Homeland Security After 9/11
Homeland security After 9/11
Department of homeland security
Who are they? DHS was established to consolidate efforts of all of the domestic agencies in securing American borders and infrastructure. It possesses functions reaching far beyond what previous domestic security agencies used to have.
The need for a new efficient apparatus to manage domestic security was realized very quickly: on 9/11 2001 no one was prepared for the type of attacks launched against the United States of America. Homeland defense under unprecedented challenges was improvised at the moment Ц no one was trained to cope with such attacks and casualties. What do they Do?
How do they do this? Through:
*Activities and Programs
*Publications
*Laws and Regulations
*Committees and working groups Recommendations for further development
Apart from encouraging DHS for further development plans to protect Americans at home, enhance preparedness, quick response and preemptive measures, there are several other recommendations from authoritative sources, including the Recommendation of 9/11 commission (page 428)
Department of defence
Dr. Robert Gates � secretary of Defense
Established in 1947
Pentagon is the headquarters of The Department of Defense
�The Department of Defense is a mammoth organization. As estimated in The 9/11 commission (Article 3.5) The Department of Defense has the annual budget that exceeds the GDP of Russia.
During September 11 attack a plane crashed into Pentagon and 125 people died Videos, which showed airplanes crashing into the building of Pentagon, were published on the Internet (Russian Version)
For all directives, speeches, statements related to war on terror follow the hyperlink.
Priorities:
Before 9/11, as the report showed, in mid-nineties the top priority for the Department of Defense was �planning how to handle the possibility of a domestic terrorist incident involving WMD�. This included training responders to such kind
Department of homeland security
Who are they? DHS was established to consolidate efforts of all of the domestic agencies in securing American borders and infrastructure. It possesses functions reaching far beyond what previous domestic security agencies used to have.
The need for a new efficient apparatus to manage domestic security was realized very quickly: on 9/11 2001 no one was prepared for the type of attacks launched against the United States of America. Homeland defense under unprecedented challenges was improvised at the moment Ц no one was trained to cope with such attacks and casualties. What do they Do?
How do they do this? Through:
*Activities and Programs
*Publications
*Laws and Regulations
*Committees and working groups Recommendations for further development
Apart from encouraging DHS for further development plans to protect Americans at home, enhance preparedness, quick response and preemptive measures, there are several other recommendations from authoritative sources, including the Recommendation of 9/11 commission (page 428)
Department of defence
Dr. Robert Gates � secretary of Defense
Established in 1947
Pentagon is the headquarters of The Department of Defense
�The Department of Defense is a mammoth organization. As estimated in The 9/11 commission (Article 3.5) The Department of Defense has the annual budget that exceeds the GDP of Russia.
During September 11 attack a plane crashed into Pentagon and 125 people died Videos, which showed airplanes crashing into the building of Pentagon, were published on the Internet (Russian Version)
For all directives, speeches, statements related to war on terror follow the hyperlink.
Priorities:
Before 9/11, as the report showed, in mid-nineties the top priority for the Department of Defense was �planning how to handle the possibility of a domestic terrorist incident involving WMD�. This included training responders to such kind