The Department of Homeland Security. Right after the 9/11 attack, the central government moved rapidly to build up a security structure to shield our nation from vast scale assaults coordinated from abroad, while upgrading elected, state, and nearby abilities to plan for, react to, and recuperate from dangers and fiascos at home.
The correct answer is the last one, to protect them and their land.
They did not want the states to have all the power
