Bloomberg's heavy emphasis on eliminating gun trafficking, and New York's crack-down in general, eight of their own police force members were arrested and charged with accepting bribes in return for illegally transporting firearms into the state. The corrupt group was comprised of five officers currently on the force, three who previously retired, a New Jersey correction officer, a former New York City Sanitation Department police officer, and two other unidentified men. ... In October of 2010, Officer Masso's illegal operation began slowly with carting cigarettes into New Yor...

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The streets of New York are busy as always. ... There have been many "lone wolf" style plots For example in 2009, Najibullah Zazi planned to bomb a New York subway system with a TATP chemical bomb. Zazi was already in New York City when he was arrested. He was already in New York at the time of his arrest. ... Four men planned to bomb synagogues in New York, and to shoot down military planes at a nearby Air Force base. ...

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There are many global problems occurring in the present day. The one problem that stands out from the rest is terrorism. Terrorism is a worldwide concern so immense that everybody should be aware of it. Terrorism can be domestic or international, it has no boundaries. An act of terrorism could strik...

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The "apparent terrorist attack" against the United States involved three aircraft slamming into American icons, two into the World Trade Center towers in the heart of America, New York, and one into the United States Pentagon in the nations capitol, Washington, D.C. In the following, as a brief overview of what took place on this historic day, lays a outline of the dramatic events as they unfolded in front of the American eye. 8:51 a.m.: American Airlines jetliner crashes into 1 World Trade Center, the north tower. 9:06 a.m.: United Airlines jet crashes into 2 World Trade Center, ...

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New York citizens, according to Dr. ... Back in 1995 when Timothy McVeigh bombed the Murrah building in Oklahoma City people did not refer it as terrorist but rather a "revolt." ... To bring it all the thoughts to a point, there has been terrorism for many years, and many years before 9-11, the Oklahoma City Bombing and even Desert Storm's terroristic view, but why has the media brought it to the average Americans" view so abruptly? ...

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Most of these gangsters, secured their businesses by bribing a large amount of city officials. ... Every cent the bootlegger made, went into their pockets or was used to bribe city officials and pay their own thugs. ... By 1925, there were over 100,000 speak-easies operating out of New York City. ... "There were twice as many speak-easies in Rochester, New York, as saloons closed by Prohibition." ... When Hoover took over, the Bureau of Investigation had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents who worked in field offices in nine cities. ...

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Although the pain and loss was centered in New York, this act of terrorism has caused much suffering and sadness throughout the country. ... As you think back to the events of Pearl Harbor, the various wars, and more recently the Oklahoma City bombing, it seems we have gotten through them all and life went on. ... As I drove to the cities this weekend I saw several flags along the roadside posted on fences or poles, often in the middle of nowhere. ...

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The Lion's Game In the novel, The Lions Game by Nelson Demille, the main events that influenced this book were the terrorist, Asad Khalil, overt racism and New York City ex-detective John Corey. ... When the plane landed (on autopilot in the J.F.K airport in New Your City), Asad slipped of the plane by pretending to be a baggage handler. ... John took an early retirement from the NYPD when he was gunned down on 102nd street in New York City. ...

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Using New York City as a major distribution hub, these criminal groups move heroin up and down the eastern seaboard and into the Midwest. ... The Cooperative Effort between the DEA and Local Law Enforcement Agencies The cooperative effort between the DEA and local law enforcement agencies began in 1970, before the actual establishment of the DEA, with a "pilot" task force created in New York City by the former Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (DNDD).This first task force was consisted of investigators from major state and local regional agencies, primarily the New York City Police ...

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Shortly after the first cell is taken out, a bomb is detonated at a Broadway theater, killing many of New York's social elite. ... The CIA is not surprised by the attack, because they knew of at least 2 other terrorist cells operating in the city. ... As a last resort, the city is placed under martial law. ... They consider the fact that they are present in an American city a sign that the FBI and CIA have failed their job to eliminate the terrorist threat. ...

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Neyfakh says, "If Americans were going to feel safe in their cities againpublic spaces were going to have to be different. Barriers, fences, and bollards began to be installed all over Washington, New York, and Boston.... A lot of his information and statistics comes from other credible sources, such as Zachary Lockman, a historian at New York University, and Columbia University psychologist George Bonanno. ...

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A tip given by Circuit City employees allowed police to track down the Fort Dix Six, who planned on attacking Fort Dix military base in 2006. ... New York Police started a smaller scale program called "Operation Nexus." ...

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The Patriot Act was passed during a period of unprecedented national unity after the terrorist attacks in 2001, which left an estimated 3,000 people dead in New York City, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. ...

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Timothy McVeigh, the main party responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 which left 168 dead, is in the end not too far from Osama bin Laden, the Afghani terrorist allegedly behind the embassy and USS Cole blasts: both hate the United States" government and have settled on terrorism as the most effective means of redressing their grievances. ... His manifesto - which he sent to the New York Times and Washington Post demanding publication within three months "or else" - reveals a number of literary influences from Dostoevsky and Joseph Conrad to Nietzsche, Emerson and Thoreau. ... ...

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In a nine-year span from 2001 to 2010, 8.2 million Americans were arrested and incarcerated for marijuana possesion with 90% of those arrests being based on possession(Wegman). This is a ludicrous amount of citizens in tax-funded federal prisons for a drug that, if legalized, would create an abundan...

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(New York Amsterdam News, magazine). ... ("Bama Bombings, book) City officials and Moderate whites who condemned the bombing were never sympathetic to blacks did very little to bring the bombers to justice so the FBI took over 1 the investigation from local authorities that had shown no real concern for solving the crime, though they held strong evidence pointing to the bombers. ...

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Although some states already have similar plans as laws for their state, like New York where fines range from loss of point on the driver's license to fines of up to $400 dollars plus court fees (Cell, 2014), anyone failing to follow the state-sponsored contract in this new era of driving correctly would be penalized severely. ... If the traffic stop would be in the city, the agent could check for text messages in the last five minutes. ...

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The offices of U.S. Marshal and Deputy Marshals were created more than 200 years ago by the first Congress in the Judiciary Act of 1789, the same legislation that established the federal judicial system. The Marshals were given extensive authority to support the federal courts within their judicial ...

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Along with the establishment of the New York City Medical Examination in 1990, the lst laboratory forensic laboratory was established. Other cities and counties have subsequently established similar systems. ...

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The USA Patriot Act passed in the wake of the terrorist activity in New York City in 2001, requires the FBI, the Justice Department and the INS to share more of their data, which would make it difficult for "red flagged" individuals to cross into the United States. ...

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On September 11, 2001 the single worst terrorist attack any country has suffered in modern times occurred in New York City, at the World Trade Center. 6,000 people were killed and the minds and spirit of all Americans were changed forever. ...

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