Central Intelligence Agency

Covert action is one of many foreign policy tools used by policymakers to advance national interests. Used in select international efforts, covert action encompasses a broad range of activities outside the operations of traditional intelligence collection. Sanctioned by the White House and overseen by Congress, covert action can provide results and otherwise unavailable information. "The term covert action was defined for the first time in statute to mean an activity or activities of the united…

The National Security Council The National Security Act of 1947 created the National Security Council. The next few paragraphs will further examine the functions and responsibilities of the National Security Council, the current domestic political environment pertaining to the border wall in Mexico, as well as the current threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and what role the National Security Council represents. National Security Council Background The National Security Act of…

recruit journalists to help them with gathering information, or working with spies in different countries. Also, there are “more than 400 American journalists who in the past twenty-five years have secretly carried out assignments for the Central Intelligence Agency” (Bernstein 1). This describes how there were more than 400 journalists that actually worked for the CIA, also it shows that the CIA had enough reach to get these journalist to even work with spies, which is shown when Bernstein…

Drones: Not Even Remotely Safe Technology. Ancient people would never imagined the type of technology people use today. It makes tasks easier and more efficient, however, at times some people misuse this technology. In his short story “A Sound of Thunder,” Ray Bradbury demonstrates this idea of utilizing technology through harmful means with the reckless usage of a time machine. Even though Bradbury writes of a technology that has not yet been invented, his idea still stands today. Drones…

greatest manhunt for the world’s most dangerous man” (Mayer), Zero Dark Thirty is the dramatization of the search for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Centering on the work of Maya Lambert, a Central Intelligence Agency officer, the film has raised controversy due to its historical inaccuracy in depicting torture. The film justifies torture by portraying that enhanced interrogation techniques provided key information in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.…

and assorted lunatics from abusing the 2nd Amendment privilege, as it protects that privilege for law-abiding sportsmen and other citizens” (Pettit). The president is the head of the nation’s intelligence hierarchy, including the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Counsel, National Security Agency, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. These provide the United States with the top protection against invasion and domestic violence. The Government has the right to send troops merely…

The National Security Agency Pros and Cons What if there was someone who looked at every telephone call in America and could help find and kill terrorists just by tapping into computers, telephones, and other technologies? Before World War 2 we as Americans would probably think of this as just another rumor. Today this has come true. The NSA or formally known as the National Security Agency has become one of the most controversial topics in the USA and other countries like England. What is the…

Watergate For the next year, the Nixon Administration had kept their illegal tactics to themselves as they continued to taunt Ellsberg and everyone one the enemy list. (until they got caught...) On June 17th, 1972, five members of Nixon 's Administration were arrested as they were found to have broke in the Democratic National Convention headquarters at The Watergate Hotel. They had broke in numerous times. The first to set up wiretapping materials in the Democratic office and eventually in…

presidency and the corruption of the CIA. The Soviet Union collapse marked the beginning of corruption in the CIA. The director of the CIA was George Tenet, who was very close to George W. Bush. Tenet was seen by the public as “an honest broker of intelligence”, meanwhile in private he would tell people what they wanted to hear, then go to others and tell them the opposite of it. One of the main reasons that Tenet stayed on as the director of the CIA during George W. Bush’s presidency was due to…

presented conflicting duties. The CIA had to choose between stripping the detainees of all control leaving them hopeless and desperate or to let the detainees keep giving them the run around and not preventing the possible deaths of innocent people. The Agency had to choose the course of action that would bring about the most positive outcomes and help them with their duty of serving the American people. I also agree that their decisions were better than what the Obama administration chose to…