Director of National Intelligence

there might come a time when the government of the United States will be too powerful and intrusive. By releasing important classified information, Edward Snowden proved himself a hero by warning the public about the unconstitutional things the NSA (National Security Agency) was doing without the permission of the public. Snowden uncovered shocking secrets that the leaders of our country tried to keep hidden from the people. He believed people had a right to know what the government was really…

The FBI The FBI gave itself a very good reputation at the national level in the times of the historical events such as the Great Depression and World War II. The program, a product of a previous agency in 1935, grew large and successful with J. Edgar Hoover as the director for more than thirty years. Hoover discovered he had his own plans for an agency that consisted of trained professionals and next-level tools to serve the law. In 1908 Attorney General Charles Bonaparte formed a group of…

prepared by the Justice Department inspector general indicted the former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez of mishandling top secret information related to the U.S. counterterrorism program. The report noted that such violations can be detrimental to national security (Ryan 1). Accordingly, the report states that despite knowing the top secrecy nature of the program, Gonzalez failed to keep the documents related to the program in secure safes. He also kept them unsecured in his briefcase at his…

ceiling and finally shattered it in the late twentieth century. Among these strong-willed, highly educated and powerful women is Condoleezza Rice, the first woman and first African-American to serve as provost of Stanford University, the first female National Security Advisor (2001-2005) and the first African-American woman to serve a United States Secretary of State…

the U.S. had when they heard that the Soviet, Chinese and North Korean agents were close to perfecting mind controlling procedures in order brainwash U.S. prisoners of war that led to the beginning reason why Mk-Ultra was devised. This led to the director of the CIA, Allen Dulles approving project MK-Ultra in 1953 in the hopes of finding a way “to block the enemies from controlling the human behavior with drugs and psychological manipulators” (History.com). Although the CIA was afraid that the…

best way to gather intelligence? If this constitutionally questionable method only began 1.8 percent of terror investigations, the answer seems obvious. Proponents of the National Security Agency’s programs such as PRISM will claim it is vital to protect the nation against terrorists and is well within the law. However, by violating the 1st Amendment, 4th Amendment, being ineffective, and showing an overall lack of integrity, the NSA’s questionable methods of gathering intelligence such as…

UAV are considered by the US military and intelligence official the most effective tactics available to directly attack terrorist groups especially the al Qaeda and the Taliban. According to CIA director Leon Pannetta, “the only game in town in terms of confronting or trying to disrupt the al Qaeda leadership” is through the use of drones. Drones are not only useful, but also necessary when it comes to capturing terrorist on the wanted list, such as Osama bin Laden, who live and hide in the…

a regime change instigated by the CIA, as it is an effort by the CIA to provide aid in removing direct Soviet forces from Afghanistan. The Director of the CIA at the time, William Casey said, “here is the beauty of the Afghan operation. Usually it looks like the big bad Americans are beating up on the natives.…

Year of 1999 Clarke became Commanding Officer of MPD’s Intelligence Division where he was DAVID CLARKE 3 responsible for producing and sharing intelligence. Also providing dignitary protection in Conjunction with Secret Service, Department of State, and other government…

The National Security Agency Pros and Cons What if there was someone who looked at every telephone call in America and could help find and kill terrorists just by tapping into computers, telephones, and other technologies? Before World War 2 we as Americans would probably think of this as just another rumor. Today this has come true. The NSA or formally known as the National Security Agency has become one of the most controversial topics in the USA and other countries like England. What is the…