HOMELAND SECURITY

Terrorism as threat to Homeland Security

Terrorism as threat to Homeland Security

Introduction

The terrorism issue has become a serious concern, not only in US but all around the world. It encompasses the use of terrorism as a mean to get revenge and to suppress. Many scholars agree that terrorism is a mere abstract notion with no essence. The significance of the terrorism issue draws the attention from the increasing number of casualties. The term 'terrorism' can be defined as that terrorism is the unlawful use of force or aggression or an coordinated assembly against persons or house with the aim of threatening or forcing societies or authorities. Terrorizing activities are often carried out for ideological or political reasons.

The United States is, and has long been, the primary target of a variety of foreign terrorist organizations. It poses a great threat to the homeland security of U.S. The country itself (as has also long been the case) has remained relatively protected from these escalations of terrorist violence. Although the United States is a country that is most often targeted by terrorists abroad, it is near the bottom of the list in terms of the number of terrorist attacks within its own line of borders (Silke, 2001).

In 2001, after the 9/11 attacks in the United States, George W. Bush created the United States Department of Homeland Security. It is the largest federal Government reorganization, after the Department of Defense was established by the National Security Act of 1947. The new department comprises of a large number of services, offices and other associations previously contained by other agencies, such as the, Coast Guard, Culture Service and United States Secret Service. The motive behind establishing the hone land security department was 'war on terror'. The central operation of this security department is to limit the terrorist attacks within the boundaries of joint states. This department has proved to reduce the exposure of the United States to terrorism. Further, it also controls the damage, and helps in the revival, from the fatal terrorist attacks that take place inside the United States (Chaliland, 2007).

Discussion

Homeland Security Committee

It States that, the Committee on Homeland Security was created by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002 in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. At first the committee was created as an option. It was on temporary basis, just to supply the congressional outlook of the development of the newly established department of homeland Security (White, 2010).

Need for Domestic Intelligence

Homeland security will demand for bigger stages in the household smartness in future. Foreign smartness has showed that the intent of smartness both foreign and in the household is to alleviate exact request for paid job of governmental power. Countering terrorism has expanded the want to put concurrently dwelling smartness, but dangers to dwelling security will enhance even more in the future due to development in technological capacities. As the use of power growth to act against these dangers, in the household smartness capabilities ought to in addition advance in order that ...