Adjusting to Terrorism

When an explosion ripped through Alfred P. Murrah federal building in 1995, the United States jumped to a conclusion we would all learn to regret. The initial response to the devastation was all focused of middle-eastern terrorists. "The West is under attack," reported the USA Today (Posner). Every news and television station had the latest expert on the Middle East telling the nation that we were victims of jihad, holy war. It only took a few …

…government granted the FBI millions of dollars to make changes, more is needed to modernize computer networking, improve record management and the proper equipment to allow for better communication amongst criminal justice agencies across the United States. In 2001, the budget set aside $194,000 for overtime pay and only $43,762 for counter-terrorism efforts. Does this make sense? As per www.americanprogress.org, budgets need to be revised in order to successfully make the changes necessary to combat terrorism.