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Your final course project will be a research paper in which you determine your own tactical response to terrorism at a specific level of government (local, state, tribal, or federal). 1. The research paper will consist of the following six sections: 2. introduction of your topic that will be a homeland security program chosen by you at either the local, state, tribal, or federal levels; 3. U.S. governments role in homeland security programs at the specific level chosen; 4. motivation of terrorist group activities against Americans; 5. strengths and weaknesses of American homeland securitys counterterrorism policies at the chosen level; 6. tactical response options to terrorism at the chosen level using available resources and jurisdictional procedures; and 7. conclusion of your paper. The final project will be constructed in stages. The first stage will be in this unit, the second in Unit III, the third in Unit IV, and the final in Unit VIII. When you reach the final stage in Unit VIII, be sure that you have incorporated any feedback that you have received from your professor in the previous units. This will help to ensure a higher grade on the finished project that you submit in Unit VIII. For the first stage of this culminating project, you will need to select a specific homeland security program that you wish your research paper to focus on at either the local, state, tribal, or federal (U.S. military) level and compose a research topic based on that program and the U.S. governments role in that program. Your research topic will consist of the following components: a description of terrorism response operations at the local, state, tribal, and federal levels; and a description of the homeland security program you chose, its level, and the U.S. governments role in the program. This assignment should consist of at least two pages and utilize at least two references from the Waldorf Online Library.

Prior to completing this assignment, make certain to read the Unit I Lesson and the required readings for this unit. You will then write an essay that should discuss the following items: the roles social media and the Internet play in helping to increase the terror threat within the United States; how previous domestic terror attacks including the attacks at the World Trade Center in 1993, Oklahoma City in 1995, the Khobar Towers in 1996, the USS Cole, and the attacks of September 11, 2001, could lead to future terrorist attacks; the effect that homeland security and intelligence efforts have had on terrorism since the events of September 11, 2001; future trends and patterns that may help shape homeland security programs going forward; and the roles of U.S. government agencies and corresponding policies and legislation in driving contemporary American homeland security. Your paper must be at least three pages in length. Use at least one additional outside source to support your position. All sources used, including the article, must be referenced. Paraphrased and/or quoted materials must have accompanying intext citations and references in APA style.