Into to Intelligence - Overview of National Infrastructure Protection

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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