Immediately prior to passage of the Homeland Security Act, Governor Tom Ridge served as: two-term governor of Pennsylvania

White House advisor to President Bush on national security

Chairman of the National Governors’ Association of America

an executive of a major security company in the private sector

:) during the cold war, people were afraid of communists, both outside and inside the united states. the red scare and mccarthyism that grew out of these fears were damaging to the american way of life. during the mccarthy years, many of the freedoms guaranteed in the bill of rights were limited. write a paragraph explaining what lessons can be learned from the mccarthy era about what u.s. citizens need to protect in order to preserve the democratic political system and the american way of life.