Patriot Act

Assignment: Adjusting to Terrorism: Proposal

Kevin T. King

University of Phoenix

CJA/ 453 Criminal Justice Administration

Facilitator: John R. Newman

September 3, 2008

Adjusting to Terrorism: Proposal

Make no mistake about it; The United States entered the crosshairs of the Islamic extremists during the 1979 Shiite revolution in Iran when the hate ideology of Islam became a reality when a large group of Islamic extremists who were representatives from several major University’s in Tehran carried out the agenda that derived from the teachings of Imam Ruhollah Khomeini. The terror never stopped after the Iranian hostage crisis, more hateful Islamic figures would arise and dedicate their life to ensure that a dream of death and destruction to the United States would become a reality. Many questions and many debates on how to handle the gravest threat to America grows clear, while the judiciary combined with special interest groups who lobby for the civil rights of terrorist seek to hinder the call to combat terrorism. The Patriot Act is called unconstitutional by left wing bureaucrats despite the true hard cold fact that the United States has not been attacked since September 11, 2001. The defense of the homeland must sustain considerable improvement and local law enforcement can help. “If these terrorist acquired nuclear weapons, they would use them against our cities. If they acquired chemical weapons, they would kill thousands. If they acquired biological weapons, they would kill millions. There is no greater threat than this to our survival as a nation and civilization.” (Newt Gingrich, 2005)

Americans can agree on one thing, and that one thing is that no one person or thing is perfect. The terrorists know this, and they only have to be right one time to cause complete devastation to the United States. The Patriot Act tore down the communication walls between government agencies and local law enforcement. “According to White,”...