PSCI 3607 Lecture 8: Lecture 8
21 Oct 2018
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Concern: terrorist use of wmd on na soil that our responders would have to deal with. Csis (attention brought to sumi-islamic terrorism due to): 1991 gulf war (lead to a permanent western presence in the middle east. Base in south arabia imposes a no-fly zone over iraq: 1993 world trade centre truck bomb in parking lot, 1995 tokyo subway bombing by terrorist group (chemical weapon strike. Homeland security response: united states of america: Department of homeland security dhs (summer of 2003) amalgamated 23 agencies (customs, coast guard, fema the core of dhs) 2005 katrina caused. Department fbi: security intelligence gathering, law enforcement (pre- 9/11 focused on law enforcement but not intelligence gathering) (post. 9/11 no longer separates criminal and intelligence cases, can access either: canada: post 9/11. Creation of public safety canada (a few months after dhs created built on pre-existing core: office of critical infrastructure protection and emergency.
