...Aviation Aviation and Transportation Security Act Abstract The passage of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) in 2001 changed the way the aviation industry operated and how passengers travel. The ATSA forced the US Government and aviation to change its security culture to ensure protection of passengers and employees from future attacks like those that occurred on September 11, 2001. The ATSA was passed and signed into law in direct response to the security vulnerabilities that surfaced during the 9/11 attacks. This paper will demonstrate how the ATSA affected how US Government agencies and aviation industry upgraded security processes in an effort to prevent terrorists from attacking the US in the future. Aviation and Transportation Security Act After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the United States Congress turned its focus towards tightening airport security by voting to standardize airport security nationwide. Before 9/11, airport security was the responsibility of airports and contracted security services utilizing unskilled passenger and baggage screener personnel. Screeners where overworked and received a minimum wage average salary. Many mistakes caused by inadequate employee security training created numerous security vulnerabilities throughout the aviation industry. After the 9/11 attack, a federal government controlled, stricter, and more sweeping passenger and baggage screening replaced this flawed system. With the aid...
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...Trade Center was bombed. Eight years later on September 11, 2001, each tower was hit by a plane. During the plane crashes, Americans slowly began to think we were being attack by terrorists and it turns out that we were. Ramzi Yousef was arrested for the World Trade Center Bombing of 1983 and Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist group, ISIS, were the main cause of 9/11. After the bombing in 1993 occurred, the Twin Towers reopened one month later, but after 9/11, both towers collapsed. It was decided they were never going to be built again. Both the World Trade Center Bombing and 9/11 were unexpected and troubled America greatly....
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...Terrorism The world is filled with petrifying and frightening obstacles that everyone has gone through with terrorism. The history of terrorism goes back to the first assassination that was told to be an attack to just recently at the Fort Lauderdale Airport. It’s a problem in the United States the government is figuring out how to overcome the problem, the driven reason to terrorism, and who is planning these attacks. This leads to the book Little Brother comparing and contrasting to the worst attack in the United State which was 9/11. Since 1865 terrorism is existent and today continues to be a problem here in the United States. Terrorism back in 1865 was defined more as an assassination or attack on government officials. The first assassination...
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...On September 11, 2001, a day that will be forever in our minds, the United States was targeted. Where two towers once stood, there lay only rubble. Our nation’s defense building, the Pentagon was left in a state of destruction and mayhem. A field in Pennsylvania held the twisted metal corpse of the fourth and final plane, brought down by the brave passengers on board. 2,996 men, women and children died that day. Yet like a phoenix, we rose from the ashes of destruction and fought. Joining with country’s all around the world to show that we, the United States of America, will not be pushed around. Before 9/11, President Bush’s administration was focusing its foreign policy on China and Russia. Along with trying to determine if a Middle East peace agreement would work and contemplating how to deal with rogue...
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...The 9/11 attack had serious impact on the U.S economy both long term and short term. Many Americans during this crisis encountered financial disabilities, while the economy faced a recession. The damages done by 9/11 is largely vast but there a specific categories that it had impacted. The attack affected tourism, homeland security, defense spending, taxes and monetary policy, cost of War on Terror, and escalation and stalemate. The attack of 9/11 was done by airplane collisions, therefore, causing reasonable fear of flying in American citizens. The airline industry suffered great downfall in the business losing a total of $74 billion dollars between 2001 and 2010. Equally, thousands of people who worked in tourism lost their job and faced financial crisis. After the attack, spending on homeland security grew drastically. Vast spending on security was widely supported and amounted to $630 billion. Military bases and drafts increased and established new protocols. Airports became even more strict and less lenient in passenger and luggage examination. This caused the process of exiting and entering the country even longer and stricter. With strict policies and examinations, many did not want to fly out the country in fear of being mis examined and identified. This added to the heavy...
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...Tyus Franks Ms. Terry A.P Literature October 8, 2014 Airport Security Airport security is the name for techniques and methods used to protect staff, aircraft, and passengers from accidental or malicious harm, crime and other dangerous threats. People want to feel safe when they are traveling, so the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has many methods that they use to make sure that people who are traveling can actually be safe. The TSA works with other organizations so they can be successful as possible. “TSA uses a risk based strategy and works closely with transportation, law enforcement, and intelligence community’s to set the standard for excellence in transportation security” (tsa.org). They do not want to take any chances,...
