Director of National Intelligence

J. Edgar Hoover joined the FBI. During his time in the agency, he set up a card index system. This system listed every radical leader, organization, and publication in the United States. In 1924, he was then made director of the FBI. He was the first director for the FBI. While, director he reconstructed and expanded…

Practical Exercise 2: Information Necessary to Evacuate US Civilians from The Democratic Republic of the Congo through the ?Strategies-to-Tasks? Framework In March 1993, RAND Corporation created a briefing for Colonel Charles Miller, Director of Strategic Planning in the Air Staff?s Directorate of Plans. According to Thaler (1993), Strategies to Task - A Framework for Linking Means and Ends, was a response to then Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General McPeak, and his staff order to develop…

a difference, nationals must employ a, method, or methods, to protect the way of life as they see fit. Some countries need to focus more on defending against other counties, whereas others need to focus methods to defend against their own people. Two nations representing both sides of the coin are the United States and the Peoples Republic of China. This can be done through a myriad of ways such as a strong military, varies levels of law enforcement, and an inclusive intelligence community.…

Eastwood and Tyldum both show their main characters as stoic individuals, who survive against oppressive odds; in the belief that such characters are true national heroes in the eyes of the public. The texts explore this engaging phenomenon of surviving against all odds and their insistence on their innocence. In Eastwood’s Sully, it is the final NTSB hearing where Sully asserts his contention that the computer simulations ‘did not account for the human factor’; 35 seconds. In Tyldum’s The…

The FBI’s national security mission can be explained by saying they want to lead and coordinate strong intelligence initiatives that drive positive outcomes to better protect the United States from as many crimes as possible (U.S. Department of Justice, 2010). The FBI website has a list of specific goals that are designed to develop an all-inclusive understanding of potential threats and also terminate national and transnational networks that could and hold a…

of Narcotics (FBN) was established in 1930 with Harry J. Anslinger as director. This small and often overlooked agency and the impact it had during its 38 years of existence, is the subject of John C. McWilliams’ article Covert Connections: The FBN, the OSS, and the CIA. In this piece McWilliams claims that the FBN, its contributions to the intelligence community, and the connections between narcotics enforcement and intelligence…

Introduction In the present times when we look at the Intelligence agencies, the first thing that strikes our mind is secrecy – the services must have the benefit of operational secrecy. Because the services work clandestinely and the nature of their tasks requires them to fulfil their obligations in secret, they are at odds with the principle of open society. In cases of these agencies, there arises a conflict between there operational need of secrecy and the democratic objective of…

response to the release of the CIA torture report when he addressed post-9/11 America. Senator Dianne Feinstein accused the CIA of spying on the Senate’s intelligence committee. John Brennan, director of the CIA, denied that accusation. However, an investigation brought forth the truth; the CIA had penetrated a computer network used by the Senate Intelligence Committee and found that the Senate was preparing a report that revealed information about the CIA’s detention and interrogation program.…

had to seriously rethink and redesign intelligence in regards to homeland security. Intelligence makes up a giant portion of homeland security. There are many elements that comprise the intelligence community. These elements include local law-enforcement, state level law enforcement, and federal law enforcement. It is imperative that all elements of intelligence are utilized. It is also imperative that all of these elements share their collected intelligence. The abilities of each element are…

(DHS/Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and DHS/Privacy Office) 3. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, enacted in 1978, a very effective method for monitoring the activities of foreign powers and agents of said powers while they operate within the United States. It was augmented even more with the enactment of the PATRIOT Act, which enhanced the federal government’s capacity to share intelligence, strengthened criminal laws against terrorism, removed obstacles to investigating…