Homeland security /  [print] 
Andrea C. Nakaya, book editor. 
 - Detroit :  Greenhaven Press,  (c)2005. 
 - 191 pages ;  24 cm. 
 - Current controversies .
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<br/><br/>Is the American homeland secure --  Homeland security: and overview  Yes: American homeland is secure --  Threat of terrorism has been exaggerated  America is prepared for a bioterrorist attack  Improved monitoring of immigrants is protecting the United States  No: American homeland is not secure --  Terrorism is a serious threat to homeland security  America is not prepared for a bioterrist attack  Current immigration policies are failing to protect the United States  Security lapses at nuclear plants threaten America  Reliance on technology may make America less secure from terrorism  Is the department of homeland security effective? --  Department of homeland security: an overview  Yes: Department of homeland security is effective --  Department of homeland security is the best way to protect America  Department of homeland security is making America safer  Homeland security advisory system is effective  No: Department of homeland security is ineffective: Department of homeland security is not the best way to protect America  Department of homeland security is unlikely to prevent another terrorist attack on America  Homeland security advisory system does not work  What measures should be taken to enhance homeland security? --  Airline pilots should be armed  Airline pilots should not be armed  National Idaho cards would make Americans safer  National Idaho cards would not make Americans safer  Home guard should be created to increase homeland security /  Martin Kady II --  John L. Scherer --  Part I by George W. Bush; Part II by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention --  Asa Hutchinson --  Larry A. Mefford --  James Jay Carafano --  Michelle Malkin, interviewed by Stephen Goode --  Alexander Cockburn --  Charles C. Mann --  U.S. Department of Homeland Security --  Todd Tiahrt --  George W. Bush --  Tom Ridge --  Ivan Eland --  Andrew Stephen --  Charles V. Pena --  John R. Lott, Jr --  George F. Will --  David Bursky --  Timothy Lynch and Charlotte Twight -- Robert Cottrel --  New intelligence system must be created for effective homeland security  Do efforts to enhance homeland security threaten civil literties? --  Yes: Efforts to enhance homeland security threaten civil liberties --  USA Patriot Act has decimated many civil liberties  New surveillance technologies threaten civil liberties  Efforts to increase homeland security have resulted in the mistreatment of immigrants  Using the U.S. military to aid domestic security efforts would lead to violations of civil liberties  No: Efforts to enhance homeland security do not threaten civil liberties --  USA Patriot Act provides the security that protects Americans' liberty  New surveillance technologies can be used without endangering civil liberties  Immigrants have been treated fairly in efforts to increase homeland security  James B. Steinberg, Mary Graham and Andew Eggers --  Barbara Dority --  Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. --  Mark Engler --  Gene Healy --  John Ashcroft --  Tony Tether --  Michael Chertoff. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004052292 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Department of Homeland Security. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Terrorism--Prevention.--United States<br/>Internal security--United States.<br/>National security--United States.<br/>Civil rights--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6432.N163.H664 2005 HV6432