Chapter 13

Question 1

Congress approved the creation of the Department of Homeland Security ____________.

Answer 1

by uniting 22 agencies in 2002

Question 2

The DHS was created from the __________.

Answer 2

Office of Homeland Security in 2003

Question 3

Prior to 9/11, the U.S. Coast Guard was formally under the _____, except in time of war.

Answer 3

Department of Transportation

Question 4

The ________ provides protection to federal officials under threat from terrorism.

Answer 4

U.S. Marshals Service

Question 5

The _________ counterintelligence program violated constitutional limitations on domestic intelligence-gathering and ultimately came under congressional criticism in the early 1970s.

Answer 5

COINTELPRO

Question 6

What is the lead agency in domestic terrorism?

Answer 6

FBI

Question 7

U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

Answer 7

is to unite Americas national security intelligence under one umbrella

Question 8

A law enforcement network that allows law enforcement agencies to share information about criminal investigations; has six centers– each serving a selected group of states

Answer 8

Regional Information Sharing System (RISS)