Central Intelligence Agency

enforcement agencies such as the FBI and CIA to legally perform physical searches of homes or headquarters, these agencies may tap phones, monitor Internet use and e-mail, use electronic eavesdropping devices, and inspect suspects' financial, credit card, student, employment, and other records, without probable cause or proper warrants” (The PATRIOT Act and the Fourth Amendment). This directly goes against the fourth amendment in the bill of rights of the United States. The Foreign Intelligence…

passengers were even allowed to take box cutters and cigarette lighters abroad. But this has all changed. Airports now consist of much longer lines and more intense security, thanks to the federal government. The federal government created many new agencies in order to secure the safety of all American…

On July 14, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska, Leslie Lynch King, Jr. was born to his abusive father, Leslie Lynch King, and his mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner. Two weeks after his birth, his parents divorced and him and his mother moved to Grand Rapids, MI. While in Grand Rapids, his mother met a businessman named Gerald R. Ford. Dorothy and Gerald soon got married. Gerald was immediately nicknamed “Jerry” Ford and in 1935 officially changed his name to Gerald R. Ford Jr. Gerald was a successful athlete…

With top of the art facial recognition software, the drones will be able to identify a face from several thousand feet in the air, providing tactical information to the local enforcement agencies. The information may facilitate on the apprehension of wanted terrorists. From his first days as commander in chief, the drone has been President Barack Obama’s weapon of choice, used by the military and the CIA to hunt down and kill the people his…

creation of government agencies such as the CIA, MI6, and the KGB had been formed with the purpose of through secrecy operate in other countries with the goal of infiltrating, influencing, or interfere with events that occurred for the purpose of seeing ideal results that best suit foreign interests. Through secrecy nations had engaged…

Former FBI agent Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr. served undercover as an officer of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for twenty-one years. Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 on the U.S. by Al Qaeda, Rodrigues was assigned to the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center where he was then responsible for developing and implementing methods for capturing terrorists and collecting their intelligence. In his New York Times Bestseller, Hard Measures, Rodriguez discusses the controversial…

centuries. More so than ever before, the interrogation tactics used by the CIA after September 11, 2001 have been the subject of intense scrutiny. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, the CIA ramped up its efforts to acquire human intelligence information deemed vital to United States national security. The compelling need to acquire information important to national security was not adequately balanced against the need to respect basic human rights. Further, the highly…

has been fighting there has been a need for spies, intelligence, and secret movements. Sun Tzu, the ancient Chinese warfare tactician and leader said, “hence it is only the enlightened and wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for purposes of spying and thereby they achieve greater results. Spies are the most important asset, because on them depends an army’s ability to march.” Also, “George Washington used his intelligence information in an effective manner to decide…

Snowden’s email. All brought together to show if Snowden is indeed a hero, traitor, or none of the above. For starters, who is Edward Snowden and what exactly is he being accused of. Edward Snowden is a 30­year old ex contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA) . In May 2013, Snowden moved from his home in Hawaii to travel to Hong Kong. He was traveling there to reveal his secrets to the journalist Glenn Greenwald. At the time…

Edward Snowden is responsible for one of the largest acts of espionage ever committed. He revealed sensitive information about wrongdoings of the Central Intelligence Agency, who were guilty of unethical acts of phone and internet surveillance. INTRODUCTION Edward Snowden, a former contractor employed to the CIA in the United States of America, left the country after leaking sensitive information to the public about extensive acts of internet and phone surveillance by the American government for…