Espionage

Immediately after the allies rose victorious of the Nazis and the rest of the axis powers. A potentially more dangerous and devastating war broke out. This war, however was a battle about ideology and cultural habits and ways. This war would be against one of our crucial allies during WWII, the soviets. The tension broke out early after the russians had conquered their way back into the German heartland and had captured Berlin. But afterwards they would be hesitant to give all the land they had…

The “Liberty City Seven” case served as a prototype for these terrorism sting operations. There is always a vast divide between the information in the initial news reports and the eventual reports after the government discloses all of the details in court. The Liberty City Seven were a group of young black males from one of the Miami’s poorest areas, Liberty City. They were approached by an undercover FBI criminal informant, Abbas al-Saidi who began his career as a drug snitch at the age of 16…

militarization is the weaponry. Saruman commanded his army to cut down the trees around the border of Orthanc and feed it to fires as a power source to build weapons for his armies. The second threat that rises in the middle earth is the act of espionage. Saruman and Sauron know that the ring has been found, so they sent their spies to find information about the one ring. According to the men of Rohan, Éomer, Saruman “walks here and there.” (Tolkien 437) and let “His spies slip…

a communist economy and the U.S had a capitalist economy which led to many troubles. The U. S feared that they would become a Communist economy, so the U. S prevented it by stopping invasions in South Korea and Berlin but not in Cuba. By trying espionage cases to identify Communist spies, and passing Loyalty review Boards to investigate employees in order to find out if they were Communist, the U.S. contained communism. The first way that the U.S tried to contain communism was by stopping…

Zinn paraphrases an American Socialist named Charles Schenck, who argued against the enforcement of the Espionage Act. In the infamous Schenck v. United States Supreme Court case, he argued that his arrest was unconstitutional and a violation of the first amendment. He had been arrested for distributing fliers, which were used to discourage draft inductions…

varneshia Hart The founder of communism is Karl Marx. Karl Marx believed there shouldn’t be upper or lower classes. In the passage it states “once everyone owned all things in common, class distinction would be erased”, since the beginning came to an end. This explains Marx‘s belief in posing a domestic threat through The Cold War and the era of McCarthyism and The Red Score. This was a hard but confusing time for many including Karl Marx. Cold war debated that they had high evidence about the…

of accepting the punishment for leaking classified information to the media. The information he revealed exposed the American government of participating in invasive surveillance practices against their own citizens. Snowden was charged under the Espionage Act, however,…

Snowden’s Treason The National Security Agency(NSA) is in charge with the protection of United States’ communication and information systems. Edward Snowden was an operative of this agency who had access to citizen’s social and private information. Edward Snowden is now seeking asylum in Russia, restricted from entering American soil or else he would be arrested for various reasons. In May of 2013, Edward Snowden leaked classified documents of PRISM (Planning Tool for Resource Integration,…

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 or US citizens working abroad. Most of all, espionage was appealing to the IC due to the fact that it gave direct human access, thus allowing to understand governmental plans, intentions and non-public discussions. Also, it was extremely less costly than other methods of collection. At the same…

The United States is known to have the freedom of speech under the Bill of Rights, however, certain speeches could be restricted. The court case Schenck v. United States has classified how the first amendment could be restricted from an individual if it causes a “clear and present danger”. The court ruled that Schenck’s words and expression are not protected under the first amendment as he attempted to disturb military efforts during wartime. The impact of Schenck v. United States was negatively…