Media Reporting Media Reporting of Terrorist Activities Paper Name SEC460 Date Professor Media Reporting of Terrorist Activities Paper Terrorism is causing destruction to property or harm to citizens in order to spread a message or to incite fear. The terrorist can come from a far off country or they can be an American citizen but the end result is the same, victims are hurt and property is destroyed. Terrorism can happen anywhere at any time and no matter how many anti-terrorism measures that are in place it will not stop the terrorist determined to wreak havoc. This is clear by the recent bombing at the Boston Marathon by terrorists that were not even on the raider of law enforcement. Terrorist will go to any means to spread their religious, political, or social message and do not care who is harmed in the process. Since the attacks on September 11, 2001 law enforcement has been successful in stopping further terrorist attacks through their anti-terrorism measures but in the case of the Boston Marathon the attacks were unexpected resulting in a failure of law enforcement to prevent the bombs from going off and killing innocent victims. While the Boston Marathon bombing are one of several domestic abuse attacks the fatal attack by terrorist on September 11, 2001 is the first terrorist attack to make it to American shores by an international terrorists group. This attack resulted in the deaths of 2,996 Americans while the Boston Marathon resulted in the death of two. No matter the death toll the terrorist act creates chaos and fear in society. Terrorists do not always come from foreign countries and some come from America. In the case of the Boston Marathon bombing the offender were not yet naturalized Americans that were angered by a failure to reach the American dream. The terrorists that crashed planes into American landmarks were bent on causing the most destruction due a hatred of everything American. In both cases innocent Americans that had nothing to do with what had angered these terrorists died including innocent children. September 11, 2001 is one of those dates in time where Americans will always remember exactly where they were and the horror they felts as they watched planes begin to crash into American landmarks. After almost three thousand Americans died that day the government and law enforcement across the nation was alerted to a real and dangerous threat. As a result the Bush Administration immediately began to develop legislative responses to protect the nation. Some legislative responses even threatened the citizen’s civil liberties but due to the grave threat this legislation passed without a whimper about the loss of these rights. Society recognized the need for legislation that was focused on the greater good of the nation over the civil rights of the citizen. The USA Patriot was enacted to broaden the investigatory power of the police in order to ensure potential ...

1. Media Reporting
Media Reporting of Terrorist Activities Paper
Name
SEC460
Date
Professor
Media Reporting of Terrorist Activities Paper
Terrorism is causing destruction to property or harm to
citizens in order to spread a message or to incite fear. The
terrorist can come from a far off country or they can be an
American citizen but the end result is the same, victims are hurt
and property is destroyed. Terrorism can happen anywhere at
any time and no matter how many anti-terrorism measures that

2. are in place it will not stop the terrorist determined to wreak
havoc. This is clear by the recent bombing at the Boston
Marathon by terrorists that were not even on the raider of law
enforcement. Terrorist will go to any means to spread their
religious, political, or social message and do not care who is
harmed in the process.
Since the attacks on September 11, 2001 law enforcement
has been successful in stopping further terrorist attacks through
their anti-terrorism measures but in the case of the Boston
Marathon the attacks were unexpected resulting in a failure of
law enforcement to prevent the bombs from going off and
killing innocent victims. While the Boston Marathon bombing
are one of several domestic abuse attacks the fatal attack by
terrorist on September 11, 2001 is the first terrorist attack to
make it to American shores by an international terrorists group.
This attack resulted in the deaths of 2,996 Americans while the
Boston Marathon resulted in the death of two. No matter the
death toll the terrorist act creates chaos and fear in society.
Terrorists do not always come from foreign countries and
some come from America. In the case of the Boston Marathon
bombing the offender were not yet naturalized Americans that
were angered by a failure to reach the American dream. The
terrorists that crashed planes into American landmarks were
bent on causing the most destruction due a hatred of everything
American. In both cases innocent Americans that had nothing to
do with what had angered these terrorists died including
innocent children.
September 11, 2001 is one of those dates in time where
Americans will always remember exactly where they were and
the horror they felts as they watched planes begin to crash into
American landmarks. After almost three thousand Americans
died that day the government and law enforcement across the
nation was alerted to a real and dangerous threat. As a result the
Bush Administration immediately began to develop legislative
responses to protect the nation. Some legislative responses even
threatened the citizen’s civil liberties but due to the grave threat

