Ppl 492 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

9/11 catalyst for HS - -Never in our country's history has Congress enacted anything as swiftly as it had following 9/11 -Within 9 days the Office of Homeland Security was established by the President's Executive Order and Gov. Tom Ridge was appointed its first Director -Not long after that the USA PATRIOT Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by the President on October 26, 2001 -President Bush then began the passage of numerous Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs) -...