Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please complete the assigned readings and access and review the required resources. It is important to examine legal and ethical issues associated with homeland security within an historical context, and Chapter 3 of the assigned Martin (2015) text provides an exploration of legal foundational elements in this area. In this discussion, you will compare and contrast legal and ethical issues associated with the internment program within the context of World War II, and with the post-World War II investigation and prosecution of suspected or alleged communism in the United States. Identify and explain a legal issue and an ethical issue associated with each of these two eras. Propose alternative response mechanisms that could have more effectively facilitated both civil liberties and domestic security priorities in each context.

The content of the initial post must also contain a minimum of two references to the assigned weekly reading materials, cited in APA format as outlined in the Ashford University Writing Center. No quotations are permitted. Your posts should incorporate analytical and evidence-based statements and reflect a synthesis of the assigned readings. Your initial post should be a minimum of 400 words.