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...How 9/11 Changed America Final Exam Essay 3/11/2016 On September 11, 2001 America watched in horror as an act of terror hit New York City. Two commercial airline planes were hijacked and rerouted to hit the World Trade Center buildings. Today the question is being asked, did this result from intelligence failures? My answer to that is yes. When something is going wrong and you do not know what is happening, that is an intelligence failure. November of 1941, the U.S. intelligence community knew that the Japanese were moving their fleets across the Pacific; however they could not quite figure out where the target location was. In November 1944, American and British intelligence knew that the Germans were massing around the Ardennes; it was not until the Battle of the Bulge did they find out why. In 1990, the U.S. intelligence community was aware that Saddam Hussein was moving armored forces in Iraq and various places; again we did not know why until it was too late. How many times does this have to happen before change is made? The intelligence community should know about people’s capabilities and their intentions. We do find out intentions some of the time, but not all of the time. The intelligence game is a zero-sum business. If you do not find intelligence all of the time, then what happened in New York will happen again. Maybe not in the same fashion, but something will happen. What happened? Nineteen members of al-Qaeda hijacked 4 American Airlines Boeing...
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...Jorge Mercado Jaqui Shehorn ENG 100 12/9/2014 9/11 a Day to Remember 9/11 A date that marked the united states for life. As the years go by Most of us always remember this historic tragedy that ended with many innocent lives. There are different points of view and different settings and stories to this tragic day, but what most of us know is that 9/11 it changed the United States, showing us fear, but also courage of doing what is right, no matter the price. 9/11 was very significant to the United States most of all because of all the lives that were lost that day. On September 11 2001 America lost over 2,000 people not including firemen, policemen whom lost their lives doing their job just like those hundreds of people working in the trade center as the towers fell our country was changing. Selfless acts were put into action as regular people, firefighters, police officers, ran into the building, trying to get everyone else out. Their selfless acts are now prized. They sacrificed themselves to give everyone else a second chance to act or change as they were. The world watched as the US fought the fires, trying to save our citizens. There was nothing they could do, but watch. The attacks changed our country. All across the US, panic and fear were rising quickly as we watched the towers, one by one, fall. Our beautiful country went into mourning. Hundreds from around the...
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...Jessica Ramirez History 1501 May 20, 2013 Deadliest Day in History September 11, 2001; this is a day Americans will never forget. On September 11, 2001, four planes were hijacked by terrorists. Two of the passenger planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Centers in New York City which caused tremendous fires that led to the collapse of the towers. One plane crashed into the Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. The last plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania; it is believed that the hijackers had planned to also crash this plane into a building, but failed thanks to the actions of the plane’s passengers. Many Americans and people all over the world witnessed these deadly events through nationwide television. It was the worst terrorist attack on American soil. This was an attack that changed America forever. In search for answers, Americans remembered once again and compared the September 11 attack to the Pearl Harbor assault. In the Pearl Harbor assault, Japan unexpectedly attacked United States on December 7, 1941. In both circumstances, a secure nation was attacked on its own soil. Just as Pearl Harbor awoke America out of a sense of security, September 11 had a similar effect on Americans. Both Pearl Harbor and September 11 attacks resulted in a significant loss of human life. On the Pearl Harbor attack 2,388 people were killed. On September 11, 2001 it was believed a larger number of people had lost their lives. It was difficult to provide an exact...
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...ideological change, and other times it is done out of pure spite or hatred. Regardless of motive, the consequences of terrorist attacks can be horrific. The images of September 11th, 2001 are seared into the mind of every American. This day radically changed the way the United States approached antiterrorism policy. The Department of Homeland Security was formed, billions of dollars were committed to combat terrorism...
