...The airline industry has been trying to continuously improve the security of it airports and the procedures that are put into place to ensure the safety of its passengers. Over the last decade this has become very pressing issue and a question that has been on the minds of those that ate in the industry; how do the airline industry better prepare themselves for future threat. One of the things that I have notice with my travels abroad is that the security presences and type is much different then what is currently here in the United States. Has we know “ airport security procedures are design to deter, protect, and respond to criminal acts that may affect the safety and security of he flying public” (Young & Wells, 2011, p. 288). There are several things that the industry can implement to reduce or eliminate future criminal acts from occurring. The two things that instantly jump out to me that the airline industry can implement that would meet the intent of their security procedures are new technology and security personnel. Although this new technology has arisen some concerns and controversy since its introduction, the use and its future development can reduce the time that travelers are spending at security check points an improve passenger identification process. The body scanners that have recently introduced are a look toward the future for airline security. The X-ray style scanners gives the airline industry the ability to search passengers to a level that once...
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...at the airport. Traveler must check in at least two hours in advance before their departure. There are restrictions on what passengers can bring. Anything that is liquid has to be a certain size and need to be placed in clear, sealed bags. No food or bottled water is allowed through security check. Passengers are selected at random for more intense screenings. You cannot protect against every single thing unless you want no freedom. Therefore this emphasis on freedom in the USA that has led to the latest round of highly-publicised controversy over airport screening procedures. TSA's aim to replace all passenger-screening units with advanced imaging technology (AIT) equipment. These machines use either backscatter X-ray or millimetre-wave technology to provide a graphic image of a passenger's body beneath clothing, which can detect both metallic and non-metallic threats, including weapons and explosives. Passengers who object to the machines on privacy grounds can opt for an enhanced pat-down instead, although this can be much more intrusive. I experienced a pat-down in the airport last summer and nothing were left untouched. It was very uncomfortable. In the article, Eleven Years After 9/11, Flying is safe, Routine, and Annoying, according to Daniel Gross (2012), “Eleven years after the attacks, air travel in the U.S. has pretty much reverted to what it was pre 9/11: a pain in the ass.” I completely agree with Gross. I had witnessed unnecessary actions in the airport. My grandma...
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...at the airport. Traveler must check in at least two hours in advance before their departure. There are restrictions on what passengers can bring. Anything that is liquid has to be a certain size and need to be placed in clear, sealed bags. No food or bottled water is allowed through security check. Passengers are selected at random for more intense screenings. You cannot protect against every single thing unless you want no freedom. Therefore this emphasis on freedom in the USA that has led to the latest round of highly-publicised controversy over airport screening procedures. TSA's aim to replace all passenger-screening units with advanced imaging technology (AIT) equipment. These machines use either backscatter X-ray or millimetre-wave technology to provide a graphic image of a passenger's body beneath clothing, which can detect both metallic and non-metallic threats, including weapons and explosives. Passengers who object to the machines on privacy grounds can opt for an enhanced pat-down instead, although this can be much more intrusive. I experienced a pat-down in the airport last summer and nothing were left untouched. It was very uncomfortable. In the article, Eleven Years After 9/11, Flying is safe, Routine, and Annoying, according to Daniel Gross (2012), “Eleven years after the attacks, air travel in the U.S. has pretty much reverted to what it was pre 9/11: a pain in the ass.” I completely agree with Gross. I had witnessed unnecessary actions in the airport. My grandma...
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...Should all gun owners suffer because of violent gun crimes? Should our rights to bear arms be violated in attempts to prevent these crimes? The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights and its many interpretations lead only to more questions and controversy. Now the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act (SAFE Act) law has been instated. While the SAFE Act was brought about to prevent horrific crimes like the recent Sandy Hook tragedy, even the legislators “called action on the measure premature.” The law was rushed into place and does not apply to the issues at hand. Guns can be very dangerous; however, it is the people committing these heinous gun crimes that present the problems. Society members should not, as a whole, have to deal with repercussions from a few peoples crimes. Local gun shop owner Dick Decosse sums it up when he says, “Basically, the bad guys get what they want, and the rest of us are paying the price.” While I am personally uncomfortable with guns and do not allow them in my home, I recognize and understand everyone else’s right to make their own choices. The people who commit these reprehensible crimes are not going to be stopped by the new law, especially with the lack of understanding of what exactly the law means. People do not seem to understand the implications of the law or how it might affect them. Questions are being referred to the State Police and even they are saying that “they don’t have any details on the law.” If...
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...Northwest Airlines flight. Fortunately, the bomb failed to detonate, and the plane landed safely. Soon after, President Obama and the Transportation Security Administration responded by heightening airport security measures. They implemented a naked body scanner in addition to the pat-downs to prevent similar plots in the future. The legal controversy over the scanners has continued to grow throughout recent years. Many protestors have voiced their concerns on the scanners, some which include: a violation of privacy rights and the harmful exposure to radiation. Despite the negative views towards the body scanners, they should be used at airports because they are not harmful to our health, and they increase our safety, which is top priority. According to CNN NEWS “The Electronic Privacy Information Center argues that the scanners violate passengers Fourth Amendment rights because, the group claimed, the search is more invasive than necessary to detect weapons or explosives.” (Mike Ahlers) TSA officials have said numerous times that they have created and thought out ways to protect people’s privacy. In a fairly recent speech, “Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole said…the agency is looking at new technology such as body scanners that show passengers as “stick figures” and security methods…to make air travel security as minimally invasive as possible.” (Joseph Weber) The new machines will automatically blur the faces of passengers, and the images will look like...