3. this legislation passed without a whimper about the loss of these
rights.
Society recognized the need for legislation that was focused
on the greater good of the nation over the civil rights of the
citizen. The USA Patriot was enacted to broaden the
investigatory power of the police in order to ensure potential
terrorist threats can be identified in society before they can
attack and police would be better equipped to share information
(ACLU, 2010). The Patriot Act allowed police to conduct
surveillance using roving wire taps and trap and trace searches
without informing the citizen and without any concern for the
citizen’s due process rights. The result was police were able to
spy into private emails and cell phone conversations to learn of
potential terrorist threats. These threats were then eliminated.
This was not the only anti-terrorism measure that has been
implemented by the government in order to stop further terrorist
attacks. Other measures put in place includes the development
of the TSA which is a law enforcement agency tasked with
searching airline passengers to ensure terrorists will never again
be able to steal an American plane to commit a heinous
terrorists attack. Protecting America’s transportation methods
has become an important aspect of anti-terrorism a long with
the development of Homeland Security. Homeland is tasked
with ensuring the safety of the Nation and ensuring a more
effective response in the event of a natural disaster.
After terrorists killed thousands of Americans the
government recognized the nation’s vulnerabilities for future
terrorist attacks and was willing to go to whatever means
necessary to ensure another terrorist attack never occurred
again. Until the bombings on April 15, 2013 police had been
very effective in ensuring no further attacks occurred on
American soil and the terrorists guilty of planning the attacks
hunted down and made to pay for their crimes. Despite all of the
success of the anti-terrorism measures implemented since 9/11
another attack has occurred. While the death toll was not as
great as in the attacks on September 11, 2001, the result was

4. just as devastating.
The Boston Marathon Bombings result in the death of three
people one being an eight year old boy who had gone to the race
to cheer on the runner. The first bomb went off near the finish
line and the second bomb went off around a mile before the
finish line. The bombs injured over 150 people with 25 injure
critically (Levs, 2013). Of the injured ten were required to have
their limbs amputated and eight of the injured were children.
The bombs exploded as new cameras recorded runners coming
over the finish line creating fear, panic and chaos. Some people
fled the scene in a panic while others stopped to help the
injured despite the potential danger to their own lives.
Police were at first mystified by this terrorist act. The
reason police had been so successful in preventing further
terrorist attacks is through the chatter the picked up through the
roving wiretaps and through the spying they did into the private
conversations of citizens. Police had no chatter even though
they knew this was a planned attack. Through advancements in
technology, however, police quickly learned the identities of the
bomber and a manhunt began. The two terrorists, brothers,
continued their killing spree with one brother killing an MIT
police officer and the other killing a police officer in a shoot
out. Only one of the terrorist survived the shoot out and has
been talking to police explaining why the bombs were placed at
the marathon.
After 9/11 it was clear there were major gaps in national
security involving both the domestic and international terrorist
and there would need to be more effective anti-terrorism
measures in place. There was an immediate response by the
federal government and every law enforcement agency in the
country adapted to the idea of sharing information with federal
law enforcement agencies involving potential theorist threats.
After the terrorist attack on April 15, 2013 the government and
law enforcement recognized there still needs to be changes
made to current anti-terrorism efforts to stop further terrorist
attack. In this case police learned that they will need to conduct

5. deeper investigations into student visas to ensure that potential
threats are not let into the country.
References
American Civil Liberties Union. (2010). Surveillance under the
USA Patriot Act. Retrieved May
12, 2013 from http://www.aclu.org/national-
security/surveillance-under-usa-patriot-act
Levs, J. (2013). Boy, 8, one of 3 killed in bombings at Boston
Marathon; scores wounded.
Retrieved May 15, 2013 from
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/us/boston-marathon-explosion
Individual Human
Individual Human Resources Analysis
Name
SEC370

6. Date
Professor
Individual Human Resources Analysis
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal statute
that covers both exempt and nonexempt employee compensation
and overtime. The FLSA is legislation that applies to employees
that engage in interstate commerce or employed by an enterprise
engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for
commerce. Only employees that have a claim for an exception
will be excluded from this requirement. The FLSA outlines
when overtime must be paid and to whom. In Washington State
the FLSA applies to organizations as well as state overtime and
wage laws. Most organizations in the state are required to pay
overtime but there are some exceptions.
When determining if security personnel are afforded
protection under the FSLA and are afforded overtime pay in
Washington State this will depend on the type of employers
exempt in the state from this obligation. Security personnel play
an essential role in an organization but the security staff can be
contracted or can be a department of the organization it can
make it more difficult to determine what security personnel are
owed overtime hours pay. In Washington State labor and wages
are regulated by the WA Labor & Industries and any complaints
concerning failure to pay are reported to this agency.
In Washington State employees must be paid at least
minimum wage as outlined by the federal government as well as

