National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) was created by the United States Congress with the Passing of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act(FISA) of 1978. The main purpose of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is to provide jurisdictive guidance of intelligence activities in a secure, classified setting. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is make of Federal judges that are selected by the United States Supreme Court Chief Justice. (Foreign Intelligence…

transcript as the speaker for a discussion held by Hudson on defense technology in a globalized market. Weinstein identified that "one of the most important work -- parts of the work we do here at Hudson is assessing present and future threats to national security and securing our nation's most important military assets and advanced technologies," ( CQ Transcriptions, par 2). He explains much of how Hudson works towards defense technology and preventing that this technology be used by the enemy.…

MK-Ultra: The Conspiracy Theory that Came to Life One of the most well-known facilities to take part of the MK-Ultra mind control experiments was once known as the Narcotic Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Here, doctor Isbell Harris was the head researcher for Addition Research Center at the, newly named, Public Health Service Hospital. Dr. Isbell was known for the extensive research he did with various drugs on imprisoned narcotics offenders that resided in the facility he worked at. Despite Dr.…

In many Americans eyes Edward Snowden can be seen as much as a traitor than a hero. Thirty year old Edward Snowden a former National Security Association contractor revealed the works of illegal government programs. The documents revealed detailed secret NSA programs and capabilities that have been and continued to be used to collect and store personal communications both within the United States and abroad. Snowden traveled from his homeland of Hawaii to Honk Kong to leak the documents to…

States in defense to the U.S.S.R. amid the progressing Cold War. This report concentrates on the military, monetary, political and mental viewpoints of the United States in relationship to the U.S.S.R. NSC 68 was exhibited to President Truman by his National Security Council. It was fundamentally composed by Paul H. Nitze, named by Dean Acheson the Deputy Director of the State Department Policy Planning Staff. Nitze, the Chief of the Policy Planning Staff, was selected for his experience on the…

products. The information obtained by the NSA was allegedly used to prevent any terrorist actions. However, the NSA has “[built] up a store of information on millions of US citizens, regardless of whether or not they are ‘persons of interest’ to the agency” (Brown). Although terrorist plots are a legitimate threat to America, the U.S government has overstepped its boundaries by violating the citizen’s of America’s fourth amendment right to privacy. The United States of America was founded on…

Strategic Intelligence? When addressing what Congresses role should be a quick understanding of what Congress currently does for intelligence. Congress monitors and regulates intelligence programs and authorizes and appropriates funds. Basically, Congress is in a position to monitor the intelligence community to ensure that funds are not misappropriated, regulate intelligence programs, and spying is not conducted on American citizens. However, even with providing oversight into Intelligence it…

debated issue that has many Americans in a state of panic and confusion. The topical matter being addressed involves privacy issues with the NSA. The NSA, or National Security Agency, is responsible for monitoring on a global scale. They collect, analyze, decode, and translate potentially "dangerous" information from foreign intelligence. The NSA has the ability to track phone numbers, set up fake Internet cafes, spy on foreign leaders cellular phones, tap into video conferences, monitor…

with intelligence, although a meaningful definition of tradecraft escapes even some of the most senior intelligence officers. So what is Analytic tradecraft? In its more basic form, Analytic tradecraft is the methodology of decision making by which an analyst thinks, research’s, evaluates evidence, writes, and communicates their findings. This term was originally coined Jack Davis, one of the foremost instructors on the craft of analysis at the CIA and been used by the elite US Intelligence…

the people of the U.S. thinks of national protection, most think of the military fighting bad guys in or from foreign countries. The U. S. as a whole does not consider the planning, preparation and execution that is applied into placing measures for…