After 9/11: The Department of Homeland Security

<p>The terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, made one thing very obvious: our country’s national security strategy was flawed. What followed was one of the biggest reorganizations of our federal government in history: the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in November, 2002.</p> <p>What about 9/11, the attacks, and their aftermath, made it possible for the government to transform, in just over a year? And how has that transformation changed how our government makes decisions about threats to our country, and responds to them?</p> <p>Helping us untangle this story are: <a href="https://sanford.duke.edu/profile/david-h-schanzer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Schanzer</a>, the director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security at Duke University; <a href="https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/darren-davis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Darren Davis</a>, a politics professor at the University of Notre Dame who studies public opinion and political behavior; and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/eileen-sullivan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eileen Sullivan</a>, the Homeland Security Correspondent for the New York Times.</p> <p>Support Civics 101 with a <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/nhpr/site/Donation2?3651.donation=form1&amp;df_id=3651&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;s_src=cye2020&amp;s_subsrc=website&amp;utm_campaign=Civics%20101%20CYE%202020&amp;utm_medium=Website&amp;utm_source=Donate%20Button" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">small donation today!</a></p>