Homeland Security

Select ONE of the CBRN categories, then pick ONE particular agent from that category and, place yourself in the role of a terrorist and offer your perspective of how a terrorist event could be conducted in your hometown, then provide your perspective on how to prevent such an attack and support your work by a variety of academic material to give your opinion more validity.

Your essay should be a minimum of 5 full pages. You will need to have a cover page or the reference page; however, they are NOT included in the page count for your essay. All references should be cited using APA format. Be sure to make a clear thesis statement and argument and use examples to support your analysis. Papers should be double spaced. No abstract is required.

Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources. It is highly advised to utilize: books, peer reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc. and valid web sites (use caution with these).

Save your work as a Microsoft Word document entitled ‘YourLastNamewk8.doc’ (i.e., Smith1.doc) and upload this document as your assignment.

Your work should consist of (I encourage you to even use these as headings if you would like):

Introduction (this will have a well-defined purpose statement in your intro paragraph that provides guidance to the reader about what you are going to cover in your paper.)
Selected CBRN Agent background
Proposed Terrorist Scenario
Prevention Strategy(s)
Conclusion
References

Technical Requirements:
Length: Minimum of 5 pages, double spaced, 1″ margins, 12 pitch type in Times New Roman font.

Citations/References: You must use the APA style for this assignment.

Submission: All work is due to the assignment link by 11:55 pm on the due date. All work should be prepared in Microsoft Word format and submitted as an attachment.