2002 World Events · Counterterror expansion and networked conflict
U.S. Department of Homeland Security created
C. in United States. The United States created DHS by merging or coordinating many civilian security functions after 9/11.
Evidence-led reading
What is stated, why it matters, and what remains uncertain
What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2002.
Why it matters
It changed border security, emergency management, aviation screening, and intelligence sharing.
What is established here
The page faithfully exposes the submitted record and its source boundary. No claim-level evidence packet has yet upgraded the record beyond a research starting point.
What remains uncertain
Starting-point source from the submitted dataset; verify exact dates, attribution, legal posture, casualty figures, and current status before reuse.
Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
C. in United States. The United States created DHS by merging or coordinating many civilian security functions after 9/11.
It changed border security, emergency management, aviation screening, and intelligence sharing.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2002-008
- Date or period
- 2002-11-25
- Type
- Institutional reform
- Focus
- Counterterrorism / governance
- Impact scope
- Global
- Priority
- 4 of 5
- Location label
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- U.S. federal agencies; Congress; White House
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 38.9072, -77.0369 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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This remains a starting-point record
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Citation and correction
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A correction may concern the date, place, actors, attribution, legal status, figures, coordinate precision, source characterization, or why-pivotal summary without invalidating every other field.
2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “U.S. Department of Homeland Security created.” World Events record 2002-008. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2002/2002-008/