Homeland Security Legislation

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COMMENTARY

A Final Word on the NDAA — May 6, 2012

While I have no doubt of Levin's determination to protect the constitutional rights of American citizens, incremental adjustments and seemingly small compromises, each sensible under the circumstances, can have a cumulative effect that erodes the very liberty we are trying to protect, writes Brian Michael Jenkins.

REPORT

Assessing the Benefits of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Regulatory Actions to Reduce Terrorism Risks — Apr 16, 2012

This document distills and synthesizes the proceedings of a workshop in which experts in the field of regulatory analysis and terrorism risk examined alternative approaches for estimating the benefits of regulations designed to reduce the risks of terrorist attacks in the United States. The workshop gave rise to several recommendations for improving the modeling and data collection that support the benefit-cost analysis of terrorism…

COMMENTARY

The NDAA Makes It Harder to Fight Terrorism — Feb 1, 2012

Much of the debate over this bill has focused on the political issue of executive authority versus rule of law. In doing so it has overlooked the indirect and insidious effects the new law may have on the United States' largely successful counterterrorist campaign, writes Brian Michael Jenkins.

NEWS RELEASE

RAND Book Provides Critical Review of U.S. Actions Since 9/11; Recommends Future Anti-Terror Path — Jul 26, 2011

A new collection of essays by experts from the RAND Corporation examines America in the decade since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, focusing a critical eye on the nation's actions since the attacks and outlining changes in strategy needed to improve efforts against jihadist groups.

REPORT

RAND Book Provides Critical Review of U.S. Actions Since 9/11; Recommends Future Anti-Terror Path — Jul 26, 2011

A new collection of essays by experts from the RAND Corporation examines America in the decade since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, focusing a critical eye on the nation's actions since the attacks and outlining changes in strategy needed to improve efforts against jihadist groups.

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John Godges

Editor-in-Chief, RAND Review; Communications Analyst
M.P.P. in public policy, administration, and analysis, Harvard University; M.J. in journalism, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in American Studies, Georgetown University

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Henry H. Willis

Associate Director, RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center; Senior Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in engineering and public policy, Carnegie Mellon University; M.A. in environmental engineering and science, University of Cincinnati; B.A. in chemistry and environmental sciences, University of Pennsylvania

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John Godges

Editor-in-Chief, RAND Review

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As editor-in-chief of RAND Review, the flagship magazine of the RAND Corporation, Godges synthesizes “the best of RAND” for a worldwide audience. RAND Review reports three times a year on RAND research of interest to the U.S. Congress, military commanders, foreign ministers,…

Henry H. Willis

Associate Director, RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center

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Henry H. Willis is associate director of the RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Willis has applied risk analysis tools to resource allocation and risk management decisions in the areas of public health and emergency preparedness,…

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