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...The September 11 event also suggests that, terrorists do not only use guns and bombs to cause violence, but they can turn public transportation as weapons to cause massive destructions. The event of September 11 has instilled fear to passengers when using various categories of transportation. The use of aircraft was a weapon to cause the September 11 mayhem and therefore, the emergence of travel restrictions an airport and airline tight security. It is very clear that, controlling individual and organized terrorism could be difficult considering the September 11 terrorism attack. Easy access to information as a result enhanced information age by ICT has made fighting terrorism difficult due to their global presence and the quick and easy information sharing. Therefore fighting terrorism must be a concerted effort and long lasting battle and taking note of new dynamics of terrorist groups that effectively exploited communications technologies to weaken state security. 5.0 Risk Management before 11/9 5.1 Federal Bureau of Investigation...
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...(NaturalNews) Serving as yet another reminder of just how ridiculous the "national security" theater is in America today, a U.S. Transportation Security Administration screener at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago has been caught on tape patting down a three-year-old in a wheelchair, and swabbing the boy's body, cast, and chair for explosives. Russia Today reports that the boy and his parents, grandparents, and two siblings were on their way to Walt Disney World in Florida when a TSA screener decided to pull the boy aside. As captured by the boy's father, the screener, who in all fairness was gentle and kind to the boy during the process, proceeded to pat the boy down, lift up his shirt, and swab his person and wheelchair for explosives. Visibly shaken throughout the entire experience, the young boy is seen on camera shaking and scared while his father, who was filming the incident, repeatedly reassures his son that everything will be fine. However, the boy's father was not allowed to get near his son and comfort him during the process, and was reportedly refused by TSA screeners from even holding the boy's hand. You can watch a video clip of the incident at the following link: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/321444 "My little boy wanted me to come over to hold his hand and give him a hug. He was trembling with fear," said the father to the Toronto Sun. "I was told I could NOT touch him during this process. Instead, we had to pretend this (procedure) was...
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...Our nation security has never been the same since the event that change everything, the bombing of the twin towers in September 11, 2001. Thousands of innocent lives were lost because we lack the security we have now. In order to prevent this from happening again our government developed polices in order to counter act and mitigate the threats of ongoing terrorism. Department of Homeland security is formed as a separate agency of the government to secure our nation from the acts of terrorism. The agencies sole purpose is to keep us safe and to prevent the attacks of the terrorism. In the development of the policies and counter terrorism tactics the government face different issues? In this essay we are going to look at how these issues affected...
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...whole localities are increasingly providing access to the public. Due to its popularity, varieties of businesses are exploring their options to stay relevant and attract customers. Airports, train stations, grocery stores and other public locations are offering free Wi-Fi in hopes to lure the consumer to purchase their products. Free public Wi-Fi facilitates a lengthier customer relationship and offers a competitive advantage against other local coffee shops offering the same consumables. The accessibility that retail companies have offered to their customers allows for easy and convenient access to the internet. Background Information Wi-Fi is radio-wave technology known as IEEE 802.11b. Wi-Fi has an inexpensive installation and runs with speeds up to 11Mbps. An existing local area network, LAN, needs to exist to install wireless access points. The advantages are the mobility it allows, ability for multiple devices to quickly access with or without authenticating, higher speeds than wired access, and installation costs. The disadvantages include the need for multiple wireless access points to increase signal strength in large areas, narrow area of space that the wireless signal reaches, connection hiccups and the weak security points of having a public network. There is currently minimal security offered directly by the internet provider. Literature Findings Current State Wi-Fi is still currently the leading tactic of public internet access; only broadband is a close...
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...The novel I just finished reading was titled 1984 by George Orwell. This story covers a modern controversy that the government is constantly watching us, from hidden cameras, to tapping in our phone lines, to spies. Though this is a fictional novel, it is very similar to today’s society. In the novel, we are introduced to Winston Smith, one who is against the Big Brother Party who is keeping Oceania under surveillance perpetually. Winston takes us through his expedition on a life of secrecy. The author of the book is George Orwell. The whole novel is written in third person context and in one continuous present storyline. His writing style is superb as he puts the reader in the shoes of Winston. Every emotion Smith feels, the reader feels as well. Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling party in London, in the nation of Oceania. The nation of Oceania is constantly being under watch along with many others by the Big Brother Party. The party keeps the society under watch so that no citizen could be rebellious. The Big Brother Party prohibits free thoughts, sex, expression of individuality and even thoughts of rebellion is a crime. Winston who dislikes the party’s rigid control purchases a diary to write all his rebellious thoughts. Throughout the novel, he meets Julia, his co-worker who he fell in love with. They go behind the party’s back and have a secret relationship. Te party soon discovers their rebellious acts and decides to punish then severely by introducing...
