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Fall 2002

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 18, Number 1

Categories: Fall 2002

Homeland Defense, Individual Freedom, and the Rule of Law

Edwin J. Feulner, The Heritage Foundation

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JournalofPrivateEnterpriseHomelandDefense,IndividualFreedom,andtheRuleofLaw1EdwinJ.FeulnerTheHeritageFoundationTodaynoonecangiveaspeechintheUnitedStates,orperhapsevenintheworld,withoutreferencingSeptember11andthechangesthatwehaveallundergonesincethen.But,atthesametime,somelonger-termtruthsareonceagainbeingbroughttothefore.ThistopicisvirtuallylimitlesssoIamgoingtofocusonthree;thenewworldorderinrelationtohomelanddefense,propertyrights,andeconomicfreedom.IntheUnitedStateswehavemorethan40separategovernmentagenciesinvolvedinvariousaspectsofourhomelanddefense.Anduntillastyear,noonepersonoragencyinthefederalgovernmenthadclearresponsibilitytocoordinatethedifferentpartsofthismassiveandcomplexsystem.InthewakeofSeptember11,theAmericanhomelanddefensesystemhasstartedtoshapeup.PresidentBushappointedahomelandsecurityofficewithPennsylvania=sGovernorTomRidgeatthehelm.DirectorRidgeischargedwithdevelopingandcoordinatingacomprehensivenationalstrategytostrengthenprotectionsagainstterroristthreatsorattacksintheUnitedStates.Sofar,GovernorRidge=sofficehasbegunbyimprovingbordersecuritythroughagreementswithMexicoandCanada.The1ThisaddresswasgivenonApril22,2002atTrinityCollege,Hartford,Connecticut,andispublishedhereattheinvitationoftheeditor.1

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Title	Homeland Defense, Individual Freedom, and the Rule of Law
Authors/Creators:	Edwin J. Feulner, The Heritage Foundation
Year:	2002
Volume:	18
Number:	1
Pages:	1 - 15
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles

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Feulner, Edwin J. / 2002. "Homeland Defense, Individual Freedom, and the Rule of Law." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 18(1): 1-15.