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All movies you watch have similarities whether you notice it or not. Even a war time action movie like Zero Dark Thirty and a dystopian political thriller like V for Vendetta have similarities. All movies use symbolism and a lot of times these symbols are repeated. Themes also go hand in hand with symbolism. Evaluating a movie’s theme and detecting symbolism can help one understand the movie better and uncover underlying messages. Also, analyzing music, color schemes, and other factors such as…

December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attacks. The United States had endured peace and Economic prosperity during the 1990’s until the “9/11” Terrorist attacks ( cite ). These attacks had major effects on America. There were major changes in government and national security, the economy, and the everyday lifestyles of many Americans. The effects on the American government after 9/11 were characterized by new legislation enacted to protect the country from other acts of terrorism. More than 130…

When in May 2013, Edward Snowden disclosed information about the U.S. intelligence conducting controversial government surveillance activities to newspaper reporters, the US government accused him of violating the Espionage Act of 1917. Specifically, Snowden currently faces three criminal charges. The first charge falls under section 641 of the United State Code for theft of government property. The other two charges fall under the Espionage act section 793 (d) and section 798 (a)(3). These two…

ARGUMENTATIVE Essay 11/10 my argument is about what is more important our privacy or national security there has been info released on many websites about a man named edward snowden who worked with the NSA, Snowden began noticing programs that were spying on phone records and webcams and internet use. Snowden left the company after leaking the information. I think that the government should not be spying on U.S Citizens for “security reasons because then that means the government think that we…

Edward Snowden, a government official, worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which gathers, processes, and analyzes national security information, and the National Security Agency (NSA), which is responsible for global monitoring, collecting and processing information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. During his time of working for the government, he discovered and released private documents containing information proving government surveillance.…

Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Carter’s National Security Advisor, said regarding the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan “we now have the opportunity of giving the USSR its Vietnam War” His words are a direct acknowledgement of the CIA’s ability to provide all the necessary resources and armaments…

On August 01, 2014, President Barack Obama addressed in a press conference concerning the assigned Senate Committee 's report on the Central Intelligence Agency involving torture used in interrogation. “We did a whole lot of things that were right, but we tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values.” (Obama) The report was completed and a summary was released to the public December 2014. Since then, the use of torture has been on the minds of Americans and discussed…

With top of the art facial recognition software, the drones will be able to identify a face from several thousand feet in the air, providing tactical information to the local enforcement agencies. The information may facilitate on the apprehension of wanted terrorists. From his first days as commander in chief, the drone has been President Barack Obama’s weapon of choice, used by the military and the CIA to hunt down and kill the people his…

When Edward Snowden blew the whistle on how the national security agency recorded phone records many congressmen declared Snowden a traitor who has damaged the United States security. What Snowden did has many repercussions for the american people, but many people still focus too much on him. Many claim he is now a traitor because he revealed very important intelligence systems that could put America in danger. But other’s claim that he has done a very good thing revealing what the NSA has done…

Capabilities and Limitations of Intelligence in Support of Homeland Security The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of the United States national government which was created in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks in the nation. The department was created to primarily deal with the issue of protecting and securing the territory of the United States. It was created with the goal to prepare for, prevent and respond to any kind of domestic emergencies and in this…