National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

and land phone lines. (Central Intelligence Agency). Like previously mentioned, these three companies are nationalized with the major owners of each being China. All TV and radio is monitored and approved by the government. The broadcast media is also a nationalized industry in China. Even foreign programs must be first approved by the Communist party. The Central Propaganda Department comes out with what is permissible and not permissible (Central Intelligence Agency). The total distance of…

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…

capability. This includes its integration with official policy and bureaucratic structure of the state. The most important element however, is in regards to the “integration within the wider intelligence cycle,” as successful actions require “good intelligence, counterintelligence, and analysis.” Good intelligence is relevant on a number of levels. It can help policymakers and leaders…

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) epitomizes contemporary conflict in our judicial system. Background of Social Conflict FISC was originally established by Congress as a special court in 1978, and then revolutionized in 2001, however, it only recently became relevant to the general public after “whistleblowing” Edward Snowden exposed the seemingly underground system to American Society in 2015. Even then it, arguably, has not…

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…

The death of Osama Bin Laden was very popular all around the world. Some may think “he deserved to die” while many of his followers in Islam think that his death was unjust. On May 2, 2011 Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S special forces during an early morning( CNN 1). Laden was very powerful in his own ways. He killed people just to get his point across about economical power. He was the founder of Qa’eda and led many of his civilians to justice. While many people agreed on his death he still…

preparedness of the attack and the immediate response of the emergency services, agencies involved and the Government. This document was finished and published in August 2004. The Report is divided in four sections: what happened this day, including the response of the organisms in charge of the security; what happened before that allows the attack, origins and previous attacks of Al-Qaida, and how the US agencies and government have been managed this situation; the analysis of the failures by…

counterinsurgency doctrine, striving to conduct major combat actions. A key contributor in Western failure has been the lack of integration of operations and intelligence in conventional forces. Intelligence is necessary to create knowledge that leads to the discovery of the enemy’s critical vulnerabilities. Integration of operations and intelligence ensures that knowledge is transferred so that critical vulnerabilities can be attacked and destroyed in…

Poland. Therefore, Stalin thought it was necessary to create a buffer zone between Germany and the Soviet Union. Believing his nation would be safe if bordered to the west by states loyal to Moscow ( the Soviet capital), he directed his foreign intelligence agency (later called the KGB) to rig elections…

It is with deep concern that I, as the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), need to engage you in a serious foreign affairs situation so early in your new presidency. You are fully aware of the overall concerns in Cuba from your security briefings, but I need to bring to your attention our uneasiness over Cuba and Prime Minister Fidel Castro’s forceful move towards communism. First, you know we were never pleased at Castro’s rise to power. Yet, although we were suspicious of his intentions,…