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    Americans into these highly secured camps. These camps, forced people to leave their homes and be placed under surveillance. Japanese Americans were placed in camps for three main reasons. First reason was for their race. Second reason was fear from espionage. Third, the US put the Japanese Americans in camps out of fear. So was the internment of Japanese Americans, during the war justified? Throughout the internment of Japanese Americans people were being judged for more than just their…

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    The Five were working in tandem with the United States government at a time where those who were involved in government activities were under a lot of scrutiny, as espionage was a common issue in almost all U.S. government departments. It was in that time that McCarthyism, rose to power. Hiss was one of many targeted by McCarthy, though one of the few who was actually guilty. It is not all that surprising that the Five…

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    McLean ENG4U0-T May 25, 2016 Knowledge Equals Power Espionage opens a pathway for people who seek power and in general, those in power stay in power once they know what everyone is doing. According to history, this proves to be true because a party in power has to urge to maintain that power through the practice of spying. Major political players during Ancient Rome and the French Revolution such as Julius Caesar and Maximilien Robespierre used espionage to keep themselves informed of the…

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    George Washington would use Spies, and surveillance to scout and maneuver the continental army around the British forces as well as pay people off and mislead the British to gain the advantage. There are many instances where Washington’s use of the espionage tactics helped them gain the upper hand. After the war Washington would become obviously become president where he would later ask congress to fund Intelligence Operations. Eventually in the following in July of 1790 congress funded the…

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    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage of U.S. atomic bomb secrets in 1951 ("Rosenbergs Trial." 401; “Rosenbergs Executed”). David Greenglass, Ethel’s brother, provided the main testimony for the prosecution (“Rosenberg Trial” 403). Greenglass worked with Julius in a machine shop, but…

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    prevailed; however, many cases had to go through the supreme court to create a precedent on how freedom on speech and press should be handled that is still be crafted today. Masses Publishing Co. V. Patten (1917) In 1917, during World War I, the Espionage Act passed, which prohibited citizens from encouraging other citizens to violate the law. As result, the New York post office deemed that it had the right to refuse delivery of publications they thought radical or was influencing people to…

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    ranging benefits, but additionally social-media is utilized as a mechanism for various governments to conduct any the following operations: Cyber espionage: Cyber espionage through social media (facts, statistics, and technologies) is essentially based on data mining through the linked networks of contacts. The use of social media can be useful for cyber espionage and cyber intelligence in the preparation stage for…

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    Judge Kaufman Case

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    because his complicity was not proved equal to that of the Rosenbergs. He and his wife, Helen, are parents of a girl, Sydney, 11 years old, and a son, Mark, 18 months old. The jury that on March 29 convicted all three of conspiracy to commit wartime espionage made no recommendation for mercy. Judge Kaufman showed none. He…

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    The Crucible Essay Test If any one theme reminds me of the Salem Witch Trials, it has to be “mass hysteria”. The idea of a group of people who are paranoid and accuse others with little to no basis. this almost perfectly describes the state of Russia back when Stalin ruled. This is because stalin was paranoid of enemy spies learning about his plans. Reasons for why Russia is a perfect example of an event similar to the salem witch trials are abundant. When stalin was in power he was…

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    Edward Snowden's Analysis

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    intelligence conducting controversial government surveillance activities to newspaper reporters, the US government accused him of violating the Espionage Act of 1917. Specifically, Snowden currently faces three criminal charges. The first charge falls under section 641 of the United State Code for theft of government property. The other two charges fall under the Espionage act section 793 (d) and section 798 (a)(3). These two sections respectively prohibit Unauthorized Communication of National…

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