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Learning Objective 14.1 Define the different forms of terrorism

Audio Link: Friend Of San Bernardino Shooter Charged With Aiding Terror Plot
Summary: Enrique Marquez, a friend of San Bernardino, Calif., shooter Syed Farook, was charged Thursday with conspiring to provide support for terrorism. He also purchased two of the rifles used in the attack.

Learning Objective 14.2 Discuss the functions of homeland security

Audio Link: Americans Say They Want The Patriot Act Renewed ... But Do They, Really?
Summary: NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben has been pouring over some recent polling, and she joins me to sift through what she's found

Web Link: Department of Homeland Security
Summary: Website for the Department of Homeland Security

Learning Objective 14.4 Discuss the use of drones and their challenges to privacy and security

Video Link: FAA may ease restrictions on drone flying
Summary: The FAA is mulling a change in proposed regulations for drones, and big tech will have its say.

Web Link: Should We Freak Out About Drones Looking In Our Windows?
Summary: Articles discusses privacy issues with drone use

Learning Objective 14.5 Highlight how issues of immigration, transnational crime, human trafficking, organized crime, and drugs and arms trafficking threaten the security of our borders

Video Link: U.S. releases human trafficking report
Summary: The U.S. State Department released the Trafficking in Persons Report which rates 188 countries on their efforts to stamp out human trafficking.

Web Link: Number  of Unauthorized Immigrants in the US by State, 2012
Summary: Interactive map on the Pew Research Center’s website