Covert operation

Following World War Two, tensions were high between the USA and Soviet Russia. The two countries had been part of an alliance during the war, but after Hitler’s defeat the Russians initiated a struggle for global supremacy between communism and capitalism that was to last the next forty-five years (Roberts, 2013). This struggle became known as the ‘cold war’. During the height of this ‘war’, the US government had ‘committed vast resources’ to an extremely effective programme of anti-communist…

received a complaint from two employees working in the same company that their employer was intending to use CCTV footage of them for disciplinary issues the issues were relating to attendance. As the employees were not informed of CCTV cameras in operation the evidence against them was inadmissible. As this was their only evidence the case was dropped and they did not have to attend any disciplinary hearing.7 Legal…

Iran Hostage Crisis Puts U.S on Edge. “In the late 1970s the hostage crisis became a symbol of America’s inability to take decisive action in the face of pervasive problems,” said David Brooks about the 1979 hostage crisis in the Middle East (Brooks). If you ask an American that remembers this Iran hostage incident, they will say that it was a bad 3 years knowing that any day 66 lives could be lost in a blink of an eye. Even though 14 women, African Americans, and 1 ill stricken hostage were…

Under Operation Cyclone, the U.S. covertly funded, trained, and armed the mujahideen forces and worked with Bin Laden to fight the Soviets (Billard, 2010). So how did the United States and Osama Bin Laden turn from partners fighting the same enemy to enemies fighting…

the United States’ involvement in Nicaragua Reagan realized he needed to make a change. Reagan contacted his lead officials and together the made decisions on what the best plan of action would be “The White House decision making center for covert operations and contracting-out strategy lay within a tiny team of select State, Defense, CIA, and NSC officials known as the “208 Committee”…Oliver North, the workaholic organizer of secret Contra supply missions and Iran arms deals, was one of its…

Case Study – The CIA’s Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation Program The most recent, publicly acknowledged example of a covert action program with dubious moral footing is the Rendition, Detention and Interrogation program (RDI), authorized by President George W. Bush in the days following the terrorist attacks of 9/11. In 2009 by Executive Order, President Obama ended the CIA program and prohibited the use of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (EITs), including water-boarding. The President…

True Bravery in the Midst of Deception At the height of the Vietnam War, draft evaders refused to fight, the public continuously protested, and people were dying in great numbers, but one man possessed the courage to fight to delegitimatize a war that many opposed. This man’s name is Daniel Ellsberg. During this time period, Ellsberg was a special government analyst who worked on a paper titled U.S. Decision Making in Vietnam, better known as “The Pentagon Papers”, but Ellsberg described the…

target country has resources that the intervening country wants. Business interests and potential for profit were driving forces behind invasion. Moreover, the fear that communism would spread throughout the world justified covert operations and full-scale military operations. After WWII, newly forming nations found promise in Communism and Soviet principles because it provided a basis for equality among its citizens and gave power to the working class.…

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it was shot down. After this incident, both nations discussed test-ban agreements of nuclear testing. However, the trouble with the Soviet Union was not over yet. The U.S. shifted its focus to third world countries, where they tried to use they CIA covert missions and economic strategies in order to contain the spread of communism and acquire more allies. Especially in Latin America and the middle East, Eisenhower tried to contain the spread of communism. In order to continue containment,…