ups. By understanding the psychology of terrorist organizations and increasing intelligence gathering and communication abilities, Rumsfeld hopes to wean support and sympathy from those who threaten the United States.Reform in coordination also calls for more international cooperation. For example, there needs to be a concerted effort on the part of all nations to take a stand against terrorism in all forms. If a terrorist attempts to seek asylum, the nation in which the terrorist is seeking asylum should not hesitate in handing over the accused terrorist to the appropriate authorities. In addition, there should be an international effort to share intelligence information on terrorist groups. By coordinating intelligence, important information missed by one nation may be picked up by another. Furthermore, the international community should make it clear to all terrorist groups that the rule of law shall prevail in all forms in dealing with terrorist attacks, whether that is handing over suspected terrorists or punishing a terrorist for using internationally banned substances in their attacks.Another point for reform, within the United States government, is the establishment of a national agency to deal with terrorism policy. Policy analysts have offered many suggestions as to what form this new agency would take. A blue-ribbon commission charged with examining national security concerns suggests the formation of a cabinet level group called the National Homeland Security Agency to handle, prevent, respond to and recover from terrorist incidents. The commission proposed that this new agency would take over Border Patrol from the Department of Justice, take over Customs from the Department of the Treasury, take over the Coast Guard from the Transportation Department, take control of the FBI counter terrorism center and FEMA, assume responsibility for cyber security from the Commerce Department and the FBI, among other reforms. Th...
