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Has the changes in intelligence agencies made the United States stronger?

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CONTINUUM QUESTION: Has the change in U.S. intelligence agencies made the United States stronger? How does your group answer the continuum question? Reach a consensus on your position and mark it with an " * " on the continuum.

WEAKER-*--STRONGER



POST GROUP'S STATEMENT HERE The changes in US intelligence agencies have made our country stronger overall, but it is still a work in progress. Most people see that the intelligence agencies have become stronger, but others still see weaknesses. The government has been enacting laws such as the Patriot Act to avoid another terrorist attack on our country, therefore this is one reason why we believe our government has made our country stronger in an article by //Government Executive// there is a survey where 80% of the people believe that the bureaucracy had an impact on 9/11(Government Executive Harris). Furthermore, we have become more dependent and have not relied on our allies as much. As a result we have thwarted 19 terrorist attacks since September 11, 2001 (Carafano). In addition, the FBI has made some serious changes their systems of intelligence and security. These improvements include: intensifying the security of important information, placing Field Intelligence Groups in every field office, and adopting a new program for training the agents (//Ten Years After: The FBI Since 9/11)//. We believe that, due to the changes made, our country has become much stronger since 9/11. On another note, we also believe that our country has become weaker since the attacks. If the CIA had prior knowledge to these attacks and did not act on their knowledge, then that can cause some distrust in our intelligence agencies because they may have been able to prevent the deaths of almost 3,000 harmless people(//Declassified Report Blasts)//. Learning from this experience, America should be able to move forward and hopefully regain some of the strength it had before the 9/11 attacks.

Works Cited:

"Declassified Report Blasts CIA Pre-9/11 Failures." //INFOhio//. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Sept. 2011. <[] detail?vid=11&hid=106&sid=30ff728c-f2af-44cf-9fa7-324abc4ab8ad%40sessionmgr110&bd ata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=f5h&AN=26378886>.

"Ten Years After: The FBI Since 9/11." //FBI.gov//. N.p., 2 Sept. 2011. Web. 7 Sept. 2011"

Harris, Shane, and Greta Wodele. “Bureaucracy hinders 9/‌11 commission recommendations.” //Government Executive//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. <[]‌dailyfed/‌0106/‌011306nj1.htm>.

11." //The Heritage Foundation//. N.p., 13 Nov. 2007. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. <[|http://www.heritage.org] ||
 * < Carafano, James Jay. "U.S. Thwarts 19 Terrorist Attacks Against America Since 9/

RUBRIC: A quality statement of the Group's Position will •clearly state a position that answers the Group's question,an •explain the Group's placement on the continuum •support the position and continuum placement with clear, focused evidence from each member of the group, •explain how the evidence clarifies and supports the group's position, •establish the credibility of each source, •cite the evidence with internal citations and include a Works Cited below the statement, •conclude by recommending the actions that American society should take going forward, •strictly adhere to the Power Paragraph format, •edit so that mechanics are clean and do not detract from meaning. •be posted on the group’s wiki page.

Quality Participation with the Group and the Town Meeting includes , •engagement in organization and consensus building to develop the statement and wiki page, •collaboration in the writing and presentation of the statement the press, •quality individual contributions during the Question and Answer portion of the Town Meeting.