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Military personnel have started to guard transportation facilities such as Penn Station as part of homeland security efforts.Homeland security or Homeland defense is a neologism referring to domestic governmental actions justified, or allegedly justified, by potential guerrilla attacks or terrorism. The term became prominent in the United States following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack, although it was used less frequently before that incident.
Such domestic governmental actions include:
- Emergency mobilization, including volunteer medical, police, and fire personnel
- New domestic surveillance and spying efforts, particularly with respect to immigration, transportation, military installations, and utilities
- Secret arrests and detentions
- Infrastructure protection
- Border control
In the United States, the concept of homeland security extends and recombines responsibilities of much of the executive branch, including FBI, National Guard, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Secret Service, Department of Justice, and the Central Intelligence Agency. The George W. Bush administration has consolidated these and many other such activities, formerly in separate Executive Department s, under the United States Department of Homeland Security, a new Executive Department created for these purposes.
See also
- Civil defenseFEMA's seal, the triangle emphasises the 3-step Civil Defense philosophy used before the foundation of FEMA and Comprehensive Emergency Management. Civil defense is an effort to defend civilian society from military attack. Like emergency operations, it h
- USA PATRIOT ActThe Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 USA PATRIOT Act H. 1510, Public Law 107-56) is a United States legislative law, enacted in response to the September 11, 2001 Ter
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