Commission's Recommendations on Reforming the U.S. Intelligence Community Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the point that "things would never be the same" echoed throughout the country, and in some ways this has been true. Unf Continue Reading...
There have been several attempts in the past to resolve cultural conflicts between the two groups. The need to develop greater cooperation is a shared goal. In the 1990s, the FBI and CIA formed a group of top executives called the Gang of Eight, who Continue Reading...
CI FinalAbstractThis thesis describes the need for an ethical standard in counterintelligence (CI) so as to facilitate collaboration among the various CI agencies and the private sector. It conducts an analysis of the formation of the counterintellig Continue Reading...
False Personas for Intelligence GatheringFalse personas are a common tool used by intelligence agencies for the gathering of intelligence. A false persona is an identity assumed by an intelligence officer that is not their true identity. Although it Continue Reading...
Introduction Homeland Security is tasked with the responsibility of safeguarding the US from threats, both foreign and domestic. In the age of technological revolution unseen and unrivaled in any previous era of human history, digital surveillance is Continue Reading...
The Influence of AI on Future Performance of Homeland Security Functions in Cyber SecurityOverviewCyber security is a crucial aspect of Homeland Security in the Digital Age. Under the DHS, cyber security efforts focus on combating cyber crime, develo Continue Reading...
Is the Constitution Still Relevant? No—What Matters is Who Has the Power to Decide What the Constitution Means The Constitution is relevant when people want it to be, and irrelevant when they do not want it to be. For instance, everyone become Continue Reading...
Senior Management MEMO to Senior Management: What are the differences in operating a union-free workplace vs. A unionized workplace? Here is some background on the issue. A view that many observers express is that unions tend to raise "non-union Continue Reading...
One of the most important security-related pieces of legislation recently passed in Congress is the H.R. 1731: the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015, also known simply as the Cybersecurity Act of 2015. The Act has widely been Continue Reading...
Unionization of a Hospital Staff When union representatives come to a hospital and approach its employees -- in this case, nurses -- a decision has to be made by the nurses as to whether or not this is a good idea. But more than that, the hospital a Continue Reading...
Nuclear security is one of the most important issues of modern times, as the 2016 nuclear security summit in Washington showed (Malin & Roth, 2016). As Malin and Roth (2016) note, the international community has embarked on a possibly dangerous p Continue Reading...
Studies done by the United States Defense Department have discovered the technology to be correct only fifty-four percent of the time. Furthermore, the study found that the systems could easily be compromised by alterations in weight, hair color, su Continue Reading...
John Le Carre's classic spy novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, is set in 1963 at the height of the Cold War. The novel's protagonist, Alec Leamas, is a seasoned and distinguished British agent who has come to have significant and important res Continue Reading...
Cointelpro In the United States during the 1960s, the nation was in a period of social turmoil. The post-World War II suburban culture was giving way to rebellion and revolution and a total upset of the status quo. Particularly in the school and uni Continue Reading...
The bottom line on ethical behavior for "civilian" agencies of the Bush Administration is that since September 11, 2001, they can follow what laws they want to, ignore what laws they want to, and even write their own laws that serve their unethical Continue Reading...
Privacy Security National Security vs. Individual Liberties A Long Standing Debate has Taken a New Turn in the Modern Digital Era WikiLeaks The Edward Snowden Leaks Liberty and National Security The debate between national security and individu Continue Reading...
Patriotic Act Arguments for and against the Patriot Act The unusual events surrounding the creation and passing of the Patriot Act make it a suspect bill in many eyes. However, major media reports like this one: "Fifty-nine percent in an ABC News/W Continue Reading...
S. mainland. The court can reject the procedures only if it finds the plan for complying with the law as "clearly erroneous." The program may also continue for a year although the law is scheduled for renewal in six months. Warrant-less eavesdropping Continue Reading...