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...Prejudice, Trinidad, and 'Jamaican exceptionalism'UWI «Tracking no» Foun1101 CARIBBEAN CIVILISATION Student Name: ID Number: Faculty: SOCIAL SCIENCES Degree Prog.: BSc. MANAGEMENT Date: 24/02/12 Title of Article Prejudice, Trinidad, and 'Jamaican exceptionalism' ________________________________________________________________________________________________ I certify that this is my own work and by attaching this cover sheet certify further that there are no instances of plagiarism contained herein. I submit to any penalty that the Faculty deems appropriate for any instance of plagiarism discovered in this work howsoever caused… Signed: Shawn Ramsaran THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES 1. I hereby certify that I am the author of the attached item of coursework and that all materials from reference sources have been properly acknowledged. 2. I understand what plagiarism is and what penalties may be imposed on students found guilty of plagiarism. 3. I certify that this paper contains no plagiarised material. 4. I certify that this is my own work and that I did not receive any unfair assistance from others (including unauthorized collaboration) in its preparation. 5. I certify that this paper has not previously been submitted either in its entirety or in part within the UWI system or to any other educational institution. 6. In the case of group work: a. I certify that the individual work of each member of the group has been...
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...Durham 1 Olivia Durham 4/29/15 CCJ 316 Elena Windsong How has the government changed ever since terrorism attacks have occurred in the United States? The research articles have showed that the country has tightened up their policies, especially since 9/11. For example, Zakheim said “the White House--once known as the "people's house"--faces, no longer open to traffic. ID cards required everywhere. Airline passengers waiting patiently in line to take off their shoes, belts, jewelry--and to have their bags searched and perhaps their bodies as well”(2). Before 9/11 happened there were rules in the white house and everywhere else but the laws and rules weren’t as strict. In the U.S, the government usually doesn’t make a change in rules unless...
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...U.S. Department of Homeland Security Chris Cabral National American University Abstract The primary mission of the Homeland Security Act is to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce the vulnerability of the United States to terrorism, and minimize damage and assist in recovery for terrorist attacks that occur in the United States. The U.S Department of Homeland Security was established after the 9/11 attacks to counter terrorist activities against the United States. Homeland security is officially defined by the National Strategy for Homeland Security as "a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America's vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do occur”. The major objective of the Patriot Act is “to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools" by dramatically reducing restrictions pertaining to law enforcement requests to search telephone records, e-mail communication, and health records. The Patriot Act allows for the emergency disclosure of electronic communications to protect life and broadens the definition of terrorism to include acts of domestic terrorism. Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the Patriot Act allows the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or a designee of the director to apply for an order requiring the "production of any tangible things (including...
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...Also, there was another display terrorism when Timothy McVeigh detonated a bomb at a government building in Oklahoma City, killing nearly 170 and injuring almost 700 people in 1995. Although this wasn’t a jihadist carrying out the attack like in the 1993 bombing, it was still a big deal considering the damage done by the bomb, and the fact that it was only two years after the 1993 bombing in the trade center....
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...Terrorism The Federal Bureau of Investigation is often depicted as the suit wearing hard core heroes called in to crack the tough cases. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is a lot like that. There is more to the bureau than just the criminal investigation side. The FBI plays an active role in the war on terrorism. On September 11th 2001, the lives of Americans changed. Two planes were taking over by terrorist that smuggled razor blades on broad. The two high jacked planes then were flown into the Twin Towers in New York. The result was the loss of life for 3,000 Americans; the plane crashes were one of the most lethal attacks America has ever faced. After the heart wrenching and fear striking events of 9/11, the FBI has devoted a great majority of its resources into keep events like September 11th happening again. Within a year, the FBI established new websites, tip lines, and joint organizations to further anti-terrorist culminations. The FBI is currently in charge of more than a dozen agencies concerning terrorism. Many advocates say that the FBI is doing a great job with the war against terrorism. Critics of the FBI’s handling of security directly related to the prevention and/ or detection of possible acts or terrorism or terrorist fall into two categories: the FBI is not doing sufficient job of keeping the lives of American’s safe and secondly, the FBI is overstepping the constitutional boundaries in the so said name of terrorism prevention. By exploring the foundation...
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