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Crime data, crimes committed in the United States and the data collected of those crimes, are collected by two major systems and sources: The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, which is also known as the UCR/NIBRS Program, and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) headed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The UCR/NIBRS Program This national system of uniform crime statistic (UCR) data collection was developed in 1930, and it the main source…

Project MKULTRA/MKDELTA “We were trying to learn about subliminal perception and all the silly things people were believing in at that time.” (Gittinger). John Gittinger said this when asked what MKULTRA’s goals were. The project started when World War II ended, and was officially sanctioned in 1953. Some believe it ended in the late 20th century, but others believe it is still going on. The main point of this project was to manipulate the brains of americans into mind control. This was partly…

2014-2017, we observe that there has been a growing tendency around the globe but not limited to the United States of America, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Turkey to see the rise of a populist rhetoric where demagogues are increasingly indulging in “gesture politics” while supporting and advocating for policies that right violate the sanctity of the right to privacy and other human rights in an attempt to ‘call for’ doing something about topical security issues and combating terrorism.…

The American foreign policy doctrine describes the set of principles and practises theta ere applied to the federal, state and local governments. The US presidential foreign policy describes these rules theta president sets to be followed during their terms in office, commonly referred to the presidential doctrines (Miles, 2013). The major presidential doctrine was first created by James Monroe, on the 2nd of December 1823. Theodore Roosevelt similarly revealed the major amendment to the Monroe…

Agents of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) were killed attempting to execute a search warrant at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas: Todd McKeehan, Robert J Williams, Conway LeBleu, and Steven Willis. September 13, 1994 Public Law 103-322 authorizing American Flag to be flown at half-staff on May 15, Peace Officers Memorial Day, was enacted into law. April 19, 1995 Timothy McVeigh explodes a truck bomb that destroys the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in…

The November 2015 bombings in Paris changed the lives of many all around the world, and it sent flashbacks to many of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and eastern parts of the United States. After 9/11, many people began to live in fear and created a stereotype for what a terrorist truly looks like based upon skin color, accent, how he dresses and his name. In addition, the same stereotype was placed upon those who planned the bombings in Paris. Whether a person wears a…

director who reports to the deputy director, who reports to the DIRNSA,” as Ambinder explains it. The DIRNSA is the Director of the NSA, who is also the Commander of the Defense Department’s US Cyber Command and the Central Security Service. (p.3) He further explained that the NSA’s Foreign Affairs Directorate works with any “foreign intelligence services, counterintelligence centers and the UK/USA and FIVE EYES exchanges.” (p.3) The Office of Export Control Policy is also included in same…

Contemporary academic and public security discourses have produced a substantial body of literature on terrorism. However, there currently does not exist a single accepted definition of terrorism or what classifies an organization as a terrorist group. Different organizations that compile and classify terrorists and terrorist organizations operate under different and at times contentious and contradictory definitions of terrorism and terrorist groups. This is reflected in state classifications…

There was a time when I was quite fascinated with the origins of ancient warriors. After watching many documentaries about powerful ancient fighters, I found myself curious about Medieval Japan especially their swords and other weapons. I eventually lead myself to a very intriguing topic about Ninjutsu. This topic was alluring to me because I want to learn how the Japanese ninjas were able to infiltrate without being detected. Multiple cartoons and live dramas depicted them as powerful figures…

On the 11th of September 2001, the British Prime Minister Tony Blair stated: "This mass terrorism is the new evil in our world today. […] we, […] are going to have to come together and fight it […]."(BBC News) How should we then fight “the new evil”? This question is bound to loom large as a conundrum for humanity. KENNEDY Odede, founder and chief executive of Shining Hope for Communities, and number of others uphold that the indigence of the environment proves to be the breeding ground of…