Central Intelligence Agency

Being a newly formed nation, America did not share the same intelligence institutions as its counterpart, Britain, and therefore relied on the British for their, for a lack of a better term, brains and geographical advantages. The American department of state policy outline in the creation of the Atlantic Alliance that the United Kingdom should ‘retain control of her outlying possessions’ so that certain territories such as Malaysia would not ‘fall into less friendly hands.’ The phrase ‘less…

“The date which will live in infamy,” December 7, 1941, was everything that Franklin D. Roosevelt feared during his vision in 1937, during the Japanese invasion of Manchurian China. Roosevelt recognized that the rise and militarization of air power made the world much smaller. The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans had been an adequate protective zone for much of the United States’ history, but that was rapidly changing. Similarly, the rapid change in Europe towards totalitarian governments gave…

During the Cold War, The United States Government, Armed Forces, and Central Intelligence Agency faced the formidable task of having to battle and contain the spread of the communist, socialist, and Marxist ideologies of the Soviet Union across dozens of countries around the world without igniting another “hot” or total war. Since the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, United States history has aimed at encouraging the belief that the United States is a force for the good in…

“I’ve been held down like a piece of meat while monsters disguised as men violated me again & again” (Lawson). Here is a very distasteful, yet eye opening quote to make people think more in depth of what human trafficking is, and why it should be stopped. It informs those who read it that human trafficking is a crime where people are taken advantage of, and forced to do very appalling things that they do not wish to do. Human trafficking is an immense issue around the world that causes awful…

No one will ever know the truth if the government is keeping hidden information from the public. Edward Snowden a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) computer technician leaked classified documents from the government system to inform the public of what’s going on and what really happened in past events. This created a controversy among the public and government officials because some people believe he is a traitor to his country and others think he is a hero. Edward Snowden informed us of…

Should the United States Continue Its Use of Drone Strikes Abroad? Remotely-controlled aircraft, otherwise known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones can be equipped with bombs and missiles for attack missions. The original drone, the MQ-1 Predator and the upgraded MQ-9 Reaper are the two most commonly used unmanned aerial vehicles. They are cherished for their ability to fly thousands of feet over a target for long durations of time and relay high-resolution, live reconnaissance. In…

government funding towards students attending college for science and math. The United States tailored the best and brightest students towards science, engineering, and math, preparing them for a future career at government defense and advancement agencies, including NASA. The article on Khan Academy continues, stating, “[Soviet achievements] created intense fear and anxiety among the US public that the Soviet Union had surpassed the technological achievements of the United States.” Once Sputnik…

Edward Snowden, a government official, worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which gathers, processes, and analyzes national security information, and the National Security Agency (NSA), which is responsible for global monitoring, collecting and processing information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. During his time of working for the government, he discovered and released private documents containing information proving government surveillance.…

On August 01, 2014, President Barack Obama addressed in a press conference concerning the assigned Senate Committee 's report on the Central Intelligence Agency involving torture used in interrogation. “We did a whole lot of things that were right, but we tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values.” (Obama) The report was completed and a summary was released to the public December 2014. Since then, the use of torture has been on the minds of Americans and discussed…

You also stated there was no real distinction between people from the United States (US) and those in Brazil, other than their primary language is Portuguese, while I believed they had darker skin tones like Hispanic people in Mexico. (Central Intelligence Agency, n.d.) Since the country is a melting pot of people of various nationalities, , I thought it strange they distinguished their classes by the hue of their skin – the paler the color the higher in status a person would be.…