Because the terrorist who committed the attacks on the New York City World Towers used commercial airplanes to commit those attacks the Canadian officials along with the rest of the world has moves toward increasing air travel safety and border regulations to insure terrorists do not have access either by land or by air. Some unprecedented security measures have been taken, and all air travelers are aware both of how these now affect their need for certain documents and of the extra time required for air travel (Lyon, 2006)
When the fallout of 9-11 was over with Canadian officials scrambled to immediately tighten customs and border security to protect the residents of its nation. In doing this the temporary plans put in place created a bottleneck at airports and package pickups nationwide while people were stopped and questioned (Quinn, 2005)
70) In addition, it is reported that President Obama has additionally "taken a hard stance against trafficking, stating at one point during his campaign that combating trafficking will be a top priority in his administration." (Rizer and Glaser, nd, p
Others argue that while that may be true in a few cases, most countries depend on good political and economic relations with the United States and fear the public humiliation that comes with a Tier 3 designation as much as actual sanctions." (Siskin and Wyler, 2010, p
Majority of elite terrorists are now experts in avoiding any actions that could get them arrested and it is therefore highly unlikely that agents will be able to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt, most especially when no crime has been committed yet. Although some activities might not constitute to a crime, they are naturally suspicious and agents should at least be in a position to wash or investigate the people involved (Allmer, 2012)
When the economy weakens, people are put out of work, and thousands or even millions of people across the world come close to starvation levels and poverty. In this regard, the costs of failing to act are far higher than those of action (Feldman, 2011)
War on terror justifies implementation of TIA system but the government might use information obtained for non-terror political purposes such as blackmail. Such systems could be used by the government to spy someone they dislike which is potentially damaging (Hier et al
There have been many cases in case of American-Japanese imprisonment due to government detaining citizens in times of war. This is again a case of state committing crime against its own citizens by keeping a watch on them (Irons, 1976)
Nearly, 500 such individuals were taken off American soil during the year of 1919. Thus, these actions are highly questionable under the pretext of American law (Kennedy, 1980)
Officials need to be accorded even a little trust as they do their work. They need to be given the opportunity to establish how best they can get work done instead of wondering how well to cover their butts (Laidler, 2008)
Nevertheless, security has since been tightened at the airports, borders and ports. Moreover, department of homeland security has since been created to monitor and control the efforts (Lyon, 2007)
Nevertheless, security has since been tightened at the airports, borders and ports. Moreover, department of homeland security has since been created to monitor and control the efforts (Lyon, 2007)
It is also violating the first amendment in the American constitution. It must be stopped dead in its tracks (McVeigh, 2013)
Therefore, the removal of civil rights disintegrates the very essence of being an American. There is really another better way of awarding the terrorists' actions that destroying Americans' way of life (Michael et al
However, the Patriot Act and its subsequent reformation and reissuance in 2003 and 2005 "significantly relaxed the rules for using them [NSL] s while increasing the secrecy requirements. The result has been a surge in NSL requests, from fewer than 9,000 in 2000 to nearly 50,000 in 2005 (Egan 2007, p
The decision of Judge Victor Marrero of the Southern District of New York indicated he did not make his decision in haste. He stressed the important role the judiciary plays in terms of the separation of powers of the constitution, and that the "tradition of judicial oversight" cannot be "undermined by national security legislation…the pages of this nation's jurisprudence cry out with compelling instances illustrating that, called upon to adjudicate claims of extraordinary assertions of executive or legislative or even state power, such as by the high degree of deference to the executive that the Government here contends [the NSL provision of the PATRIOT Act] demands of the courts, when the judiciary lowers its guard on the Constitution, it opens the door to far-reaching invasions of liberty…the Constitution was designed so that the dangers of any given moment would never suffice as justification for discarding fundamental individual liberties or circumscribing the judiciary's unique role under our governmental system in protecting those liberties and upholding the rule of law" (Paul 2007)
"This requirement used to protect information about Americans because few are agents of a foreign government, a foreign terrorist organization, or another foreign power. Instead, today it is sufficient for the FBI merely to assert that the records are relevant to an investigation to protect against international terrorism or foreign espionage…in 2003, Congress dramatically expanded the types of 'financial institutions' on which an NSL can be served to include travel agencies, real estate agents, jewelers, the Postal Service, insurance companies, casinos, car dealers, and other businesses not normally considered 'financial institutions'" (Schuman 2008)
1). However, it is difficult to validate this claim given that "nearly all NSLs come with gag orders forbidding the recipient from ever speaking of the subpoena, except to a lawyer" (Singel 2008)
This seeks to save resources such as money and time thus making DNI to be more effective and efficient. They have coordinated and integrated the wider budget of community of intelligence aimed at ensuring that DNI office makes hard decisions thus preparing the future of the intelligence community (Annual Workshop on Information Privacy and National Security, Gal, Kantor & Lesk, 2009)
This committed work towards achieving the mission of helping the DNI to make informed decisions; they support in the process of hard decision-making. They have put exclusive focus towards providing guidance to the larger intelligence community, thus enabling the director of DNI to pay the required full attention towards the agency (Bruneau, 2007)