1. Birkland argues that the "underwear bomber" case tipped the balance in favor of using screening machines that showed a clearer image of a screened passenger's body under his or her own clothes. Take a position on the following question and provide support for your position: Do you agree that public sentiment supports the use of such machines?

2. Take a position on the following question and provide support for your position: Does the failed attempt to bomb Northwest Airlines flight 253 in 2009 ("underwear bomber") reflect policy failure or policy success?

3. Evaluate and then suggest the most important problem with top-down models of policy implementation by citing at least two problems associated with this model.

-Evaluate and then discuss whether bottom-up approaches address these problems.

-Analyze the bottom-up shortcomings.

-On balance, evaluate which model you think would best aid someone who is attempting to design a policy and support your reasons.

4. What are some insights about policy making and the policy process that one can discover.?

5. Discuss the drug policy debate and why it needs to be followed more closely?