Analyze the following case in preparation for a systematic approach to your synthesis of law and fact:

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Case Study 2: Ballew v. Georgia, 435 U.S. 223 (1978)

Due Week 6 and worth 150 points

 

The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution limits the power of the police to make arrests, search people and their property, and seize objects and contraband, such as illegal drugs or weapons. These limits are the bedrock of search and seizure law and are ultimately at the root of your right to privacy.

 

Analyze the following case in preparation for a systematic approach to your synthesis of law and fact:

  • Ballew v. Georgia, 435 U.S. 223 (1978) located at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=435&page=223.

 

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

  1. Prepare a two to three (2-3) page briefing on the case that you reviewed in which you utilize the following areas of importance: a) issue presented; b) short answer; c) the facts of the case; d) a summary of the case; and e) a conclusion of the case outcome.
  2. Discuss the historical background behind the right to a twelve (12) person jury under the Sixth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution. Provide relevant examples of such historical importance to support your response.
  3. Analyze the role of the jury, as defined by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
  4. Discuss the fundamental protections available to a defendant under the Fourth Amendment as they relate to the concept of liberty, to the American system of jurisprudence, and to the right to a twelve (12) person jury. Provide a rationale for your response.
  5. Support or oppose the following quote from Phoebe C. Ellsworth, Law Professor at the University of Michigan: “Ideally, the knowledge, perspectives, and memories of the individual members are compared and combined, and individual errors and biases are discovered and discarded, so that the final verdict is forged from a shared understanding of the case.” Justify your response.
  6. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Terrorism and Organized Crime by White, Abadinsk

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PHASE 1 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

 

Deliverable Length:  500–750 words

 

DUE: MONDAY 6PM PACIFIC TIME ZONE

 

READING ASSIGNMENT: Terrorism and Organized Crime by White, Abadinsky; 8th Edition, Cengage learning ISBN# 9781285227153

 

THE ASSIGNMENT:

 

You are an analyst for the National Joint Terrorism Task Force and are assigned to conduct research in terrorism and organized crime for the special agent in charge so that he may prepare a briefing to local police chiefs around the nation. Answer the following in your research for his briefing:

 

  • What is terrorism, and what is organized crime?
  • What are the differences and similarities between the two types of organizations (terrorist organizations and organized crime organizations)?
  • What known terrorist and organized crime organizations currently exist?
    • Identify and briefly describe as many known terrorist and organized crimes organizations as you can.

 

  • Provide a minimum of 2 scholarly resources in APA format

 

 

 

 

Assignment Objectives:  Discuss the typology of terrorism and organized crime, and why definitions matter.  Analyze the nexus between terrorism and organized crime

 

 

 

Learning Materials Provided on college website, helpful links:

 

http://www.justice.gov/opa/blog/confronting-transnational-organized-crime-and-human-trafficking-global-society

 

https://www.dhs.gov/topic/chemical-security

 

http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2012/July/human-trafficking_-organized-crime-and-the-multibillion-dollar-sale-of-people.html

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/feature/terrorism-in-the-us/

 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/nsc/transnational-crime/strategy

 

https://class.ctuonline.edu/_layouts/MUSEViewer/MUSE.aspx?mid=2761433

 

Define the elements of a legal contract using examples from the scenario where applicable.

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Did Jim and Laura Buy a Car?
Worth 200 points

HINT: See Chapters 10-14 of the text to help understand some of the legal issues covered in this assignment.

Jim and Laura Buyer visit the local car dealership because they are interested in buying a new car. The car they currently have is aging and is starting to have mechanical problems. Jim and Laura would share the new car, and use it to go back and forth to work and school. Before going to the dealership, Jim and Laura decide that they can only afford $400.00 a month in car payments.

Once at the car dealership, Jim and Laura meet Stan Salesman. Stan shows them several vehicles and Jim and Laura test-drive several of the cars. Jim and Laura particularly like the blue 4-door sedan.  Therefore, they agree to give Stan Salesman a $100.00 deposit to hold the car for a day. Stan Salesman does not give them the receipt but guarantees that the $100.00 is refundable. No documents were signed.

