NSA Data Leaks The National Security Agency, created in 1952, by President Harry Truman was intended to protect US citizens as well as the government. So why is an organization spying on those it was created to protect? The NSA could be causing more harm than good due to overstepping its intended purpose, misappropriation of data, and possible further intrusion on citizens. The NSA, in its early life, was an organization created with good intentions. Truman was thinking of the well being of the…
What would you do if someone you knew brother/sister or child was being held hostage and the person that captured them won’t tell you where they are unless you give them $5,000,000? Well for one, I doubt if many people have that much money just sitting around. And secondly don’t think the criminal will tell you he/she is keeping your loved one if you just say please. According to Michael Levin’s “The Case for Torture” torturing the individual might be the best option to get information out of…
What would you do if your country kept secrets from you. The C.I.A. torture report was a report that should have been released much early that it was. This report explained the horrendous actions the C.I.A. took to extract information from prisoners of war of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. There are many reasons why this report should have been released, but the most prominent reasons are the sanction of those responsible for this torture, and the right for the American people to know…
within an organization.” Whistleblowers, in the context of the intelligence community, are employees or contractors of federal intelligence agencies who bring information on agency wrongdoing to the surface. The report “Intelligence Whistleblower Protections: In Brief” by Rodney M. Perry notes that the Obama Administration and Congress in Obama’s era did take action to “limit retaliation” against whistleblowers in the intelligence community for “certain types” of protected disclosures.…
he NS , or National Security gency, is an intelligence agency in the United States of merica, which is responsible for privacy of information and data for foreign intelligence and also counterintelligence. The NS is also charged with protection of communications inside the U.S. government, and the safety of any important documents kept by them. The agency is authorized to accomplish its task through clandestine means, which may consist of ‘bugging’ electronic systems, and, allegedly,…
Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director Andrew McCabe altered Peter Strzok's 302 notes during his interview with then-White House national security adviser Michael Flynn and destroyed evidence, a new report suggests. Conservative commentator and journalist Mike Cernovich reports McCabe changed official FBI notes Strzok took when he interviewed Flynn last February, but that he destroyed evidence of his revision history. In a series of tweets on Sunday, Cernovich reported the FBI…
A high profile investigation into the life and activities of the top state official is not a usual case and hence insurmountable evidence, witness corroboration and authenticated proof must be submitted to justify and charge such an official. Initially, information obtained prior to the initiation of the court-authorized interceptions, relating to allegations that the target of the investigation solicited and obtained campaign contributions in exchange for official actions as Governor, was used…
“He was put into isolation for 47 days when the interrogation team traveled, and during his next interrogation, the team used enhanced techniques, including waterboarding.”Jeremy Ashkenas, Fairfield, Keller, Volpe. The CIA hides information from the government and they hide their tactics about torturing. They justify themselves and they make sure that the public does not know about any of it. The novel 1984 talks about the Ministry of Love and how they torture and isolate the people. They…
the 9/11 Commission Report was the deficiency of shared intelligence information between, local, state and federal agencies related to homeland security. Before 9/11, law enforcement intelligence was compartmentalized and disjointed. The FBI mainly dealt with domestic threats and the CIA mostly focused on foreign threats. I believe that the most significant function developed was “receiving and analyzing law enforcement information, intelligence, and other information relating to homeland…
The producers of 24 utilize American paranoia to the show’s advantage and have subsequently changed the nation’s perception of the word interrogation, its meaning, use, and popularity. Ever since the tragedy of September 11 attacks, The American public has become aware that the United States is no longer invulnerable to terrorist attacks. Nowadays, people think that interrogation and torture are the same because 24 imposed on viewers the idea that torture is the most effective type of…