Compare And Contrast A Homeland Security Advisory System

Homeland Security Advisory System Vs National Terrorism Advisory System

In an effort to maintain the security of our nation, the Department of Homeland Security has developed a system called the National Terrorism Advisory System that releases security threat updates that can be easily accessible to other departments, private organizations, and even the public. However, before the National Terrorism Advisory System, or NTAS, there was the Homeland Security Advisory System, or HSAS, which was a color-coded advisory system that correlated the threat level to that of green, blue, yellow, orange, and red. In this paper, the author will further explain the two systems as well as explain the differences in the systems and why there was a change. The author will begin with discussing the Homeland Security Advisory System. The Homeland Security Advisory System was established in 2002 shortly after the attacks on September 11th 2001. Its intended use was to notify the appropriate organizations and departments, and citizens who
Instead of finding out the reason for the change, they would freak out and think that there was something wrong verses just reading up on it and determining the details of the threat level. Merely hearing a certain color may send someone over the edge because they automatically assume the worst. Homeland Security senior representative Bennie Thompson further explained that whenever the public heard of a threat level change, they rarely knew the reason, how to react, or the duration of said threat level change. Some critics went as far as accusing the Bush Administration for intentionally putting people in fear at times that would benefit him, such as right before an election. (Townsend,