Contributor
Smith, Norris.
Imprint:Bronx, NY : H.W. Wilson Co., 2004.
Description197 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:Reference Shelf volumes present a collection of writings and speeches contemporary to the topic.
Note:I. OVERVIEW OF HOMELAND SECURITY: 1. How safe are you? / Fort Worth Star-Telegram -- 2. Amid safeguards, threat remains / Muriel Dobbin -- 3. Homeland insecurity / Merrell Noden -- 4. Detecting the threat: technology and the war on terror / Shane Harris -- 5. The general nobody knows / Michael Hirsh -- II. LOCAL SECURITY AND FIRST RESPONDERS: 1. "First responders" find their jobs even tougher / Ed Timms --2. Their 9/11 response: be prepared / Richard T. Cooper -- 3. Are state and local "first responders" getting the federal funding they say theyneed? / David Clarke -- 4. Can we talk? / Ellen Perlman -- 5. Pounds of cure / Kim A. O'Connell -- III. INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AND CIVIL LIBERTIES: 1. Could it happen again? / Michael Duffy -- 2. Mission impossible? / Jean Kumagai -- 3. Digging through data for omens / Dana Hawkins -- 4. Can we be safe and free? / Gene Stephens -- 5. From A Guide to the PATRIOT Act / Dahlia Lithwick, Julia Turner -- IV. IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PATROLS: 1. The big bad border / Nina Shapiro -- 2. Migrant smugglers traffic in terror, federal officials say / Bruce Finley -- 3. Anti-terrorism plans stall / Brad Heath -- 4. Report on PATRIOT Act alleges rights violations / Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom -- 5. Boxed out / Madhusree Mukerjee -- V. SECURING AIRWAYS AND PORTS: 1. Bumps in the sky / Daren Fonda et al. -- 2. Seeking safe harbors / Pamela Sherrid -- 3. U.S. port security: is x-ray enough? / Abraham McLaughlin -- 4. Defending our shores and more / Marilyn Rauber -- VI. HARD AND SOFT TARGETS: 1. How willing is private industry to identify its vulnerabilities and protect critical infrastructure? / Chris Logan -- 2. Locking down on system security / Beth Wade --3. Nuclear terrorism: assessing the risk / Richard Hantula -- 4. Are we safer?: public health / Amanda Spake.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
