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Salem Witch Trials Accused Of Witchcraft
1,221 words
A political cartoon shows a massive stone wall
surrounding tall office buildings which bear
labels of "Department of Energy, "Defense
Department, "National Security Agency, "CIA, " and
"FBI. " Outside the wall, which is tagged
"Government Secrecy, " a couple huddles in a
roofless hut called "Personal Non-Privacy. " At
the top of the cartoon is printed "Somehow I feel
this is not the way the founders planned it. "
Indeed, America's founding fathers most likely did
not plan for the United States t...
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World Trade Center Past Few Years
1,704 words
Trent Kenya 5 / 15 / 00 Over the past few years a
new threat has been encountered by the United
States. This threat does not come from away, but
from within. It is know as domestic terrorism.
This has been seen over the past decade in the
form of violence and terrorism across the United
States. This has become a threat to American
security and the American people in general. To
battle against this issue, Congress has upheld the
Anti-Terrorism Act in 1996. One of the best
examples on examining th...
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Using Arrest Records In Hiring
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... us] may vary with the circumstances. For jobs
in which an employee will have access to people's
homes or to sensitive information, a criminal
records check should be conducted. 11 Failure to
conduct background checks could result in
liability and penalties in catastrophic amounts
for employers. Questioning applicants about
convictions is not an altogether different matter
for the EEOC or employers. The EEOC has
interpreted the provisions of Title VII and
provided guidance for their use as we...
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Drug Trafficking Between Us And South America
1,626 words
... ashington's priority of speeding up border
crossings has led to a neglect of the already
shrinking interdiction process. DEA agents feel
powerless because their requests to mount special
operations south of the border including attempts
to gain information regarding Mexican politicians
corruption by Mexican cartels- are denied due to
the current administrations intent to avoid
displeasure by the government in Mexico City. In
late 1996, the Juarez Cartel, Mexico's most
powerful drug trafficki...
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State And Federal Cosa Nostra
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... der ship of a unified family. Sammy told
Angelo that he would see how Decicco and Robert Di
Bernardo would react to such a proposal before he
made a firm commitment. After Decicco agreed, the
three key players were committed: Gotti, Gravano
and Decicco. Di Bernardo, a very rich and
influential man with strong Teamster connections,
signed on shortly afterwards. Now Gotti needed
someone of the older generation, a traditional
capo in the family. Joseph Armone fit the bill. By
getting Armone to ...
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Lee Harvey Oswald Single Bullet Theory
1,480 words
In 1976, the US Senate ordered a fresh inquiry
into the assassination of John F Kennedy, who was
murdered in 1963 during a motorcade in Dallas,
Texas. People who had been involved in the
original Warren Commission investigations were
asked to make fresh statements. The FBI and the
CIA were persuaded to release more of their
documents on Oswald. New lines of inquiry were
opened and individuals who had not previously
given evidence were persuaded to come forward.
Most important of all, pieces of e...
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Grassy Knoll Kennedys Assassination
1,237 words
... et that wounded Kennedy wasnt the same one
that responsible for his wounds. A FBI
supplementary report states that the bullet that
entered Kennedys back had penetrated to less than
a finger length. If this is true, how can the
bullet have exited from the front of his neck?
There are of course other facts that warp this
theory such as the fact that the bullet was
mysteriously found on a hospital stretcher in
pristine condition. Yet the bullet should have
been out of shape and showing signs of...
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American Indian Movement United States Government
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... on Treaties" was a pursuit for the
government's recognition on discrimination,
sovereignty, and treaty rights. This protest event
was designed to attract media attention to Native
American concerns in the height of a presidential
election. Under the direction of the AIM, large
caravans of American Indians began forming and
traveling towards Washington. "It was hoped that
this march would be the Indian equivalent of the
1963 march by African-American activists" (Vine
46). As members of AIM ve...
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Computer System E Mail
376 words
Discovering Computers: Ethics in Action Carnivore
or DCS 1000 was a Microsoft Windows-based
workstation with and a removable disk drive and
packet-sniffing software, implemented by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. Although the FBI
claimed that Carnivore was designed to effectively
monitor electronic and email communication on the
internet, and, therefore, was aimed to prevent
terrorism attacks and to monitor and store the
e-mail and internet activity of suspected
criminals, terrorists and sp...
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Internet Service Providers Electronic Monitoring
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Electronic Monitoring When the Department of
Defense developed the Internet in the 1970 s as an
alternative wartime communication method, no one
could have predicted the enormous global impact it
would have. Today, millions of people throughout
the world surf the Net regularly for news, work,
shopping, and entertainment. Hundreds of thousands
of World Wide Web sites provide vast quantities of
information, and the Internet enables Netizens to
send electronic mail messages around the globe in
an i...
