Homeland Security has may mean different things to different people, especially in the aftermath of the event of September 11, 2001. Some people see it as a necessary step to help keep Americans safe while others see it as a way for different levels of government to possibly infringe on American civil rights. With changes in technology, terrorist use cutting edge techniques to recruit as well as try to cause violent harm against United States citizens. “As various countries and groups continue to modernize and employ modern-day information technology, combined with the infrastructure for the movement of people and resources, America has become more vulnerable to attacks on its own soil” (Oliver, 2007 p. 100). With the need for balancing