Counter-terrorism

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  • 2nd amendment added to the Constitution

    The right to bear arms

  • 4th amendment added to the Constitution

    The use of search and seizure is allowed

  • Posse Comitatus Act

    The Posse Comitatus Act limits domestic employment of the United States Army, requiring Presidential approval prior to deploying the Army

  • National Security Act of 1947

    The National Security Act of 1947 realigned and reorganized the U.S. Armed Forces, foreign policy, and Intelligence Community apparatus in the aftermath of World War II.

  • Oklahoma City Bombing

    The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.

  • September 11th terrorist attacks

    Al-Queda hijacks 4 airplanes, crashing them into the World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania

  • Guantanamo Bay

    Guantanamao Bay is used as a detainment camp for terrorists captured by US forces

  • War in Afghanistan

    The objective of the invasion was to dismantle the Al Qaeda organization and end its use of Afghanistan as a base. The U.S. also intended to remove the fundamentalist Taliban regime from power in Afghanistan.

  • Department of Homeland Security is created

    Department of Homeland Security is created in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks

  • USA PATRIOT Act

    The USA PATRIOT Act significantly reduced restrictions in law enforcement agencies' gathering of intelligence within the United States; expanded the Secretary of the Treasury’s authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and broadened the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts

  • Operattion Iraqi Freedom

    The Iraq War was an armed conflict in Iraq that consisted of two phases. The first was an invasion of Ba'athist Iraq starting on 20 March 2003 by an invasion force led by the United States. It was followed by a longer phase of fighting, in which an insurgency emerged to oppose coallition forces and the newly formed Iraqi government. The U.S. completed its withdrawal of military personnel in December 2011.