7. overtime pay if the employee works forty hours within a seven
day period. Any hours worked after forty requires the employer
to pay the employee time and a half wages. Employers required
to pay overtime can force their employee to work overtime
hours with the exception of medical staff. Nurses and other
medical personnel already work twelve hours shits. Any
overtime could result in harm to the patient. While a majority of
employers must pay overtime in Washington this only involves
the non exempt organization.
In Washington State the employers that are considered
exempt from paying overtime wages to employees includes first
farmers or agricultural workers, seasonal employees, newspaper
carriers and vendors, casual occupational labor, and forest and
fire protection. Casual occupation labor includes babysitters,
yard services, or any individual that spends the night at a
location, such as a nanny or a housekeeper (WSLI, 2012). Under
Washington State Law and the FSLA these are the only
employers exempt from paying the employee overtime.
While the law in Washington State is clear and adheres to
the federal guidelines outlined in the Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA), whether or not an organization is required to pay
overtime to an employee can depend on the job that is being
filled. On average the security personnel hired by an
organization receives the same protections and rights to
overtime wages as any other employee but the security
professional that works for the exempt organization would not
be provided with overtime. Determining which employers will
be exempt has not always been black and white and in the past
the security officer that worked for the transit authority was not
afforded the compensation.
In the case of Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit
Authoritythe Supreme Court ruled that the Commerce Clause
empowers the federal government to regulate the terms of
employment of state workers (Young, 1986). Before this ruling
in the case of National League of Cities v. Usery (1976) the
Supreme Court ruled that state governments were not required

8. to pay employees a minimum wage or overtime hours because it
violates the 10th Amendment. The 10th Amendment guarantees
other than the power afforded to the federal government falls
under the authority of the state.
In the case of National League of Cities v. Usery it was
determined the Commerce Clause did not supersede the
authority provided to the in the constitution while in Garcia v.
San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority this ruling was
reversed. Garcia sued for overtime hours when he was required
to work additional hours he was not properly compensated for
and while in the National League case it was determined that
the federal government could not interfere with the states right
to regulate employment functions but in truth the constitution
clearly affords the federal government with the power to make
laws that must be adhered to by the state.
Since that ruling all states, including Washington State, are
required to pay the employer a minimum wages established by
the federal government as well as overtime as long as the
employer does not fall under one of the exceptions of the state.
In the case of the security officer they would be afforded the
right to overtime hours as long as they were not providing
security for a farm or do not work in the capacity of an
independent contractor. If the security person works for an
employer that pays them a wage then in most cases they will be
afforded overtime compensation.
Under the FLSA the security guard service industry includes
those firms that provide protection to firms or individuals.
Normally, the guard obtains a State license which is portable
from firm to firm (UDDOL, 2008). The types of provisions
located in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that could apply
to security personnel include hourly, salaried, and independent
contractors. If the security person acts as a hourly employee and
works at an organization that provides goods or services to the
public is covered under the FSLA but if that same employee has
part ownership they are not covered.
Security personnel are covered under the FSLA if the

9. business they provide security for makes over a half million
dollars a year but does not apply to the salaried employees in all
circumstances. The salaried employee cannot be forced to work
excessive hours without being paid overtime but this
compensation is not guaranteed. If the security guard is
contracted the organization has not responsibility pay overtime
but the security firm that hired the security guard will have this
obligation. If the security guard works independently they are
considered independent contractors and will not have the same
right to compensation.
The FLSA is designed to ensure that workers are not forced
to work over 40 hours in a seven day period without being
afforded overtime compensation. While this right does not apply
to all employees it does apply to the security personnel in many
cases. It is important that all employees understand their rights
while in the workforce but because of the many role and ways
security personnel can be hired it is essential they learn what
rights are afforded concerning their wages based on the position
they fulfill.
References
U.S Department of Labor. (2008). Fact Sheet #4: Security
Guard/Maintenance Service Industry
under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Retrieved June
24, 2012 from
http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs4.pdf
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. (2012).
Jobs Not Paid Overtime.
Retrieved June 24, 2012 from
http://www.lni.wa.gov/WorkplaceRights/Wages/Overtime/Exem
ptions/default.asp

10. Young, D. (1986). Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit
Authority: The Commerce Clause
and the Political Process. Retrieved June 24, 2012 from
http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=156
7&context=plr&sei