Homeland Security Assignment Task

Running head: HOMELAND SECURITY
Homeland Security
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Origin of Homeland Security
The 911 incident of 2001 shocked Americans very much. This was a heavy blow to the
United States. The 911 Commission of Inquiry made a long and lengthy investigation report on
the incident. What is most noticeable in the report is that it pointed out that the U.S.
government's response to the incident before and after the incident was frustrating, and various
departments were talking to each other and the command was chaotic (Keeney and von
Winterfeldt, 2011). "It was a mess in the performance"-objectively speaking, the US
government's post-aid assistance was still good, but it was just hacked by the media . In
particular, in advance of the warning, the FBI and the CIA each obtained relevant information
about the terrorist attack, but because of the inherent flaws and bureaucratic style of the US
intelligence system at that time, they were unable to take a coordinated action and watch the
attack occur. It is important to say here that the U.S. intelligence community with 16 intelligence
agencies did not have a well-designed system from the beginning. Its membership additions and
changes, leadership changes, and mission functions were replaced by the federal government,
parliament, and the military. As a result of the game between various political forces, such a
system experienced many intelligence errors during the Cold War, but it did not form a strong
stimulus to the Americans, and the 9/11 incident really hurt Americans (Bureau of Justice
Assistance 2016).
They painstakingly introduced the "United States Act by Taking Appropriate Measures to
Stop and Stop Terrorism", also known as the "Patriot Act", and the Homeland Security Act in
2002, and the 2004 The Three Acts of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention are the
most important US national security laws since 9/11. The three laws have three things in
common. The first is to expand the authority of the intelligence service and lay the foundation

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for the prism plan. The second is to emphasize that the key task of US national security in the
future is anti-terrorism, which has not changed. The unified coordination of the various federal
agencies in national security affairs has been strengthened. The National Intelligence Director,
the Department of Homeland Security and the Northern Command are the products of this spirit
(Applegate, 2016).
These three common points, plus the "syllogism" of counter-terrorism, all set the tone for
the birth and nature of the Department of Homeland Security: there must be an effective
mobilization of the country's large resources to prevent terrorist activities and combat terrorist
organizations. The department that restores the consequences of terrorist attacks, and this
department must also attach great importance to the use of intelligence. There is no doubt that
the Department of Homeland Security is such a department. The fight against terrorism is not
just a matter for the national security department, but requires the participation of the entire
society. This has long been the consensus of governments. In our words, it is to fight terrorism in
a "people's war" manner. The Americans are also well aware of this. The fight against terrorism
involves intelligence reconnaissance, border control, social security, economic supervision,
disaster relief, cultural propaganda, and military operations. Only by forming a joint force in
these areas can we effectively counter terrorism, and in order to effectively To manage and direct
these matters, you need a department with sufficient power to coordinate all of this. In addition,
when this powerful counter-terrorism department is involved in all aspects of national security, it
can no longer be regarded as a pure counter-terrorism department (Crowther, 2014). Its task area
far exceeds the task of counter-terrorism itself, that is, the prevention and combat of terrorist
activities. To restore the aftermath of the terrorist attack. It can be understood in this way that the
extreme pursuit of anti-terrorism effects has led to the construction of other aspects of national

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security, or that good anti-terrorism effects can only be achieved if all aspects of national
security are well-constructed. The Department of Homeland Security is a cabinet-level
department that co-ordinates the construction and management of US Homeland Security, led by
counter-terrorism. This department is also a member of the US intelligence community.
Agencies related to Homeland Security
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Intelligence and Analysis Office's role is to
monitor U.S.-based activities that have potential homeland security risks, including activities in
sensitive groups in the U.S., and dynamics of violent or extremist organizations to form a U.S.-
based threat Intelligence and analysis panorama. The Office of Intelligence and Analysis is
headed by a U.S. Senate-approved Undersecretary of Homeland Security--authorizations he has
include oversight of the Homeland Security Intelligence System within the U.S. federal
government, management of intelligence sharing within the Department of Homeland Security,
and interaction with the U.S. intelligence community The other agencies of the United States
interface with the intelligence needs related to homeland security, and communicate with the US
state's Fusion Center (U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2014).
The Department of Homeland Security works with a number of agencies(Carter, 2016).
One of the agencies is the Transportation Security Agency (TSA). In the United States, airport
security is under the jurisdiction of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). These
TSA staff have the major mission of flight safety. Coupled with the United States' response to
terrorist attacks, security inspection policies are often adjusted and upgraded, and their work has
become increasingly difficult.