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Legal Aspects of Homeland Security
CHAPTER 4
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Presidential Executive Orders and Directives
- Govern the Execution of Public Policy
- Force of Law Depending on Their Substantive Effect
- Links Policy Statement of the Executive Branch of Government to Existing Legislation
- Links Governmental Policy to Existing Legislation
- Remains in Effect Until a President Changes It
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Executive Orders of President
Bill Clinton
- Control Over the Proliferation of WMD’s
- Control of Financial Transactions That Support Terrorism
- Collection of Intelligence
- Protection of the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure
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Executive Orders of President George W. Bush
- Established the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council
- Created National Counterterrorism Center
- Interrogation of Terrorist Suspects
- Enhanced Homeland Security and Protect Against the Threat of Terrorism
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Executive Orders of President Barack Obama
- Guantanamo Bay Review
- Ensure Lawful Interrogations
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Federal Antiterrorism Statutes Passed by Congress
- Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
- The USA Patriot Act
- Collection of Communications
- Foreign Intelligence Investigation
- Money Laundering
- Funding and Enhancing National Border Security
- US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court