Those officials who did look at the question of Japanese intentions decided that Japan would never attack, because to do so would be irrational. Yet what might seem irrational to one country may seem perfectly logical to another country that has dif Continue Reading...
these little slivers of plastic provide commerce at the swipe of a wrist, but every time that card is swiped, the time, date, location, value, and often the items of a purchase are recorded several times over, by banks, credit card companies, supers Continue Reading...
USA Patriot Act What is the issue? The view that had been taken by the authorities is that America was a country with too much of liberty - more than was good for its security. Along with this the feeling was that federal law enforcement agencies d Continue Reading...
" "It lets the parents follow up and make sure their kids have arrived somewhere," said George Grobar, general manager of Disney Mobile. But Pam Dickey, a parent in San Francisco who works for a major pharmaceutical company, says "We hardly have any Continue Reading...
Communication & News Framing - Case Study of the U.S. & China Standoff of 2001 An event is a fact. It happens. People witness it. People talk about it. People report it. In today's world, the even t may be recorded for posterity in a variety Continue Reading...
" Candidates have to undergo personal interviews, medical examinations, "counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination," urinalysis test to screen for possible illegal drug use, and other procedures that the agency finds necessary to meet suitabili Continue Reading...
Khrushchev on the Cuban Missile Crisis It was Saturday evening, October 27, 1962, the day the world came very close to destruction. The crisis was not over. Soviet ships had not yet tried to run the United States (U.S.) naval blockade, but the miss Continue Reading...
" Prohibiting "a bill of attainder" means that the U.S. Congress cannot pass a law that considers individual or aggregation blameworthy and later discipline them. Disallowing an ex post facto law implies that the U.S. Congress cannot make any given a Continue Reading...
Patriot Act In response to the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, Congress passed the U.S.A. Patriot Act, an act that gives federal officials more authority to track and intercept communications, for both law enforcement and fore Continue Reading...
According to Toronto Star reporter Stephan Handelman in an article printed in 2005, the U.S. senior intelligence analysts consider China to be the greatest long-term threat to U.S. stability. China's military force and computer intelligence has rea Continue Reading...
information technology skills I acquired through the military are transferable to civilian situations. The 20 years I gave to the military have placed me in a wide variety of situations quite different from what others might encounter in civilian li Continue Reading...
References Brauer, J.C. (1954). The Nature of English Puritanism: Three Interpretations." Church History. 23 (2): 99-108. Coon, D. (1976). Eliza Lucas Pinckney and the Reintroduction of Indigo Culture in South Carolina. The Journal of Southern Hi Continue Reading...
By continuing with a "business as usual" attitude, the terrorists would not have a long-term psychological impact on American society, culture and economic development. While the long-term psychological impact appears to be the most prominent value Continue Reading...
Apparently, Helms was too hot to handle." 11 A another public figure obviously annoyed at government's failure to successfully try the intelligence director said: "Rather than using a court trial to press for full disclosure... The administration ha Continue Reading...
America has never been a nation to create solutions to problems that have yet to occur. The prevailing wisdom was that terrorism and the need for a unified intelligence gathering community geared specifically to detect and protect against terrorism w Continue Reading...
Nixon before the presidency Military Congress & Senate seat Vice Presidency The election 1972 election and illegal activity Pardon and Conclusion Richard Nixon holds the distinction of being the only United States president to resign the Continue Reading...
International Laws and Terrorism Fighting Fair Most would agree that peace and negotiation is preferable over war. However, we as humans, know that this dreamy ideology is often difficult to achieve. War is a part of human history and will be likel Continue Reading...
Criminal Behavior Approaches to Understand Criminal Behavior Psychological Approaches Sociological Approaches Biological Approaches Psychosurgery Chemical Methods of Control Imagine yourself having a walk in the premises of your house and a st Continue Reading...
Applying Negotiation Skills to Bill Clinton Approach to Freeing the Two Journalist for North Korea For any solution to be reached, it is important that the two involved parties are ready to talk and come to a point of solution, which would be best f Continue Reading...
