Homeland Security Case Study

Chapter 1 Case Study - The Department of Homeland Security
1. How does the creation of the Department of Homeland Security affect resources traditionally designated for local criminal justice organizations?
Creating and managing agency budgets is a complicated process. How an agency receives and allocates its funds determines how, when, and if the agency will remain viable and how it will achieve its mission. “As a practical matter, therefore, agencies often base their annual budget request on last year’s budget after making incremental categorical changes of previous expenditures” (Stojkovic, Kalinich, & Klofas, 2012, p. 40). Organizations, however, are affected by the political climate around them. The September 11, 2001 attack on America brought a substantive reaction, including military deployment abroad and increased surveillance within the homeland. As a result, the Department of Homeland Security was created to control and coordinate a number of federal law enforcement and

A trial “would have been in accordance with a democratic and civil society” (Allen, 2011, para. 5). Patrick Allen (2011) points out some of the risks of live capture in his CNBC article: legal hurdles with Al Qaeda members have plagued the U.S.; Bin Laden’s capture would have been a rallying cry for seizing more Westerners; someone would have invariably taken a cell phone picture and its appearance on social media would have been interpreted as an act of humiliation; Bin Laden might have been wearing a bullet-proof vest or the compound might have been booby-trapped, leading to major casualties among the Navy Seal team. As Christians, we hope that even the most violent terrorists will come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Acting out against evildoers, however, does find precedence in God’s Word. In many instances, God directed Israel to wage war and destruction against the enemies of