Post 11th September 2001 attacks on the twin towers of World Trade Center; the FBI has faced a brunt of a lot of criticism from the public and media alike. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the primary unit in the United States Department of Justice, has designed goals to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats and to counter domestic terrorism acts. The FBI is said to employ the best agents to be found anywhere in the world with broad intelligence. However, the 9/11 attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon put the FBI under the scanner. This resulted in Homeland security and interventions into private life, especially in organizations.
While dealing with issues like safety and security the conception of homeland security becomes a prime concern. Formerly regarded as ‘civil defense’, the concept of ‘homeland security became the central issue of public safety. In America, the term homeland security covers all efforts of the government-federal, state, and local-for protect the general population against the risk of terrorist attacks and the use of a National ID card is just one such measure.
However, it should be noted that there is a price to everything and the issue of privacy is the price of safety and security. The government steps, therefore, created a feeling of tension between the desire to protect the state and the desire to protect individual privacy. It should be noted that a large number of factors pose threat to human life and create a feeling of insecurity among the population, resulting in a disruption in personal and social life. Public Safety is the concept of governmental organizations concerned with protecting their employees from all kinds of threats. The term ‘public safety’ covers different aspects of the protection of the general population.
Some of these include Protection against Accidents and Trauma, Protection against Crimes, Protection against Natural Hazards. Thus, the objectivity of the government is the Protection and sustenance of public safety. Thus, if there are prices to be paid for this safety it should be honored by the population. It is suggested that organizations must be more aware and knowledgeable to counter disasters. With intelligent and aware employees, disasters can be brought under check as the panic quotient comes down drastically. The participation of the civilians in every process of governance is the most important aspect of a democracy.
It also outlines that long-term planning should be in place to ensure future success. This includes making a wide range of approaches to risk management based on strategic structure across the entire process and range of security policies. It also calls for building a Culture of Security Preparedness among not only various parts of society but also from individual employees, businesses, and non-profit organizations to Federal, State, local, and Tribal government officials and authorities.
Another important factor is the media and its effects on reporting. The U.S. has often used media in many different ways be it be single side reporting in the second Iraq war or giving inappropriate information regarding weapons of mass destruction. With the independent world and independent media, often its alliances with different interest groups being an anti, pro, or neutral U.S. Government.
In conclusion, it should be stated that think tanks or influential employees have different effects on the policy. Like people known as Mensa (whose IQ is in the top 2% of the population), whose services are often used in strategy formulations or warfare tactics, or hostile crisis management. Influential people also play an important role in the decision process, as the business community can be affected by situations where their country of interest might get sanctions or certain policy changes can affect profitability.