Most of the things we have learned in our life have been so practical that it comes naturally and one is born with the intelligence. ... I believe that human nature is like a foreign diplomat that has immunity in America. ... Just the foreign diplomat, no matter how wrong it may be, some of our actions are accepted and right because it is what most humans do. ...
It was only after the World Trade Centre attack in 1993 that they realized the magnitude of foreign terrorism (Copeland, 2007). ... There was a systemic setback to intelligence gathering and sharing among government agencies. ... Resources allocated for defence and intelligence budgets were in fact reduced over time instead of being increased (Winkler, 2005).It was observed that American administrators did not adapt new and modern security changes after the Cold War; resources were not allocated accordingly to counter terror attacks. ... On travel and financing of terrorist activities, the co...
With this law we have given sweeping new powers to both domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies and have eliminated the checks and balances that previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that these powers were not abused. Most of these checks and balances were put into place after previous misuse of surveillance powers by these agencies, including the revelation in 1974 that the FBI and foreign intelligence agencies had spied on over 10,000 U.S. citizens, including Martin Luther King Jr. ...
If you think this law applies only to foreign nationals, it doesn't. ... Most of these powers do little to increase the ability of law enforcement or intelligence to bring terrorists to justice but they do a lot to cancel out the Constitution and morals. ...
Compared with many foreign countries, we perform worse on many subjects on the tests. ... In America it is different, in that high school is not as hard on the students, but the college education you receive may be more work and harder curriculum than those of foreign countries. ... Yes, at certain levels we don't score as well on tests, but that is for many different reasons besides teacher quality or intelligence of students. ...
By sterilizing the mentally ill and restricting foreign immigration, eugenicists sought to isolate the American genetic stock from the taint of allegedly bad genes. American eugenicists hoped to use physical measurements of the human body to back up their claims about the superiority of the white race, although no relationship has ever been shown between bodily measurements and intelligence or other behavioral attributes. ...
