Intelligence and National Security1OSINT stands for Open Source Intelligence. It refers to the practice of gathering, analyzing, and disseminating information that is available in the public domain. This can include information from the internet, soc Continue Reading...
The same access to formerly secret information from the Cold War era also revealed the extent to which Soviet infiltration of the highest level of American military projects had served to further exhaust the American economy by necessitating contin Continue Reading...
The tragedies of the families involved made the subject of several films. However, one of the most interesting on this theme is Cautiva, a 2004 foreign film which depicts the drama of a young girl whose destiny is affected by the actions of the Con Continue Reading...
Technological developments have characterized the modern world and play a critical role in communications. Given their impact on communications, these advancements has also influenced the creation of war movies. However, war movies have existed for a Continue Reading...
NATO and Russia: Selected EssaysEssay #1\\\"NATO should not be considered the most successful military alliance in the history because it \\\"won\\\" the Cold War by default. Taking into consideration that Europe failed to field sufficient convention Continue Reading...
submarines were instrumental during both World Wars. What is less well-known is the role that submarines played as tools during the Cold War. In Blind Man's Bluff, Sontag and Drew reveal with stunning detail the accounts of American Naval officers w 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...
Conciliation seems to be more to the purpose, if opposing bodies are expected to work together to govern a country. Humphrey said in his study on From Victim to Victimhood, "By contrast, trials have played a much smaller role during political transi Continue Reading...
In 1953, Congress amended the National Security Act to provide for the appointment of a Deputy Director of the CIA by the President with Senate's advice and consent. Commissioned officers of the armed forces, active or retired, could not occupy the Continue Reading...
4. Explain each of Samuel Huntington's 8 cultural paradigms. What does this model for culture and civilization around the world have to do with terrorism? What are the implications for law enforcement if terrorism has deeper roots -- namely, rooted Continue Reading...
As the Cold War began, U.S. found itself in a war with the U.S.S.R. On several levels and the only method that could have given U.S. The supremacy it desired was through the good use of intelligence. Espionage, military, industrial, and technologica Continue Reading...
Overall, the Central Intelligence Agency was an important, if not essential, element of the general tactics used by the U.S. In the Cold War. The reason was the limited access to information on the situations in the countries around the world in an Continue Reading...
By 1945, the OSS was abolished and by 1947 the National Security Act had completely transferred the task of espionage and intelligence from military to civilian hands ("United States Intelligence"). This transfer set the stage for the successes and Continue Reading...
Bay of Pigs was an unsuccessful effort by the United States of America to bring Castro's dictatorship in Cuba to an end and Kennedy was mainly responsible for the failure. The 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion is renowned worldwide as a failed attempt of U Continue Reading...
According to the papers, Pearson indicated concern about the nature of the bombing and questioned Johnson about the potential use of nuclear weapons. While Pearson appeared willing to acknowledge that conventional bombing raids would be used against Continue Reading...
Until that is corrected, we should probably stop talking about "democracy" and "human rights." His premise is that the power and autonomy of the defense establishment has increased in collusion with defense contractors. He points to the elimination Continue Reading...
(MACV Dir 381-41) This document is one of the first confidential memorandums associated with the Phoenix Program, which details in 1967 the mostly U.S. involvement in counterinsurgency intelligence and activities and discusses the future training an Continue Reading...
Covert Action One of the key changes of the late 20th century, certainly enhanced in the early 21st, is that of the economic, political, and cultural movements that broadly speaking, move the various countries of the world closer together. This idea Continue Reading...
The blame game began almost immediately, and President Bush, together with many among the American people, looked for scapegoats. Iraq - a Muslim nation weakened by war and economic sanctions - would prove an easy target of American wrath in this ne Continue Reading...
