Espionage

There were many things that led to World War I, such as migration, imperialism, disease and sickness, labor. It impacted the U.S in many ways such as other countries joining together to go against the United States. Many countries wanted and needed help from the United States. The U.S went into war because many countries started pointless and unnecessary fights that led to this war. For example, migration had a big impact on the war. Everyone in the southwest United States began moving west…

Ali Mithani Mithani 1 Professor Sharifan GOVT 2305 10/5/17 Liberties or Rights? “Civil Liberties” specifically means the rights that are endowed by the Bill of rights, constitution, and any following cases or legislation. “Civil Rights” on the other hand is meant to make sure that fair, and equal treatment exists against separating factors like race, gender, sexual preferences, interalia. These are similar in the respect that they have both come to being to maintain rights against unfair…

Abraham Woodhull, a farmer in Setauket, played a highly important role in the group. Whenever information was dropped off at the designated dead drop, Woodhull would retrieve it and decide what information was to be sent off to General Washington (“American”). Since it was incredibly dangerous to successfully send information under the radar, Woodhull had to be absolutely sure that the information to be sent was of extreme importance. Woodhull, then, would drop the intelligence off at another…

Furthermore, Roosevelt stated, “Whereas the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage[...]” (Document B). In no point in the Executive Order did Roosevelt acknowledge Japanese people. He only established that the internment would be for the safety of the United States in order to protect the country against espionage. As a result of this, racial prejudice is limited as the Executive Order did not specify the race of the citizens…

highlighted government misconduct and revealed what really went on behind the closed doors of the White House. Infuriating the public and causing the government to bite, the publishers of the articles were slammed with threats of conspiracy, theft, and espionage. However, when the case reached court the judge overruled all of these on grounds of freedom of the press and constitutional rights. All charges were dismissed, and the government was forced to admit they lost the case, and much of their…

Materials Compromised Fortunately, Regan did not successfully disseminate classified materials to foreign countries; he managed to lose and forget where he placed majority of the materials he stole. After Regan’s arrest, he agreed to fully cooperate with the government and disclose all of his locations where he placed classified materials. The FBI managed to recover approximately 20,000 pages of classified documents and multiple CDs and videotapes. Majority of the information on the materials…

Soviets made an atom bomb exceptionally early, which was well before the USA believed they could have. In order for the Soviets to do so, their nuclear spying in the United States was a vital role for Soviet’s nuclear program due to the Soviet nuclear-espionage and the immense amount of knowledge the Soviets gained. I believe, with many other historians, that if the USSR was able to build the atom bomb and use if effectively, the world would be a very different place than it is today.…

knew “that the FBI was not conducting surveillance on Victor Degtyar, a KGB Colonel living in Alexandria, Virginia. Hanssen therefore sent a letter to Degtyar, with instructions to pass another letter on to Victor Cherkashin, the head of Soviet espionage efforts in Washington.” (Ibid) Because of this, he began passing classified documents to the KGB in returned for more money. He exposed 3 double agents, who were executed shortly after. (Of Spies and Saints, 2006) Throughout his years of spying…

The United States it started in New York, New York in Union Square. Where some russian immigrants were throwing pamphlets from a second-story window out to the public. In June of 1917, Two months after the U.S entered the war congress passed the espionage act. This act established three basic wartime offense: conveying false information intended with U.S military operation, causing insubordination in the military, and obstructing recruiting . In May of 1918 the sedition act added nine…

system, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Farm Bureau. Perhaps the two most significant political changes during the war were the Espionage Act and its amendment, “the Sedation Act”. The Espionage Act was very vague. It prohibited obstructing the Nations war efforts and was used to crush dissent and criticism during the war. The Sedition Act was an amendment to the Espionage Act that restricted criticism of Americas involvement in the war or its government. In 1917, President Wilson pressed…