Defense Intelligence Agency

Over one hundred first responders, firefighters, and pedestrians heard explosions shortly before the buildings fell. The American people were told that the fire from the jet fuel weakened the steel joists enough for the building to collapse (Towers Collapse). However if that were true the buildings would not have fallen right into themselves in a free fall, they would have fallen to the side or leaned to the side because the impact and fire would have been hottest at the point of impact. However…

Covert action is one of many foreign policy tools used by policymakers to advance national interests. Used in select international efforts, covert action encompasses a broad range of activities outside the operations of traditional intelligence collection. Sanctioned by the White House and overseen by Congress, covert action can provide results and otherwise unavailable information. "The term covert action was defined for the first time in statute to mean an activity or activities of the united…

When discovering the world as a child, I always just assumed that all the plants and animals that I saw had always been here. Even today it is hard to comprehend how different plants and animals have migrated across the world. Each plant and animal affects the delicate environmental structure we learned about as children. Even the circle of life is more complicated as I get older. That 's why learning about other cultures and environments is detrimental to our growth as individuals. In this…

Culture Though Honduras is one of the poorest countries in Latin America and has the highest murder rate in the world, the culture as a whole adopts a laid-back style and has a distinct cultural flavor (CIA World Factbook). Some of the culture of Honduras is found in its Mayan roots, where temples in Tegucigalpa provide a glimpse into the historic past. In terms of common food, tortillas, beans, corn and rice are eaten every day. During lunch time, many businesses close so that a siesta can be…

I never quite understood the importance of privacy or political correctness as a child. The quick-witted banter that I had developed between friends really had no filter. I could say what I wanted, and how I wanted to say it without fear of ramifications, and my friends did the same. They were just words to us; they had little meaning, and if a conflict did erupt, it quickly fizzled out. However, the world changes, culture changes, ideas change, and with that so do freedoms. This is how my…

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. (Commisceo-Global,…

The country and city in which I chose to set up my English-language school is Singapore. The reason that I chose to establish an English-language school in Singapore is because they are a small island country that relies heavily on international trade and treaties to continue growing their economy. Their economy is fueled by imports and exports. The reason I think Singapore is a good location to establish an English-language school is because they need to maintain strong ties with major economic…

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…

George Kennan’s Containment Doctrine Revisited By Aizaz Khan I would like to review George Kennan’s Containment Doctrine through the lens of a splendid article written by Chalmer M. Roberts, “How Containment Worked”, which first appeared in the 1972’s summer edition of the Foreign Policy journal. Roberts, was the chief diplomatic correspondent for The Washington Post who covered the Cold War, the nuclear arms race and the seats of power in Washington in the 1950's and 60's, The article gives a…

George Washington’s Secret Six is about “The Spy Ring That Saved The American Revolution.” The Spy Ring is a group of people from and around New York that helped each other get and transfer information about the British Soldiers in New York. The Spy Ring was created when Nathan Hale, the first American Spy, was hanged by the British. Washington then decided that one man could not do the job all alone, a spy ring was needed. Maj. Benjamin Tallmadge, under the direction of Gen. Washington, began…