Homeland Security and Emergency Management: Terrorism Analysis Report

This report provides an overview of homeland security and emergency management in the United States, focusing on the evolving nature of terrorism since the 9/11 attacks. It examines the current state of terrorism, highlighting the shift from international jihadist organizations to domestic extremist ideologies and hate crimes. The report details the tools and strategies employed by law enforcement agencies to counter terrorism, including the establishment of anti-terrorism forces, intelligence gathering, and cyber threat mitigation. It analyzes the effectiveness of these measures in light of the rise in domestic terrorism and the failures of the current policies, emphasizing the need for adaptation to address new forms of threats. The report concludes with a call for a thorough revision and analysis of the American Government's role in eradicating terrorism, considering the impact of technology and public opinion on counterterrorism efforts.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Current state of threat to America from terrorism...........................................................................3
Tools used by law enforcement to counter terrorism......................................................................3
Formulation of the position.............................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
The report aims to determine the security of USA against terrorism related activities.
The4 report has been constructed accordingly to determine the preparedness of USA and the role
of the country against global terrorism after the attacks of 9/11.
Current state of threat to America from terrorism
Since the terrorist attacks of 2001 the Government of United States of America provided
more attention towards protecting the country from different kinds of Jihadists attacks and
targeted people with Jihadist ideologies. This led to little or least focus over the local criminals
especially the ones with US based extremist ideologies and movements. However reports by the
US intelligence agencies suggested that a majority of the bomb blasts were generated by local
extremists (Bader, Reade & Froese, 2016). The face of US terrorism has totally changed in the
modern world. Nowadays, the most common types of terrorism activities in USA have changed
to include the likes of hate crime. The hate crime is defined as the latest form of terrorism in
America. The Jihadist organizations thus are no longer a threat to America. The place has been
occupied by individuals who having ready access to guns, radicalized by a diverse range of
ideologies causes tremendous havoc by involving them in mass killing of innocents. There have
been numerous such instances in America which have changed the situation of threat in the
country. This includes the likes of sending package bombs to then President Barack Obama,
shooting at a grocery store in Kentucky, killing of innocent children in an American school and
many more as such.

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Tools used by law enforcement to counter terrorism
According to, Bader, Reade & Froese (2016) different kinds of strategic tools are used by
the organization in order to prevent, disrupt and defeat the terrorist operations before they occur.
The prevention of such kind of threats requires effective as well as strategic planning. The
implementation of necessary mechanisms will help the organizations of the Government to
improve their evaluation, exploitation along with dissemination of different kinds of information.
Some of them are as follows;
1. Establishment of Anti Terrorism Forces
2. Building and maintenance of FBI’s fullest capacity
3. Development of an intelligence capability that fully supports the counter terrorism
efforts
4. Mitigation of different Cyber threats
Determination of Law enforcement
As mentioned earlier, there have been large scale steps taken by the Government of
America to counter terrorism and stop any kind of attacks in the country. Though the
Government have been able to achieve a part of its aims as large scale attacks has totally stopped
from occurring in the country, the plan has failed because of the sudden rise in domestic
terrorism. For example there has been a recent case where a gunman killed 12 people in a
California bar (abc.net.au/news, 2019). The counter terrorism measures of America have been
able to hit the terrorist hideouts and stop their legal and financial aids globally but unfortunately
the growth in domestic terrorism has totally dismantled the plan of the Government. Therefore it

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can be said that the existing policies needs to be changed according to the new crimes in order to
counter them and ensure the safety of the people in America.
Formulation of the position
As said earlier, the current policies of the United States of America started since the Bush
administration has only been partially able to win the war against terrorism. Though there are
multiple reasons to have expected an erosion of concern about terrorism, since the year 2001,
terrorism has shown little signs of decrease in the country (Kluch & Vaux, 2017). Public opinion
in the USA is the primary driver behind the excessive and extensive counterterrorism measures
since the 9/11. According to, Lansford (2018) the American policy makers are unable to
contribute little hope or no in the current circumstances when there has been a sprout in the likes
of local extremist terrorism which has been considered to be the most dangerous form of
terrorism than that of the large-scale ones. Apart from the California Bar incident there have
been many more such instances like, the recent Pittsburgh Shootings where a Gunmen opened
fire in a Synagogue killing a number of people (bbc.com/news, 2019). The improvement in
technology has further deteriorated the situation. Therefore unless and until such problems are
addressed, the country is prone to another major disaster like that of 9/11.
Conclusion
The following report has provided a clear highlight of the different kinds of terrorism acts
and the different policies that are adapted to counter such kind of acts in the country. The current
state of the terrorism acts, the different types of the tools along with the determination of the law
enforcement activities has been provided in the report. The report has been able to determine the
security measures of the country to counter the threats posed from terrorism acts. A thorough

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revision and analysis of the report will give a clear picture of the role of the American
Government in its quest to eradicate terrorism.

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