Director of National Intelligence

DNA. His partner in this discovery was Francis Crick. After he won the Nobel Prize, he went on to work in cancer research and mapping the human genome. Recently he has been scrutinised for some of the claims he had made, ranging from obesity to intelligence based…

In the year 2009, a documentary film titled, The Cove by director Louie Psihoyos, was released covering the actions of an elite team of filmmakers, and activist as they capture the events of their operation to expose the truth about the Taiji, Japan’ dolphin slaughter. This is a yearly event that takes place at the beginning of September and takes course over a course of months, where fisherman from the area corral dolphins into a small enclosed area. When this happens the fisherman allow parks,…

initially respond to terrorist threats or acts, but they are also in the right place to potentially prevent terrorism. Based on mathematics alone local law enforcement officers in Australia are more likely than members of ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) to cross paths with terrorists (Kelling & Bratton, 2006, para. 2 & 7). It is vitally important for law enforcement officers to remember that all terrorist attacks are local and it is the local conditions that inform…

After 9/11, The United States was very intent on fighting and stopping terrorism and terrorist attacks. In order to help fight terrorism a bill called The Patriot Act was passed to help fight terrorism. Since then problems have arrived with the passing of this bill, problems that lead to questioning the legitimacy of The Patriot Act. If The Patriot Act was justified, then Edward Snowden would not have had to do what he did. The United States needs supervision while enforcing The Patriot Act to…

The Three Branches of Government In America, there are three branches of government the legislative, executive, and judicial. The legislative branch of government has the power to make the laws and frame public policies; the executive branch has the power to enforce the laws, and the judicial branch settles arguments that come up in the society. Each branch has a way to regulate the powers of the other. It is made this way because the branches would have equal power over the other. The…

during a time of war. The defendants of this case, one being Jacob Abrams, were found guilty of violating the Espionage Act of 1917, for distributing flyers in support of Russian government. The act made it a criminal offense to obtain information of national defense and communicating them to the enemy. Justice John Hessin Clarke gave the majority opinion of the…

Early Operations and Effects The coup and overthrow of Diem was the first major instance of U.S. covert involvement as the United States backed the coup but tried to maintain plausible deniability. This deception and desire for deniability would only grow as the U.S. began more covert operations in hopes of securing a safe future for Saigon. Early Operations in Vietnam The earliest covert operations in Vietnam had very broad goals and definitions. One simple definition describes covert action…

These spies would go behind enemy lines and risk their lives in order to gather intelligence that could be vital to the war effort. The idea of spies and espionage is an age-old tradition that is discussed in detail in Sun Tzu’s famous writings, The Art of War. Sun Tzu itemizes the use of spies and vaguely explains their usefulness. Through…

The Edward Snowden case—to this day—is an important revelation about the current ethical—privacy and security—issues in the US. As a journalist it is important to understand the situation and be able to cover the story adequately. One player in the media that was able to cover the Edward Snowden story was journalist Glenn Greenwald. Ultimately, he was faced with the ethical dilemma to either publish the Edward Snowden NSA leaks or to ignore him altogether. In order to truly understand the…

coming to. Topics concerning standardized tests have been a growing controversy since 2004, and even in 2016, the issues surrounding them refuse to cease. The way standardized test are used now; are to measure, predict, and compare a student’s intelligence and academic performance, and a schools ability to provide students with a strong academic performance. Even some school districts are against what standardized tests are doing, for example, in 2012, more than 100 Texas school districts passed…