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... Despite being targeted at Washington, D.C, its passengers tried to overcome the hijackers and ended up being crashed into an open field in Pennsylvania. The attacks killed approximately 3000 people. Among them included all 19 hijackers and the 227 passengers who were aboard the four planes. The 9/11 terrorist attacks are considered the most fatal case for firefighters in United States history. The bipartisan Commission was given the mandate of researching and presenting its conclusions, findings and recommendations that would ensure that a similar scenario of the September 11th attacks did not happen again. The Commission found out that al-Qaeda had used loopholes in the United States’ aviation security systems to conduct the attacks (Langley, 2006). Weaknesses in Aviation Security There were five main weaknesses that facilitated the September 11 attacks in the United States. Before the 9/11 attack’s, the pre-screening process in the United...
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...ENGL 250: #4 Documented Essay Suggested Topics For the Assignment #4 Documented Essay, you will present multiple viewpoints from a currently debated issue. You need to draw your topic from the issues and controversies discussed in Rereading America, or a current debate in anthrozoology (human-animal studies). Here is a list of suggested topics. You may choose one of these, or create your own with instructor approval. Look through the table of contents and chapter introductions in Rereading America and find a debate or a controversy that interests you, and develop your topic in the form of a question that could have multiple answers. Your topic must be narrowly focused enough to cover adequately in a 5-7 page paper. Family & Relationships: * Do children need to be raised by both a mom and a dad? * An increasing number of people are opting not to become parents. Is this bad for society? * Can a parent who uses marijuana recreationally still be a good role model? * Does lifelong monogamous marriage represent the ideal partnership? * Should prostitution be legalized? Is it wrong to pay for sex? * Should the government prohibit genetically engineering babies? * In what circumstances, if any, should assisted suicide be legal? Education: * Should colleges require classes in history, arts, and humanities? * Do too many kids go to college? * Should student loan debts be forgiven? * Should the government fund college educations...
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...HOMELAND SECURITY Terry Davis CJAD 495 Professor R. Moser Introduction Since the birth of this nation, there has been concern for security and freedom of all the citizens of the United States. We have fought wars across our nation, across borders and across the globe, all in the pursuit to protect our freedom and the American way of life. There have been many threats against the American pursuit of freedom that started with the Revolutionary War, a young nation fighting to break away from a nation of strength. Then our battle over land expansion and the taking of the land from the Native Americans, some perceived them as savages or maybe even terrorist. Then we turned to secure our borders to prevent other nations from coming into our nation and grabbing up land. Then our pursuit of freedom expanded the globe and with other nations as we assisted in the attempt to spread democracy in countries struggling to become nations. In this attempt, there have been many enemies formed that despise the US and the pursuit of freedom. This has become a major concern of the US and on September 11, 2001, this concern became a reality. How could something so devastating be carried out against a world-leading nation? What was wrong with the infrastructure and how could it be fixed to prevent other terrorist attacks. The answer was to form a department in the federal government that would have the power to act and the power to share intelligence information. Terrorism and US Threats ...
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...Justin Nunez Emily Archer SOC 320 5 March 2016 Racial Profiling How many articles and stories have we read in the newspaper and in the news? The shooting at Ferguson, the strangling in Staten Island, and Gray in Baltimore were all deaths that occurred in a couple of years. Each one of the stories were considered discriminatory since each one of the victims was black males attacked by law enforcers. Racial profiling is an illegal practice and an extremely controversial where individuals are targeted of suspicious behaviors based on their race, religion or ethnicity. People of color in the United States experience controversial confrontation with law enforcers constantly. There will be discussions on multiple confrontations with law enforcers and the possibility of how each can be considered discrimination. Some racism against young African American needs to be addressed and law enforcers need to stop targeting minorities. As mentioned above, racial profiling refers to discriminatory practice by law enforcers, or others authorities of the law, target specific individuals due to their race, ethnicity or religion (American Civil Liberties Union). Some of the many recent targets include Muslims, who have been labeled as terrorists, African Americans as gang members and with Donald Trump’s recent dramas, Latin Americans are labeled as immigrants. All these labels mentioned above are based on either race or ethnicity which have no value or importance. Before discussing some of...
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...This is however, true, but sometimes people present their views that tend to offend racial, religious, ethnic, or gender groups. They ultimately should be discouraged, but people seem to cry free speech to avoid criticism. An example would be famous conservative writer, Ann Coulter, who has made numerous laughable, or rather, ignorant comments on Islam and terrorism. One comment is her post September 11 attack statement she wrote in her column. She said: Airports scrupulously apply the same laughably ineffective airport harassment to Suzy Chapstick as to Muslim hijackers. It is preposterous to assume every passenger is a potential crazed homicidal maniac. They are the ones cheering and dancing right now. We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren’t punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That’s war and this is war. (Ann...
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