Central Intelligence Agency

Kenneth Weinstein came across a transcript as the speaker for a discussion held by Hudson on defense technology in a globalized market. Weinstein identified that "one of the most important work -- parts of the work we do here at Hudson is assessing present and future threats to national security and securing our nation's most important military assets and advanced technologies," ( CQ Transcriptions, par 2). He explains much of how Hudson works towards defense technology and preventing that this…

MK-Ultra: The Conspiracy Theory that Came to Life One of the most well-known facilities to take part of the MK-Ultra mind control experiments was once known as the Narcotic Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Here, doctor Isbell Harris was the head researcher for Addition Research Center at the, newly named, Public Health Service Hospital. Dr. Isbell was known for the extensive research he did with various drugs on imprisoned narcotics offenders that resided in the facility he worked at. Despite Dr.…

In many Americans eyes Edward Snowden can be seen as much as a traitor than a hero. Thirty year old Edward Snowden a former National Security Association contractor revealed the works of illegal government programs. The documents revealed detailed secret NSA programs and capabilities that have been and continued to be used to collect and store personal communications both within the United States and abroad. Snowden traveled from his homeland of Hawaii to Honk Kong to leak the documents to…

NSC 68 is a document, or strategy paper, written on April of 1950 to examine the blueprints accessible to the President of the United States in defense to the U.S.S.R. amid the progressing Cold War. This report concentrates on the military, monetary, political and mental viewpoints of the United States in relationship to the U.S.S.R. NSC 68 was exhibited to President Truman by his National Security Council. It was fundamentally composed by Paul H. Nitze, named by Dean Acheson the Deputy Director…

products. The information obtained by the NSA was allegedly used to prevent any terrorist actions. However, the NSA has “[built] up a store of information on millions of US citizens, regardless of whether or not they are ‘persons of interest’ to the agency” (Brown). Although terrorist plots are a legitimate threat to America, the U.S government has overstepped its boundaries by violating the citizen’s of America’s fourth amendment right to privacy. The United States of America was founded on…

issue that has many Americans in a state of panic and confusion. The topical matter being addressed involves privacy issues with the NSA. The NSA, or National Security Agency, is responsible for monitoring on a global scale. They collect, analyze, decode, and translate potentially "dangerous" information from foreign intelligence. The NSA has the ability to track phone numbers, set up fake Internet cafes, spy on foreign leaders cellular phones, tap into video conferences, monitor texts, access…

Strategic Intelligence? When addressing what Congresses role should be a quick understanding of what Congress currently does for intelligence. Congress monitors and regulates intelligence programs and authorizes and appropriates funds. Basically, Congress is in a position to monitor the intelligence community to ensure that funds are not misappropriated, regulate intelligence programs, and spying is not conducted on American citizens. However, even with providing oversight into Intelligence it…

All movies you watch have similarities whether you notice it or not. Even a war time action movie like Zero Dark Thirty and a dystopian political thriller like V for Vendetta have similarities. All movies use symbolism and a lot of times these symbols are repeated. Themes also go hand in hand with symbolism. Evaluating a movie’s theme and detecting symbolism can help one understand the movie better and uncover underlying messages. Also, analyzing music, color schemes, and other factors such as…

The Effects of 9/11 September 11th 2001 a day most people can remember where they were, how old they were, and even what they were wearing. This tragedy was seen as the first major attack on U.S soil since the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attacks. The United States had endured peace and Economic prosperity during the 1990’s until the “9/11” Terrorist attacks ( cite ). These attacks had major effects on America. There were major changes in government and national security, the economy,…

When in May 2013, Edward Snowden disclosed information about the U.S. intelligence conducting controversial government surveillance activities to newspaper reporters, the US government accused him of violating the Espionage Act of 1917. Specifically, Snowden currently faces three criminal charges. The first charge falls under section 641 of the United State Code for theft of government property. The other two charges fall under the Espionage act section 793 (d) and section 798 (a)(3). These two…