Gehring

    With Open Borders and Washington's Massive Immigration Policies, How Can America Be Safe? Last evening while briefly flipping through the channels I caught a brief segment on FOX News which was on the threat since 9...read more

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    by Michael Burgwin

    THE CRISIS OF NATIONAL INSECURITY: Approaching the precipice? It is difficult to discuss any single challenge to the security of the United States in the current aura of strategic, evangelic crusades without slipping in...read more

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    by Len Morse

    "Security" is this decade's most prominent buzzword, and with good reason. For those who will always remember what it was like before 9/11, we know that the United States and the world will never be the same. Despite a mor...read more

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    by Kelly Monteith

    As we come up to the anniversary of 9/11 we are somewhat safer then we were before, we are able to seek out 'chatter' from our enemies,our airport security has improved(we think) and we have changed how we cross the North ...read more

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    by Mugurel Stejar

    Looked upon in historical perspective leaders get a new image which might or might have not been accurate during their times, but which is always greater than reality years later. FDR was one of the historical figures whic...read more

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    by Kevin Zarbock

    In appraising America's security in the post 9-11 environment. You'd have to examine a wide host of matters, as it relates to the picture of national security. In the days which followed 9-11 our government talked extensiv...read more

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    by Jeremy Dillahay

    Does the department of Homeland security have a cyber security section,. Yes they do. And their mission is to works collaboratively with public, private and international entities to secure cyberspace and America's cyber a...read more

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    by Duane Kuehn

    Locks only keep out honest people. Like it or not, it is and will always be true. Although Fort Knox has apparently never been robbed, from the outside, it has from the inside. Locks are a deterrent but when it comes do...read more

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    by Carolyn Tytler

    America's security in the post 9/11 era leaves much to be desired. There are thousands of miles of unsecured border between the United States and its neighbors, Canada and Mexico. It is patently impossible to guard every f...read more

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    by Brian Mclain

    September 11, 2001: Three coordinated terrorist attacks bring down the World Trade Centers 1, 2, and consequentially 7, destroy a section of the Pentagon, as a forth plane fails to reach its speculated destination and cras...read more

  • by Cedric Mcclester

    1955 I Is Really 1984 In Disguise House Resolution 1955, titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, is really writer George Orwell's 1984 brought to life, right down to "thoug...read more

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    by Carl Harris

    The 911Commission Report On September 11, 2001 at 7:46am CST and 8:46am EST I was just arriving at my office in downtown St. Louis, where I was Director of Business Development at DOTec Engineering. After greeting co-...read more

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    by Kelly Schlicht

    False Sense of Security is the buzzword idiom; definition and used in a sentence: lull someone into a false sense of security to make someone feel safe when they are not. Wearing suntan lotion can lull people into a fal...read more

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    by Anna Moore

    The State of Washington wins prestigious award for their CIMPS in the national competition for good ideas in Homeland Security. The (CIMPS) Critical Incident Planning and Mapping System, for the State of Washington, was...read more

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    by Roy Comrie

    Prior to 9/11 a number of unrelated agencies were responsible for different aspects of US security . Some of them were barely on speaking terms with each other . There was widespread overlapping of functions , mou...read more

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    by Nancy Cogar

    Sometimes I sit back and think that I have entered the Twilight Zone. Americans as a whole seems ignorant of the past and have opted for "security" in exchange for freedom. If George Bush is really concerned about secu...read more

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