Homeland security series : what is it and where are we going?

''Focusing on how the roles of the agency have changed, this book examines the roots of Homeland Security and its core missions. It examines the agency's focus and looks at what DHS should focus on in future. Diplomacy and international partnerships are addressed as they relate to resolving hot-button issues like narco-terrorism, intelligence sharing, terrorism funding, and immigration. This book is among the few on the subject to examine Homeland Security funding and perform a cost-benefit analysis to determine the best ways to fund homeland security functions''-- Read more... Content: What Is homeland security? -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Prioritizing risks, threats, and dangers -- International cooperation, intelligence gathering, and threat assessment -- Immigration/narcoterrorism -- The new face of terrorism: domestic threats and civil liberties -- Terrorism financing -- Business continuity -- Going forward. Abstract: ''Focusing on how the roles of the agency have changed, this book examines the roots of Homeland Security and its core missions. It examines the agency's focus and looks at what DHS should focus on in future. Diplomacy and international partnerships are addressed as they relate to resolving hot-button issues like narco-terrorism, intelligence sharing, terrorism funding, and immigration. This book is among the few on the subject to examine Homeland Security funding and perform a cost-benefit analysis to determine the best ways to fund homeland security functions'' With the ten-year anniversary of 9/11 now behind us, one critical question persists. Have policies enacted to protect us from terrorist attacks actually made us safer, or have they merely mollified the concerned public with a false sense of security? Homeland Security: What Is It and Where We Are Going combines professional experiences, personal reflections, and academic scholarship to provide a realistic assessment of current policy effectiveness. Amos Guiora's background makes him uniquely qualified to address this issue. He was the Judge Advocate for the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Comm "Focusing on how the roles of the agency have changed, this book examines the roots of Homeland Security and its core missions. It examines the agency's focus and looks at what DHS should focus on in future. Diplomacy and international partnerships are addressed as they relate to resolving hot-button issues like narco-terrorism, intelligence sharing, terrorism funding, and immigration. This book is among the few on the subject to examine Homeland Security funding and perform a cost-benefit analysis to determine the best ways to fund homeland security functions"-- Provided by publisher Front Cover 1 Contents 8 Preface 10 Introduction 14 About the Author 20 1. What Is Homeland Security? 22 2. Cost-Benefit Analysis 38 3. Prioritizing Risks, Threats, and Dangers 60 4. International Cooperation, Intelligence Gathering, and Threat Assessment 78 5. Immigration/Narcoterrorism 90 6. The New Face of Terrorism: Domestic Threats and Civil Liberties 112 7. Terrorism Financing 132 8. Business Continuity 158 9. Conclusion-Going Forward 180