The next day, Stan Salesman calls Jim and Laura to ask them when they would like to take delivery of the car. Jim and Laura, on the way home from the dealership, decided that they were not going to buy the car because they did not want to spend that money each month. Therefore, Jim and Laura tell Stan salesman that they have decided not to buy the car and request their $100.00 deposit back.

Stan insists that the $100.00 was a deposit on the car and was meant to be part of the contract to buy the car. Stan is very persistent and insistent that Jim and Laura have contracted to buy the car; therefore, the $100.00 will be applied to the purchase price of the car. Jim and Laura are shocked and angry as not only do they not want to spend the money, but now feel as though they are being duped by Stan Salesman.

Jim and Laura have an appointment to see a lawyer in a few days, but know you are a student taking a business law class and come to you for advice. They are very frazzled, and understandably upset that they may have just purchased a car. Since you have been taking business law, you have read and understand the elements of a contract and the defenses to a contract. Therefore, although you are not a lawyer, you provide some basic advice from what you’ve learned in your business law class.

In three to five (3-5) pages, advise Jim and Laura based on the above facts as presented, the material provided in the text, and material covered in the lecture. In your paper, be sure to address the following:

  1. Define the elements of a legal contract using examples from the scenario where applicable.
  2. Decide whether or not there was a contract for the purchase of the automobile.
  3. Identify the facts from the scenario which support your decision on whether or not a contract exists for the purchase of the automobile.
  4. Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.
  5. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
    • Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
    • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
    • Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The identification of the leader for terrorist cell number 1

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Deliverable Length:  Strategic Operational Plan Proposal (SOPP): Sections I–III, 1,000–1,500 words

 

 

 

Strategic Operational Plan Proposal (SOPP) Draft

 

Click here to download the Strategic Operational Plan Proposal (SOPP) template that is needed to complete this deliverable.

 

You are an operations officer for the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and you were instructed by the special agent in charge (SAC) of the task force to develop a Strategic Operational Plan Proposal (SOPP) and to have the first draft as detailed as possible for the SAC’s review. He gave you this assignment because you already conducted research on numerous sections of the proposal, and you are expected to incorporate your previous work into this outline. For this first draft, the information needs to be clear and concise, with general substantive work.

 

The following scenario gives you the necessary information to complete the SOPP:

 

The al-Qaeda terrorist organization is attempting to infiltrate two cells composed of 12 individuals each into a major metropolitan city in the United States. The al-Qaeda cells are funded by a Russian organized crime faction that is trying to penetrate Chicago, IL and displace Chicago’s local syndicate known as The Outfit. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, through external and internal U.S. sources, identified the Russian organized crime (OC) faction and its methodology of money laundering in 2012 but delayed a response because signal intelligence (SIGINT) identified the OC’s relationship with al-Qaeda. The city of Chicago was identified as the terrorist organization’s main target, but it is not known how the group will gain access to the United States at this time. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) identified that the Russian OC faction is attempting penetration into Chicago’s drug, gambling, and prostitution operations for which The Outfit is currently the dominant leader. Chicago police reported three separate assassination-style murders of Russian OC local leaders and attributed the murders to The Outfit.

 

The National Security Agency (NSA) reported SIGINT between the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Miami-based Russian OC syndicate identifying the transfer of two low-yield nuclear devices to Iranian Ministry of Intelligence operatives at the port of Donetsk, Ukraine during the chaos caused by the separatist move from the Ukrainian government, who in turn where identified by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as having delivered the two nuclear devices to known al-Qaeda operatives with an unknown destination. The Department of Homeland Security (HLS) has increased the U.S. threat level to elevated.

 

The CIA identified, through SIGINT (cell phones, texting, and e-mails), that al-Qaeda obtained numerous canisters of sarin gas (also known as GB) and is intent on using it against the United States in retaliation for its role in the Afghan war. The CIA and Department of Defense, U.S. Northern Command Intelligence identified the possible infiltration points for the al-Qaeda operatives to be along the Mexico/U.S. border.