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Patriot Act In Terms Of Airport Security
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Patriot Act in terms of Airport Security In the
recent years and even months, the war with
terrorism and homeland security, especially
airport security, have been on the top of the list
of priorities of our government. Many security
propositions and initiatives have been passed in
Congress. This is done to make the community of
our country safer and strengthen our military
force. Since 9 / 11, all levels and branches of
government have cooperated to strengthen aviation
and border security, stock...
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Yada Yada Didn T
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Casino, one of the most prolific movies of the mid
nineties. This is a movie of betrayal, money, sex,
lies, videotape, and yada yada yada. No,
seriously, this is an excellent movie. This is why
I picked this movie for my major critique. This
movie is coming from the point of view of Sam
(Robert Dinero) and Nick (Joe Pesci). There is
certain parts of the movie were Sam is the
narrator and there is others were Nick is the
narrator. For instance, the scene were Sam was
trying to get his gaming lice...
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Darth Vader Luke Skywalker
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Star Wars Star Wars is a great example of
excellent sound quality in a movie. There are
dozens of different sound effects that make this
movie a classic. The most commonly overlooked
piece of audio in a movie is the characters
voices. The voices in Star Wars play a large part
of the movie. Each character has a distinct voice
and a distinct way that they speak. Darth Vader
has an extremely deep voice and speaker in long
draw out words, to help show how evil he is. Han
Solo has a rugged sounding v...
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Salem Witch Trials Three Hundred Years
2,468 words
A political cartoon shows a massive stone wall
surrounding tall office buildings which bear
labels of " Department of Energy, "
" Defense Department, " " National
Security Agency, " " CIA, " and
" FBI. " Outside the wall, which is
tagged " Government Secrecy, " a couple
huddles in a roofless hut called " Personal
Non-Privacy. " At the top of the cartoon is
printed " Somehow I feel this is not the way
the founders planned ...
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Martin Luther King Luther King Jr
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Martin Luther King Throughout the twentieth
century many people have had a profound impact on
society. On January 15, 1929, one of the greatest
men who ever lived was born. His name is Martin
Luther King Jr. As a young child, Martin Luther
King was very involved in the church, and helping
people. When he was eight years old, he started
working delivering newspapers for the Atlanta
Journal. That really paid off, because in 1942,
when Martin Luther King was just 13 years old, the
newspaper deliver...
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World War Ii United States Government
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The United States has had a history of espionage
with the Soviet Union and other communist
countries since the end of World War II and the
beginning of the Cold War. This essay deals with
how the United States has dealt with other
countries espionage as well as their own. On June
23, 1999, Jeff Get wrote an article dealing with
the U. S. Department of Energy, and how some in
Congress would like to for an agency to oversee
nuclear weapons programs. This stems from the
supposed theft of nuclear se...
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Body Was Found Pieces Of Paper
1,875 words
It was Christmas night 1996, Boulder, Colorado.
The Ramsey family was on their way home from a
Christmas party. Jonbenet was asleep in the
backseat of the car. The Ramsey s were planning a
trip to their family home in Michigan the next
morning. When the morning of December 26 th came,
something happened that would change not only the
Ramsey s life, but also the city of Boulder as
well as all of America forever. As Patsy Ramsey
headed down the stairs of her 15 room Tudor home
just after 5: 00 am,...
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Twenty Five Years York City Police
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Kent State Riot of May 4, 1970 Twenty-five years
ago this month, students came out on the Kent
State campus and scores of others to protest the
bombing of Cambodia a decision of President
Nixon's that appeared to expand the Vietnam War.
Some rocks were thrown, some windows were broken,
and an attempt was made to burn the ROTC building.
Governor James Rhodes sent in the National Guard.
The units that responded were ill trained and came
right from riot duty elsewhere; they hadnt had
much sleep. Th...
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Tells The Story Cosa Nostra
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The Mafia is a secret criminal organization that
has great economic and political control over
large parts of Sicilian society and operates both
criminal and legitimate enterprises in the United
States. It is believed to have started during
Sicily's late Middle Ages, beginning as separate
bonds of strong-arm enforcers hired by local
landowners. It eventually evolved into a network
of independent groups governing in rural areas.
With the Sicilian immigration of the late 19 th
century, the Mafia b...
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Serial Killers Violent Crimes
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serial killer Traditionally, most murders and
violent crimes were easily understood and solved
by law enforcement. These crimes generated from
feelings we all experience: jealousy, greed,
anger, revenge, etc. Once these emotional
outbursts were over the crime spree would end,
someone would be dead and the police would
generally know who they were looking for and
solved the crime. But a new type of criminal has
come to the forefront, the serial killer, who
doesnt stop until he is caught or killed...
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