Defense Intelligence Agency

understand what can be considered an intelligence failure, it is important to understand the meaning of the word intelligence. In the world of the intelligence community the term intelligence simply refers to information policy makers need to make informed decisions on how to keep the nation safe. According to the Central Intelligence Agency there are four types of intelligence: Current intelligence, which is used when looking at day to day activities; estimate intelligence, which is used to…

The two story lines between the movie “13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” and the novel “Lord of the Flies” both share similar plot characteristics such as survival and bravery. The main characters are put into unpredictable situations throughout the story and are forced to overcome the conflicts given the circumstance and fix the situation by working with each other and figuring out ways of surviving. In the events of the movie “13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benghazi”, 6 ex-military…

The NSA warrantless surveillance controversy concerns with the surveillance of people within the United States. It all started while the collection of allegedly foreign intelligence by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) was going on as part of the war on terror. The National Security Agency is one of America's largest intelligence organizations. It is similar to the FBI and CIA. It specializes in codebreaking and code making, and provides secret and private information to US political and…

Film Analysis of Citizenfour (2014) Citizenfour, a documentary directed by an independent filmmaker named Laura Poitras, scrutinizes secret government surveillance programs after a former employee of the NSA named Edward Snowden decided to reveal certain surveillance programs that violate the privacy of American citizens. To affirm that the United States government consistently violates the privacy of American citizens by intercepting their personal communications and unlawfully spying on them…

Edward Snowden, a man currently seeking asylum in Russia is responsible for releasing classified documents in 2013. While employed by the National Security Agency (NSA) he released documents proving the government was involved in a massive surveillance program that involved citizen’s private communications. While I do not agree with the government doing such things I do not agree with how and why Mr. Snowden released the information. Mr. Snowden was acting as a contractor for the NSA,…

The program had no requirement that a warrant be obtained from a Court as the 4th Amendment to the Constitution and the foreign intelligence surveillance laws require. President Bush admitted that he authorized the program and defended his self by simply saying he had the authority to do so. There were already laws governing government eavesdropping on American citizens in which were…

The practice of Human Intelligence (HUMINT) has been a controversial feature of the Intelligence community since the creation of CIA in 1947. When George Kennan came out with the strategy of containment in the 1946 “long telegram”, recurring to human activities to counteract the eventual Soviet infiltrations appeared as a better means than military activities. In fact, it would have allowed the clandestine collection of Soviet documents and archives through the personal contact with foreigners…

accessible, and advanced. Because of that increase in popularity among the people, the government realized that it needed to create an intelligence organization focused primarily on global monitoring, collection, and processing of data information for counterintelligence and foreign intelligence purposes. This intelligence organization is called the National Security Agency (NSA) and was established in 1972 by President Truman. The NSA had few issues with the American people, up until 2013, when…

information that answers standing CI collection requirements or other collection requirements.” This collection is defined best as “the systematic acquisition of information concerning the FISS, international terrorist organization, and adversary intelligence collection threat.” We see this function in work as a critical support node that supports an overall mission or…

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…