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Sources: 

Scott Shane, “Lapses Allowed Suspect to Board Plane,”

The New York Times

, May 4, 2010; Mike McIntire, “Ensnared by

Error on Growing U.S. Watch List,” 

The New York Times

, April 6,

2010; Eric Lipton, Eric Schmitt, and Mark Mazzetti, “Review of Jet

Bomb Plot Shows More Missed Clues,” 

The New York Times

,

January 18, 2010; Lizette Alvarez, “Meet Mikey, 8: U.S. Has Him

on Watch List,” 

The New York Times

, January 14, 2010; Eric

Lichtblau, “Justice Dept. Finds Flaws in F.B.I. Terror List,” 

The New

York Times

, May 7, 2009; Bob Egelko, “Watch-list Name Confusion

Causes Hardship,” 

San Francisco Chronicle

, March 20, 2008;

“Reports Cite Lack of Uniform Policy for Terrorist Watch List,” 

The

Washington Post

, March 18, 2008; Siobhan Gorman, “NSA’s

Domestic Spying Grows as Agency Sweeps Up Data,” 

The Wall

Street Journal

, March 10, 2008; Ellen Nakashima, and Scott

McCartney, “When Your Name is Mud at the Airport,” 

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Street Journal

, January 29, 2008.

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Part Two

Information Technology Infrastructure

CASE STUDY QUESTIONS

1. What concepts in this chapter are illustrated in

this case?

2. Why was the consolidated terror watch list

created? What are the benefits of the list?

3. Describe some of the weaknesses of the watch

list. What management, organization, and

technology factors are responsible for these

weaknesses?

4. How effective is the system of watch lists

described in this case study? Explain your answer.

5. If you were responsible for the management of

the TSC watch list database, what steps would you

take to correct some of these weaknesses?

6. Do you believe that the terror watch list

represents a significant threat to individuals’

privacy or Constitutional rights? Why or why not?

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

S

After reading this chapter, you

will be able to answer the

following questions:

1.

What are the principal components

of telecommunications networks and

key networking technologies?

2.

What are the main telecommunica-

tions transmission media and types

of networks?

3.

How do the Internet and Internet

technology work and how do they

support communication and 

e-business?

4.

What are the principal technologies

and standards for wireless network-

ing, communication, and Internet

access?

5.

Why are radio frequency identifica-

tion (RFID) and wireless sensor

networks valuable for business?

CHAPTER OUTLINE

7.1

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING

IN TODAY’S BUSINESS WORLD

Networking and Communication Trends

What Is a Computer Network?

Key Digital Networking Technologies

7.2

COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

Signals: Digital vs. Analog

Types of Networks

Physical Transmission Media