Exam 4 Flashcards
Weaknesses in homeland security
Weak port security
Southern border not secure
Department of energy
Protect nuclear materials, power grids, + gaslines
Department of homeland security
- Created after 9/11 in 2003
- US cost guard
- office of intelligence+ analysis
- transportation security admin (TSA)
- customs + border protection
- immigrations customs enforcement (ice)
Department of Justice
-FBI
- marshals service
-ATF
Dept. Of defense
FBI
Us attorneys
Us marshals
ATF
Bureau of Justice assistance
Office of Director of National intelligence (odni)
Unite national security
Intelligence process- applied info
Analysts gather info a specific problem
National security
Protect targets > individuals rights
Criminal intelligence
Rules of evidence
Admissible in court
Homeland security information network (HSIN) + fusion centers
Connects jurisdictions in realtime
National criminal intelligence sharing plan
EST. Norms for collecting, analyzing + storing criminal intelligence
Regional information sharing system (Riss)
6 centers share info W/ investigators + work on terrorism
Regional crime gun centers (rcgc)
ATF fusion centers
Anti terrorist assistance coordinator
Works under US attorney to coordinate info
Ian lesser 3 forms of terrorism
Symbolic
Pragmatic
Systematic
Robert Taylor - US weaknesses
Intelligence not properly analyzed
Agencies don’t coordinate info
Intelligence led policing
LE anticipate + solve community problems w/ citizens before crime occurs or escalates
DHS weaknesses
Powerless
No watch list for terrorist
CIA has leading counterrorism role
CIA + FBI compile presidential intelligence briefings
Slow to evolut
Buchanan’S perspective
Allowing people in thru Mexico, US opens door to terrorist infiltration
Kerry Diminyatz’s research paper
Failure to protect southern border causes:
1. Terrorism + WOMD
2. Drug trafficking
3. Human smugging
4. If. Dis.
Immigration debate - Congress
Identification cards
Regulation asylum from hostile countries
Immigration debate - kephart
Vigorous law enforcement
Background checks
Immigration debate - Stephen Flynn
DHS has been separated + needs to be part of national strategy
Infrastructure is vulnerable
Infrastructure protection
Info, energy, communication, transport, + economic systems are vulnerable
Richard Clark vulnerabilities
Computer viruses
Disruptions to power systems + tech organizations
Internet/computer network are vulnerable
Private partnerships
Police linked to security for infrastructure
State + local LE est. Formal-informal connectionS
Local agencies
Assessing threats
Recognize info
Private industry
Not subject to same rules regulations
NYPD intelligence tactical analysis
Suicide bombings + military style assaults
Mumbai + Lahore
Small groups prepare strikes w/o central command
Deep relations w/ locals
LE develop international partnership for info
Finance
Most common overlaps of crime+ terrorism
