The American Terrorist Threat

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Since the events of September 11, 2001, American citizens have felt increased concern about the possibility of more terrorism within America's borders. Although the U.S. government has made monumental efforts to prevent future attacks, a terrorist only has to slip through once, whereas American vigilance has to be 100% successful at all times. The paper argues that because of that fact, it seems inevitable that eventually, we will see more terrorist attacks within the United States. The paper explores the threats against America and what is actually been done about it by the authorities.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
History of Terrorism
Current Terrorism Concerns
Can we Prevent Terrorism on U.S. Soil?
Plans for Dealing with the Threat
Bibliography

From the Paper:

"However, some experts on terrorism believe that we already have terrorists living within the United States. Steven Emerson wrote in his book(pp. 6-7) about accidentally happening upon a conference being attended by men in Middle Eastern Clothes. Curious, he went in. He found booths were books calling for the destruction of Christians and other "infidels" in a jihad. He heard speakers calling for death to Jews and "annihilation for the West" (Emerson, page 6). In researching these events, he found out that the FBI was not tracking internal terrorist threats and only concerned itself after crimes had been committed.
The conference he happened upon was held two months before the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993."

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