Social dynamics, meanwhile, look into the prevalent perception of JI's society and the international viewpoint on radical Islamism. Lastly, the political dynamics centers on the viewpoints supporting and opposing JI activities, specifically its link 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...
e., the company) that has technical control over telecommunications networks and thus technical ability to access communications, versus a party that is duly authorized to actually access those communications via a warrant (Mares, 2002). Although, as Continue Reading...
Counterintelligence and Predicting Terrorism Sovereign states have always had a vested interest in accurately predicting the course of future events, from the ancient espionage of medieval courts to the advanced intelligence agencies used today, but Continue Reading...
HOW EARLY EFFORTSAT DEVELOPINGA COUNTERINTELLIGENCEPROGRAMINTHE 1950s AND 1960s INFLUENCED CURRENT USCOUNTERINTELLIGENCE POLICIESA Master ThesisSubmitted to the FacultyofAmerican Public University SystembyAlexgardo OrriolaIn Partial Fulfillment of th 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...
Such a strategy, if fully developed, would successfully reduce the risk of a successful terrorist nuclear attack because the system itself would have nuclear-specific elements that could be coordinated with an assortment of other prevention and prot Continue Reading...
..." Quirk is noted to have said that: "Many times in later years Castro spoke of his ignorance as a university student. He admitted to being a 'political illiterate' and had studied law, he said, not because he felt an attraction to the legal profes Continue Reading...
Non-Traditional Security Threats and the EU Theoretical Study Terrorism Weapons of Mass Destruction and Nuclear Threat Regional Conflict Organized Crime Environmental Degradation Non-Traditional Security Threats and the EU Due to the disconte Continue Reading...
Threat Analysis A Foreign Intelligence Entity (FIE) can be delineated as any identified or suspected foreign organization, individual, or group, whether private, public, or governmental, that undertakes intelligence activities to obtain United State Continue Reading...
female HUMINT Intel collectors as well as the utilization of female HUMINT Intel collectors during WWI and the Cold War Era. Specifically, their use in the form of secretaries and teletypes. It will go systematically during both wars, analyzing the Continue Reading...
Intelligence Failures In an ever increasingly complex governmental infrastructure, the importance of communication, mission and strategy are of the utmost importance. The Department of Defense (DOD) and all of its law enforcement agencies are in a p Continue Reading...
Counterintelligence Thesis Proposal Abstract This proposal describes the need for an ethical standard in counterintelligence. It discusses how an analysis of the formation of the counterintelligence program under Angleton can provide insight into wha Continue Reading...
Soviet Deception in the Cuban Missile Crisis, The world came to a standstill about five decades ago in late October when people learned that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) had built nuclear missiles stations in various clandestine l Continue Reading...
shifting seas of global social consciousness and worldwide political hierarchy have only recently brought the word 'terrorism' to the quotidian mind of Americans, it has long enjoyed a cemented place in the construct of civilization. Daily associati Continue Reading...
Iran-Contra Affair Historical Background of the Iran-Contra Affair Events Surrounding the Decision. Nicaraguan context. In the 1970s, dissatisfaction with a manipulative and corrupt government was escalating. All socio-economic classes were impact Continue Reading...
..accused of being an assassination bureau, used for reprisals against the VC, GVN critics and personal enemies. Torture was common, and "elimination" was the preferred method of dealing with Phoenix's suspects. In a similar vein there have been acc Continue Reading...
Conflict Resolution in the Middle East History of the ARAB-ISRAELI conflict The Palestinian Arab and Jews rivalry is of recent origin that started on the eve of 20th century. Even though both of them have different religions the religious diversity Continue Reading...
Global Efforts to Reduce Terrorism and Political Violence Been Effective in the Past Decade? Conceptualizing Political Violence and Terrorism Terrorism does not have an assigned definition. As a matter of fact, "few terms or concepts in contempora Continue Reading...
FISA's recent rise to fame has been due to attempts by the Bush Administration to apply the law as justification for warrant-less wiretaps of U.S. citizens in apparent disregard of their Fourth Amendment protections. This issue will be examined in m Continue Reading...
