Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR)
Order Description

Prior to answering this discussion question, locate the Homeland Security Spending for your state at the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) website: Click on the following link to access the Center for Investigative Reporting website: http://cironline.org/. (1) Use the search box; (2) enter the following phrase: “Interactive: States Spend Billions on Local Homeland Security.” Once the results are returned, click on the link that was posted by Michael Corey.
Begin your initial post by identifying the state that you have selected. Discuss where your state had focused the majority of their spending of Homeland Security Funds as of the date of this report and any issues raised on this site about your state. Critique the validity of any issues raised on the site about your state.
MY STATE IS LOUISIANA (IN THE USA)

In your response, compare the focus of Louisiana’s spending with the state of Wyoming OR California. (BOTH STATES ARE IN THE USA). You should also evaluate the validity of the issues highlighted for the (State you choose) in your response.

TEXTBOOK
Spindlove, J. R., & Simonsen, C. E. (2013). Terrorism today: The past, the players, the future (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education