Classified information

have been through a high school American history class then you probably have. Deep Throat was a secret informant who provided information to key personnel of The Washington Post about the president’s involvement in a scandal during the 1970s. Some may say that a high ranking official should not be lurking in parking garages releasing private or even sensitive information to the press who plans to release it to the public. Fearing for his life and scrutiny, Felt kept his identity secret until…

In this research we will examine participants in an interview about their ideas on some inmates and about their sentences and for the charge they had. To do this we will use the In-Depth Interview to get my information and using the labeling theory to help me find my answers. My hypothesis is finding out if people care about what types of punishment is handed out to certain sentences and if people believe some punishments are harsher than others. We do believe that people will have many…

The Secret Weapon: Secrets as a Weapon within Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Secret Societies 100 years ago, the deadliest type of warfare was the newest version of the Heckler-Koch machine gun. Secrets have just as much power, if not more, when it comes to government and society. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, illustrates the power and effects of dangerous secrets. The article “Secret Societies Control the World” explains who forms secret societies and why…

that by publically leaking classified information is that the enemy too will also be able to access said information. While she was charged with 22 offences she was found guilty of all but two, making that 20 charges. Because proven guilty, she was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Since the incident she has seen a drastic reduction of her original sentence, allowing her to be freed in May of 2017. I would also like to provide further background on the information that she leaked so people…

or even approach. The area is restricted in fear that the weapon information get into the wrong hands. During November of 2011 the White House released their official position on aliens. Their official statement quotes: “The U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race. In addition, there is no credible information to suggest that any evidence is being hidden from the public’s…

From a young age children are taught that lying and trickery don 't come without consequences. A common theme in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is also one of Victor Frankenstein’s fatal flaws: lies and deceit in the form of secrecy. Victors biggest secret was his attempt to cover up the creation of the creature. His choice to keep this secret not only affected him and the people around him, but also affected the creature in a negative way. Victor began to keep his work hidden after he started to…

I can imagine that people would not want to help you if you don’t trust them and feel the need to spy on them. The debate of whether what Edward Snowden did was the right or wrong thing also seems kind of up in the air. Obviously releasing the information that he did got the U.S. government into quite a bit of trouble with other countries and angered many of its own citizens, but are the government’s actions of disregarding the rights of the people justified if it is for the sake of protecting…

slow Iran’s production and development where vital to the prevention of nuclear weapon creation, the Israeli intelligence community understood they could not fight against Iran without international assistance. Thus, they worked hard to gather information to prove to other countries that Iran was working towards nuclear weaponry. Without the intelligence they…

In 2011, President Obama has issued an executive order for the Insider Threat Program. This program prohibits executive government officials who have knowledge of national security matter from speaking to the press without prior authorization first. After Snowden 's release of leaked documents, the Insider Threat Program became more intense. Government officials are no longer allowed to speak to the press about unclassified matters, such as their own personal opinions about current events. In…

close friends. This is because you feel a closer bond between you and the person you are keeping the secret with. Statistics also show that women cannot keep a secret longer than forty seven hours and fifteen minutes no matter how confidential the information is. However, many of the individuals feel guilty after telling a secret of someone else’s. Secrets can be a major complication in relationships, friendships and family Secrets…