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Federal Bureau Of Investigation
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color gold represents the overall value of the seal. The thirteen stares
are representative of the thirteen original states in the Union. The
laurel leaves stand for academic fame and honor. The 46 leaves in the two
laurel branches represent the 46 states of the Union in 1908, when the FBI
was founded. The FBI's motto, "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity," appears on
the seal as a reminder of the qualities and motivating factors of the FBI
agents. The positioning of the words "Department of Justice" and "Federal
Bureau of Investigation" are also important, due to the fact that the FBI
falls under the jurisdiction of the Justice Department. Finally, the
jagge ...
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PRIVACY
... the cause of some serious problems though. One very important trouble is the lack of on the Internet. People pass much important information over the Internet and they expect it to be safe from others. Information passed over the Internet can in fact be intercepted and read by other people. For many years, this has been happening, and it has always been a problem, but with more and more information being passed through, people want something to ensure their . The government does not want to allow everyday people the privelage of computer security. Although they have tried to place laws on the uses of some methods of , they have not been as successful as they ha ...
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Saving The Animals?
... and suffering to the opposing party. When a sniper took the life of Dr. Slepian he was trying to move the cause of pro-life forward. The end result was not what he had wanted; the medical community was outraged and the people who believed in the right to choose strengthened their resolve. This quote by Dr. Henry Morgentaler, the country’s best-known pro-abortion crusader, illustrates this point very accurately. "This is a sign of the moral bankruptcy of the so-called pro-life movement. It bespeaks their frustration and rage at the fact that they have not been able to convince the public of the rightness of their cause," (Cnn 2) The frustration that Dr. Morgentaler m ...
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The Infamous Watergate Scandal
... The police seized a walkie-talkie, 40
rolls of unexposed film, two 35-millimeter cameras, lock picks, pensized
teargas guns, and bugging devices. (Gold, 75)
These five men and two co-plotters were indicated in September 1972
on charges of burglary, conspiracy and wire-tapping. Four months later
they were convicted and sentenced to prison terms by District Court Judge
John J. Sercia was convinced that relevant details had not been unveiled
during the trial and offered leniency in exchanged for further information.
As it became increasingly evident that the Watergate burglars were tied
closely to the Central Intelligence Agency and the Committee to re-elect
th ...
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The Bush Administration's Relation With Iraq Prior To Iraq's Invasion Of Kuwait: Credibility And Misperception
... the State Department and other agencies within
the US government, the Administrations covert plan to aid an Italian bank in
illegal loans to benefit Saddam's military and the advice that the US received
from other Arab nations with respect to what US relations should be with Iraq in
terms of any impending border dispute, constitute a limited context of the
issues that faced the Administration as it tried to deal with the leader of the
largest economy of the Persian Gulf region.
The Bush Administration's relations with Iraq prior to its invasion of
Kuwait were clouded in a context of misperception by both states and further
complicated by a lack of credibilit ...
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The Communications Decency Act
... info
such as The Jolly Rodgers and the Anarchist's Cookbook are easily obtained on
the Net. Pedophiles (people attracted to child porn) also have a place to hide
on the Internet where nobody has to know their real name. As the average age of
the Internet user has started to drop, it has became apparent that something has
to be done about the pornography and other inappropriate info on the net.
On February 1, 1995, Senator Exon, a Democrat from Nebraska, and Senator
Gorton, a Republican from Washington, introduced the first bill towards
regulating online porn. This was the first incarnation of the
Telecommunications Reform Bill.
On April 7, 1995, Senator L ...
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What Is The Definition Of Marr
... foundations not in religion or romance but in pragmatics-e.g., the joining of socially prominent households (266). At the beginning of the thirteenth century, facing schisms and heresies, and seeking to consolidate its power, the Catholic Church institutionalized marriage, confirming it as a sacrament and requring that a priest officiate-a crucial step in the intrusion of organized religion into what had previously been a private transaction (266). So instead of just having any person marry a couple you now have to have a priests officiate the couple. This is another issue that makes a marriage more difficult besides the gender issue. To be an official marriage ...
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Multiculturalism
... a set of people who believe they are free and want to have a say in their government. Since someone from any culture can be American, has not exceeded the purpose for which it was intended. In our constitution it states that "all men are created equal," our nation was built by more than one culture, and the intentions of the idea of are to make the world totally free of any type of bigotry or racism.
The constitution stating that all men are created equal explains the general idea of . Every person has the opportunity to do whatever he or she wants with themselves. The individual has the same rights as any other person in our country. Every persons rights ...
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The Jury System
... need not explain reason of verdict to court. If juries feel way of investigation is dirty and viorate human rights, they can decide the defendant is innocnt. In short, jurors can decide defendant is innocent even if a public prosecutor has disadvantageous proofs for the defendant. Juries who are representative of citizen make the decision value about proof. But, Jerome Frank, one of delegates of legal realists, criticized jury system in Law & the Modern Mind, 1930. "
A lot of verdicts are irresponsible juries' products of caprice and prejudice, for example, the defendant is a rich corporation, the plaintiff is a poor boy and the counsel is an eloquent speaker. Su ...
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Gun Control
... reasons behind the efforts, we must look at the history of our country, and the role firearms have played in it. The second amendment to the Constitution of the United States makes firearm ownership legal in this country. There were good reasons for this freedom, reasons which persist today. Firearms in the new world were used initially for hunting, and occasionally for self-defense. However, when the colonist felt that the burden of British oppression was too much for them to bear, they picked up their personal firearms and went to war. Standing against the British armies, these rebels found themselves opposed by the greatest military force in the world at that ti ...
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