Throughout this course, you will prepare a Key Assignment in the
form of a comprehensive written case study analysis of a
national-level policy that is reflected in and drawn from the
National Southwest Border Counternarcotics (NSWBCN) Strategy
(2011). As dramatized in the movie Act of Valor, in which U.S. Navy
Seals interdicted foreign terrorists attempting to smuggle
jihadists from Mexico into the United States, this international
border represents an acute vulnerability to national security, the
region, and homeland security—making it a local, state, tribal, and
federal flashpoint. Many analysts believe that if drug cartels can
successfully smuggle illegal contraband via various conveyances
across the Southwest border (SWB), and move billions of dollars of
bulk cash back to operatives south of the border, then terrorist
elements could exploit this same network for nefarious purposes.
This troubling premise matches the challenges of professional
policymakers at local, state, and federal levels of the U.S.
government, and provides the context for a salient examination of
all elements of homeland security and the government. You will
focus on the NSWBCN Strategy for all aspects of the Key Assignment,
resulting in the final written analysis that assembles each element
of the course. This assignment will initially involve the creation
of a case study involving the threat of weapons of mass destruction
(WMD) being smuggled across the U.S. border with Mexico. This case
study will serve as the operational scenario informing the balance
of the project, and will evolve into a comprehensive analysis
comprised of and supported by cumulative weekly assignments during
each phase of the course, including a proposal to address the
security challenges of this volatile border region. Against the
realistic backdrop of persistent criminal activity, including human
smuggling, narcotrafficking, cross-border violence, movement of
undocumented migrants, and law enforcement challenges, conduct your
research using the NSWBCN Strategy (2011), promulgated by the White
House and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
Section 1: Strategic Context Review the NSWBCN Strategy to
understand its role in the national security and homeland security
context, and examine the organization and logic of this current
national-level policy so that you will eventually be able to
provide the qualitative argument for why this document was directed
by national leadership. Draft a 2-page introduction to the Key
Assignment project that includes the following: Page 1: Highlight
the strategic purpose for the NSWBCN Strategy, and identify why
this purpose is a vital homeland security interest. Identify the
key sections of this national-level policy and items of
significance to public and private homeland security analysts. Page
2: Outline your initial case study. This case study will serve as
the operational scenario informing future components to your Key
Assignment and written analysis. Describe the threat of WMD being
smuggled across the Southwest border via the conveyance of your
choice. Include in your case study scenario an intelligence report
of terrorist operatives attempting to join the movement of
undocumented migrants and narcotics through tunnels or other means.
Include useful bibliographic references. Section 2: Nature of the
Threat Identify the primary and secondary threats that are
addressed by the NSWBCN Strategy, explaining why they were
addressed by a comprehensive, fully-coordinated national policy.
Provide the reader with the analytical basis for this document and
the quantitative rationale for the definition of the threat. Draft
a 2-page formal memorandum from the ONDCP Director to the key
stakeholders of the ICP within the interagency that includes the
following: Page 1: Highlight the unique all-threat environment that
exists on the Southwest Border (SWB). Identify the primary and
secondary threats addressed in the strategy. Outline your own case
study, describing the threat of WMD being smuggled across the U.S.
border with Mexico. Page 2: Explain what specific facts from this
region support the need for greater focus. Detail what policies or
resources you think are needed to address this focus. Include
useful bibliographic references.
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Directions For this assignment, you will need to choose a topic or person from any of the various eras, movements or decades that we've discussed this semester and do a presentation on them using any media format you choose. (IM CHOOSING THE MOVIE PSYCHO- Why was this movie important to hollywood? What was the feeling of it, the colors, techniques, theme, director, style, music, anything! What was special about Alfred Hitchcock and this film? The subject matter doesn't have to be limited to an actor, director or filmmaker, but the topic of your presentation could be on the inventions of any of the equipment, editing or filming techniques that you've learned about. Basically, you can pick an area to cover and do your presentation on that. The point is that you take a deeper dive into the subject by exploring information about it that may not have been covered in this course. It does have to...
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