National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Rachel Lowry writes in her essay “Straddling Online and Offline Profiles, Millennials Search for Identity” that according to a recent online study, one out of four Millennials say they can only be their true self when alone (p. 500). But in this modern age of social media and smartphones, are we ever truly alone? Everyone can be connected with people all over the world in a second, and everyone can easily find out information about whoever they want with a simple Google search. Consequently,…

Imagine this you are spying for the Americans during the American revolution then. BOOM! You wake up on the Prison ship HMS Jersey. All you see is blood and sickness. This is was Agent 355’s home when she was captured for spying. Agent 355 had interesting ways of spying during the American Revolution that eventually got her arrested. General George Washington relied on spies, like Agent 355, to give him Information on British troop movements. Agent 355, who is assumed to be a woman, was…

CIA Drug Controversy 1986 The United States said to been dealing with illegal drugs and selling them as Crack-cocaine and Heroin. The CIA has tried everything to avoid questions, but they’ve gotten answers from Representatives and CIA officers. May 1, 2003 The Heroin Of politics by Alfred W. McCoy gave all evidence that the CIA’s drug trafficking did become a fact. A quote from the book “Over the past thirty years, the U.S. and UN prohibition has simply served to push production and processing…

Intelligence is a function that has been employed by nations and governments since the start of their existence. “From the spies sent by Moses to ‘spy out the land of Canaan’ to the advice of Sun Tzu to be subtle and ‘use spies for every kind of business.’” According to Richard Hughbank and Don Githens, “Intelligence is information that is analyzed and converted into a product to support a particular customer. Intelligence is both a process and a product that has played an important role in…

Washington, a former aid to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has turned over security logs from Clinton’s private server to the FBI. Records of these security logs show no signs of foreign hacking. Former aid, Bryan Pagliano, describes how he initially set up the server in her home in New York. As secretary of the state, Clinton’s work related emails have been made public as part of the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. After receiving sporadic emails, somebody clicked on a malicious link…

The future is here! Drones have evolved to be suited for combat, but the question is, is it ethical to use drones in combat? Does it help the cause or just make the cause worse? Drones being used in combat can change the way we fight. They are being used over sending in our troops, tanks, trucks, and manned aircraft. While we don't risk the lives of our soldiers and spending a lot of tax dollars on expensive equipment and vehicles, we send unmanned drones not risking lives of pilots flying…

Carter in 1978 “The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was introduced to sanction procedures for requesting judicial approval for electronic surveillance and physical search of persons engaged in espionage or international terrorism against the United States on behalf of a foreign power. But in 2013, a young contractor/whistleblower named Edward Snowden released a series of detailed disclosures of internal documents to the public about the NSA (National Security Agency) regarding its…

Spying is only old news new to the world. History books let us realize that out of date advancements like the Roman Realm, Egypt, Chine, India, in this manner on used it. On top of that, 1900s organizations like the Previous Soviet Union and Nazi's Germany used spying procedures around the world wars. The central use of spying around then for the most part was for political and military good position. These countries were successful on spying. In any case, in the 21st century perception is used…

I have worked as an Intelligence Analyst in the USAF from 2004 to now. As an intel analyst I work as part of a team to analyze incoming information, looking for key elements that will help with missions. Through my research, I’ll create databases of information as well as materials to support combat mission planning and ensure our Airmen never go into battle blind. I research, and produce intelligence information. I build and provide different types of briefings/presentations for commanders and…

There is a sandwich quotation in my source “Why Edward Snowden Is a Hero.” In the introduction of the sandwich, the author John Cassidy describes about the targeting countries of NSA’s surveillance program. He presents that the spying programs are not only collecting data from countries like Iran and Pakistan, but also from many allied countries. Cassidy then transits from introducing the surprising fact to the source material when uses his source to back up this fact. He directly quotes words…