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[[File:"We Are DHS" (2016).ogv|thumb|A video released in 2016 by the DHS, detailing its duties and responsibilities]] | [[File:"We Are DHS" (2016).ogv|thumb|A video released in 2016 by the DHS, detailing its duties and responsibilities]] | ||
In response to the September 11 attacks, President | In response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced the establishment of the [[Office of Homeland Security]] (OHS) to coordinate "[[homeland security]]" efforts. The office was headed by former Pennsylvania governor [[Tom Ridge]], who assumed the title of Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. The official announcement states: | ||
{{blockquote|The mission of the Office will be to develop and coordinate the implementation of a comprehensive national strategy to secure the United States from [[terrorism|terrorist]] threats or attacks. The Office will coordinate the executive branch's efforts to detect, prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks within the United States.<ref name="hsact2002">{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/nat_strat_hls.pdf |title=National Strategy For Homeland Security |publisher=DHS|access-date=October 31, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114000911/http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/nat_strat_hls.pdf|archive-date=November 14, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}} | {{blockquote|The mission of the Office will be to develop and coordinate the implementation of a comprehensive national strategy to secure the United States from [[terrorism|terrorist]] threats or attacks. The Office will coordinate the executive branch's efforts to detect, prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks within the United States.<ref name="hsact2002">{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/nat_strat_hls.pdf |title=National Strategy For Homeland Security |publisher=DHS|access-date=October 31, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114000911/http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/nat_strat_hls.pdf|archive-date=November 14, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}} | ||
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===Data mining=== | ===Data mining=== | ||
On September 5, 2007, the | On September 5, 2007, the Associated Press reported that the DHS had scrapped an anti-terrorism [[data mining]] tool called [[ADVISE]] (Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight and Semantic Enhancement) after the agency's internal [[inspector general]] found that [[Pilot (experiment)|pilot]] testing of the system had been performed using data on real people without required [[privacy]] safeguards in place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_07-56_Jun07.pdf|title=ADVISE Could Support Intelligence Analysis More Effectively|work=pdf file|publisher=DHS|access-date=October 31, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Ryan|last=Singel|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9353365|title=Homeland Data Tool Needs Privacy Help, Report Says |magazine=Wired|date=March 20, 2007|access-date=October 31, 2007}}</ref> The system, in development at [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory|Lawrence Livermore]] and [[Pacific Northwest National Laboratory]] since 2003, has cost the agency $42 million to date. Controversy over the program is not new; in March 2007, the Government Accountability Office stated that "the ADVISE tool could misidentify or erroneously associate an individual with undesirable activity such as [[fraud]], crime or terrorism." Homeland Security's Inspector General later said that ADVISE was poorly planned, time-consuming for analysts to use, and lacked adequate justifications.<ref>{{cite news|first=Michael J.|last=Sniffen|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/05/AR2007090500795_pf.html|title=DHS Ends Criticized Data-Mining Program|newspaper=The Washington Post|agency=Associated Press|date=September 5, 2007|access-date=October 31, 2007}}</ref> | ||
===Fusion centers=== | ===Fusion centers=== | ||