Intelligence agency

The National Security Agency Pros and Cons What if there was someone who looked at every telephone call in America and could help find and kill terrorists just by tapping into computers, telephones, and other technologies? Before World War 2 we as Americans would probably think of this as just another rumor. Today this has come true. The NSA or formally known as the National Security Agency has become one of the most controversial topics in the USA and other countries like England. What is the…

population of 102,374,044 people (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). Oromo people make up 34.4 per cent of the population and Amhara people make up 27 per cent of the population (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). Ethiopia is located in Eastern Africa, west of Somalia with a total area of 1,104,300 sq. km (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). It has a Some of their natural resources include: gold, platinum. Copper, and natural gas (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). People in Ethiopia…

Proposed Thesis Statement: According to IC21 (1996), public and private information that is collected by the intelligence community and law enforcement differs, in that law enforcement collects specific information, whereas the intelligence community collects more nonspecific information in mass quantities. The National Security Act of 1947 required that intelligence activities be held separate and distinct from law enforcement activities. In the 1970s, scandals that involved…

States currently faces many challenges, including a very widespread lack of confidence in its ability to carry out its many missions competently as well as legally. Counterintelligence (CI) is one of the most vital arenas within the United States Intelligence Community (IC), and is aimed at achieving the main goal of protecting the country, both from insider threats and foreign intruders. It is our nation’s shield and sword. While many improvements to this vital system have been made or need to…

(DHS) should not be adding more agencies to its already oversized department, especially the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The CIA was created in 1947 as an overseas intelligence gathering service that would not have police or law enforcement powers or internal security duties in the United States (Office of the Director of National Intelligence, n.d.). These functions were left to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and local law enforcement agencies to perform these duties from…

based on critical information gathered and formed into intelligence. The events of 9/11 and the investigations following exposed the culture and gaps within the intelligence community. Current intelligence resources have increased their effectiveness since 9/11, but still face limitations. The intelligence community is comprised of many partners. Traditionally, these encompassed several Federal partners such as Central Intelligence Agency and each of the individual components of the Department…

within an organization.” Whistleblowers, in the context of the intelligence community, are employees or contractors of federal intelligence agencies who bring information on agency wrongdoing to the surface. The report “Intelligence Whistleblower Protections: In Brief” by Rodney M. Perry notes that the Obama Administration and Congress in Obama’s era did take action to “limit retaliation” against whistleblowers in the intelligence community for “certain types” of protected disclosures.…

Canadian Security Intelligence Service. CSIS was originally created out of the bill C-9 in 1984. Sir John A. McDonald set up the first CSIS like organisation in 1868. He created the Dominion Police which was in charge of protecting federal buildings. CSIS was created with the intentions to split the up the federal police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Before 1984, their was no proper intelligence agency in Canada. The RCMP were tasked with. The tasks were too heavy for one agency to…

We have one of the most powerful military in the world, we have one of the intelligence Agency in the world and after the 9/11 attack on US soil, our military and intelligence agencies has gotten even stronger. September 11 attack brought about the Homeland Security Act(HAS). The purpose of the HAS was in effort to start defending America from any further terrorist attacks. It was…

Thesis: The 9/11 Commission (2004) discovered flaws with the Intelligence Community concerning information sharing, integrating intelligence, and following through on potential intelligence leads. This led to organizational changes with the establishment of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). The Intelligence Community consists of 16 organizations, led by the DNI. Each organization works…