Letter to the Editor: National Intelligence Strike Teams
Letter from CWO Zacharias Fuentes, U.S. Army Retired dated August 28, 2008.
By Zacharias Fuentes
Volume IV
Volume IV
Preventive Detention in the War on Terror: A Comparison of How the United States, Britain, and Israel Detain and Incapacitate Terrorist Suspects
After September 11, 2001, the Administration decided to detain individuals suspected of being members or agents of al Qaeda or the Taliban as enemy combatants and hold them indefinitely for the duration of the war on terror.
By Stephanie Blum
The Balanced Scorecard: A Strategic Tool in Implementing Homeland Security Strategies
This article describes and illustrates the balanced scorecard as a tool to better implement homeland security strategies.
By Sharon Caudle
Promises Unfulfilled: The Suboptimization of Homeland Security National Preparedness
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the nation has expended billions of dollars and millions of hours of labor focused on ensuring that such events would never happen again. To date, the efforts appear to have been rewarded. But is the nation really safer?
By Samuel Clovis Jr.
New Requirements for a New Challenge: The Military’s Role in Border Security
U.S. border security is not what it used to be. Over the last three decades America’s concerns have steadily escalated from what was once as much a humanitarian issue as a security issue, to concerns over paramilitary violence, organized crime, and international terrorism.
By Bert Tussing
Book Review: The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11 by Edward Alden
Theophilos Gemelas and Randy Beardsworth review The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11 by Edward Alden.
By Theophilos Gemelas and Randy Beardsworth
Book Review: “Consent, Consumers, and the Constitution.” Review of Terror and Consent: The Wars for the 21st Century by Philip Bobbitt
Philip J. Palin reviews Terror and Consent: The Wars for the 21st Century by Philip Bobbitt.
By Philip Palin
Film Review: “No Longer Trapped in the War on Terror.” Review of Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, a film by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg.
Judy Boyd reviews the film Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay and suggests the way in which this film satirizes our response to the war on terror may be an indication of the change in broader cultural attitudes toward terrorism.
By Judith Boyd
Letter to the Editor: Changing Homeland Security: What is Homeland Security?
Letter from Derek Rieksts of Vero Beach, Florida, dated June 26, 2008.
By Derek Rieksts
Reducing the Risk
Since the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2002, the department’s mission has sometimes been difficult to understand.
By Matthew Allen
