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Homeland Security / edited by Norris Smith and Lynn M. Messina.

Smith, Norris, (editor.). Messina, Lynn, (editor.). Muriel Dobbin, (author.). Noden, Merrell, (author.). Harris, Shane, (author.). Hirsch, Michael, (author.). Timms, Ed, (author.). Cooper, Rick, 1953- (author.). Clark, David, (author.). Perlman, Ellen, (author.). O'Connell, Kim A., (author.). Duffy, Michael, (author.). Kumagai, Jean, (author.). Hawkins, Dana, (author.). Stephens, Gene, (author.). Lithwick, Dahlia, (author.). Turner, Jane, (author.). Shapiro, Nina, 1947- (author.). Finlay, Bruce, (author.). Heath, Brad, (author.). Fonda, Daren, (author.). Sherrid, Pamela, (author.). McLaughlin, Abraham, (author.). Rauber, Marilyn, (author.). Logan, Chris, (author.). Wade, Beth, (author.). Hantula, Richard, (author.). Spake, Amanda, (author.). Fort Worth Star-Telegram. (Added Author). Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom. (Added Author). Scientific American. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0824210336
Physical Description: 197 pages ; 23 cm.
Publisher: New York : H.W. Wilson Company, [2004]
Copyright: ©2004

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Section : Overview of Homeland security : How safe are you? / Fort Worth Star-Telegram -- Amid safeguards, threat remains / Muriel Dobbin -- Homeland insecurity / Merrell Noden -- Detecting the threat : technology and the war on terror / Shane Harris -- General nobody knows / Michael Hirsch ---- Section : Local security and first responders : "First responders" find their jobs even tougher / Ed Timms -- Their 9/11 response : be prepared / Richard T. Cooper -- Are State and local "first responders" getting the federal funding they say they need? / David Clark -- Can we talk? / Ellen Perlman -- Pounds of cure / Kim A. O'Connell ---- Section : Intelligence gathering and civil liberties : Could it happen again? / Michael Duffy -- Mission impossible? / Jean Kumagai -- Digging through data for omens / Dana Hawkins -- Can we be safe and free? / Gene Stephens -- From a guide to the PATRIOT act / Dahlia Lithwick and Jane Turner ---- Section : Immigration and border patrols : Big, bad border / Nina Shapiro -- Migrant smugglers : traffic in terror, federal officials say / Bruce Finlay-- Anti-terrorism / Brad Heath -- Report on PATRIOT act alleges rights violations / Newsletter on Intellectual freedom -- Boxed out : Madhusree Mukerjee / Scientific American ---- Section : Securing airways and pots : Bumps in the sky / Daren Fonda et al. -- Seeking safe harbors / Pamela Sherrid -- U.S. Port security : is X-Ray enough? / Abraham McLaughlin -- Defending our shores and more / Marilyn Rauber -- Hard and soft targets --: How willing is private industry to identify its vulnerabilities and protect critical infrastructure? / Chris Logan -- Locking down on system security / Beth Wade -- Nuclear terrorism : assessing the risk / Richard Hantula -- Are we safer? : Public Health / Amanda Spake.