Border and Transportation Security: The Complexity of the Challenge

Abstract

Border and transportation security is a pivotal function in protecting the American people from terrorists and their instruments of destruction. This report uses a series of graphical presentations to form one possible framework that might assist policy makers in understanding the complex nature of border and transportation security. It is the first in a three-part series of CRS reports that make use of analytical frameworks to better understand complex problems in border and transportation security and cast them in terms that facilitate the consideration of alternative policies and practices. (CRS Report RL32840, Border and Transportation Security: Selected Programs and Policies, the second report in the series discusses selected programs and policies currently in place to address these issues. The third and final report in the series is CRS Report RL32841, Border and Transportation Security: Possible New Directions and Policy Options.)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 2005
Accession Number
ADA453686

Entities

People

  • Jennifer E. Lake
  • Lisa M. Seghetti
  • William H. Robinson

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Border Security
  • Commerce
  • Criminals
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Industrial Plants
  • Infrastructure
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Logistics
  • Marine Transportation
  • Personnel Management
  • Risk Factors
  • Security
  • Transportation
  • United States

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Strategic Security Studies