 

The identification of the leader for terrorist cell number 1 was made by the CIA. The cell is possibly composed of 12 men, of whom 2 are of Arab descent, 7 Philippine, and 1 American. The leader’s name is Alwani abu Rayan, but he goes by the alias of Roberto Martinez (his father was Iranian, and his mother was Columbian). The American’s name is John Q. Citizen, and he was a resident of Chicago. Chicago FBI conducted a threat analysis based on all source intelligence and identified the O’Hare and Midway International Airports, the McCormick Place Convention Center, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago as possible targets for the potential low-yield nuclear weapons. Through the DEA, the FBI received intelligence that the GB gas is most likely to be used by the second terrorist cell against the leadership of The Outfit. It is believed that the Russian gang may not be aware that their cooperation with the al-Qaeda organization may also include nuclear devices, which may have catastrophic implications to their vision of controlling the territory belonging to The Outfit.

 

All information has been provided to the FBI, and the FBI has assigned you as their lead planner. You are provided with the additional guidance that the mission parameter dates are from 1 June through 6 July 201X. You were also provided guidance as to the mission: conduct counterterrorist operations in the vicinity of Tucson, AZ to apprehend and destroy terrorist cells infiltrating the United States. Also, conduct counterterrorist operations in the area of Chicago, IL to apprehend and destroy terrorist cells that may have already infiltrated into that area.

 

The Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) Teams Delta 1 and 2 are assigned to the missions, respectively. Both teams are composed of FBI, HLS, Department of Defense, NSA, DEA, and local law enforcement with a total body count of 45 each.

 

Assignment Details

 

Prepare the outline of your Strategic Operational Plan Proposal (SOPP) based on the scenario given and the SOPP template provided. Click here for guidance in using the correct APA sequence for this assignment. There are segments of the SOPP that the scenario does not have information for, and it is your responsibility to research what the best assumptions are and identify them as such. Complete Sections I–III using research previously conducted in the first 3 phases as well as the scenario information. You must also provide the strategies that you recommend for countering the identified threats (entry points in Mexico as well as possible targets in Chicago).

 

Reference

 

Purdue University. (2013, March 1). Four main components for effective outlines. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/01/

 

CJUS434-Terrorism and Organized Crime Wednesday, May 28, 2014

 

Strategic Operational Plan Proposal (SOPP)

 

Task Organization of Unit to Conduct Operation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Analysis of the current situation:

0. Define terrorism and organized crime. How are they alike and different?.

0. Discussion of possible or actual terrorist threats to an area of the U.S. or U.S. interest.

0. Identified terrorist organization name/symbol(s).

0. Terrorist organization’s identified or implied mission and objective(s) against the U.S.

0. Cell structure composition (types of specialists involved) and disposition (geographical or specific locations).

0. Reporting structure (names of leaders and team/cell members).

0. Communications strategy and methodology.

0. Types of threat capabilities available to the organization.

0. Terrorist organization’s center of gravity (critical vulnerability that when destroyed or disabled make the organization ineffective).

0. Discussion of Nexus between terrorist organization(s) identified as a threat and organized crime (OC)/transnational organized crime (TOC) organization(s).

0. Identified organized crime/transnational OC organization name/symbol(s).

0. OC/TOC organization’s vision and mission for its illegal business enterprise.

0. Organization’s composition (structure) and disposition (geographical locations).

0. Reporting structure (Leaders and organization members).

0. Communications strategy and methodology.

0. Identified nexus between the OC/TOC organization and the terrorist organization (Explain the symbiotic nature of the two organizations and how this relationship is in effect.).

0. Impact of risk related to the nexus.

0. What is the illegal activity (…ies) of the OC/TOC and level of participation?

0. OC/TOC organization’s center of gravity (critical vulnerability that when destroyed or disabled make the organization ineffective).

 

0. Threat assessment and identification of potential targets to include type(s) of threat medium and corresponding deliverable(s).

0. Type of threat(s).

0. Delivery means.

0. Date, time group (DTG) of potential terrorist attack.

0. Location(s) of possible attack(s).

0. Potential after effects of attack(s).

1. MISSION of the Operation (Who, what, when, where, and purpose/end state).

1. Strategies for countering the identified organizations.

Strategic Operational Plan Proposal Reviewed by:________________________________

(Instructor’s Name)

APPROVED/DISSAPROVED

Date/Time:____________________/___________hours.