National Security Letter

by the Justice Department inspector general indicted the former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez of mishandling top secret information related to the U.S. counterterrorism program. The report noted that such violations can be detrimental to national security (Ryan 1). Accordingly, the report states that despite knowing the top secrecy nature of the program, Gonzalez failed to keep the documents related to the program in secure safes. He also kept them unsecured in his briefcase at his home.…

Force 2025 given the current strategic direction and global security environment to ensure Freedom of Maneuver (FOM) in the global commons and dominance within the cyber and space domains. Enhanced capabilities to protect cyber and space domains and synchronized partnered alliances are required to counter threats to these domains. This rebalancing is warranted to maintain a level of readiness that meets the needs of the National Security Strategy (NSS). By addressing key capabilities in each…

I never quite understood the importance of privacy or political correctness as a child. The quick-witted banter that I had developed between friends really had no filter. I could say what I wanted, and how I wanted to say it without fear of ramifications, and my friends did the same. They were just words to us; they had little meaning, and if a conflict did erupt, it quickly fizzled out. However, the world changes, culture changes, ideas change, and with that so do freedoms. This is how my…

considered in the development of national security doctrine, policies, and plans.” Specifically, the policy pertains to the threat of foreign natural disasters to national security. The threat increases the demand for United States humanitarian assistance globally, which includes considerable Department of Defense resources. 2. BACKGROUND / NATIONAL INTERESTS: In the July 2011 Department of Defense Support…

Does national security override free speech? In the case of Snowden, Manning and Assange, they each leaked classified documents to the public under the name of free speech. Is this actually classified as free speech? According to J.S Mills, if it doesn’t cause physical harm to a populace, then it is classified as ‘free speech’ and so the leakage of government documents is allowed in accordance to Mills’ theory on free speech. Mills does not include psychological harm to anyone in his definition…

Your book, 1984, is a truly interesting piece of literature that’s been introduced to the developing minds of 16 year olds. The concepts in your book holds hidden meanings to what society is and what it could become.We, as millennials, recognize that we are vulnerable to a situation of 1984, but we can overcome it by truly understanding surveillance and how the government controls that, and censorship. Although this book was written in 1949, 35 years later, your warning is still being withheld…

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…

our society? That is what I wanted to find out in my second Media Search. Having already researched current technology like license plate readers, I wanted to look at the new and developing uses of digital technology. Using government sources and national surveys, I began to get a better…

terrorism. In order to collect cellular and internet metadata, the NSA has built intercept stations in buildings owned by major internet and telecommunication companies to access audio, video, photographs, emails, documents, and connection logs (National Security Agency). With this information the NSA claims they are able to stop the threat of terrorism. There is an inherent value in surveillance since it allows our government to extract information from threats in order to protect the American…

Austin, Texas-based online reputation management firm Status Labs, is recognized, as the preeminent firm, for restoring damaged reputations. A recent incident involving a former employee snowballed into a national story and threatened to tarnish Status Labs, own stellar, online reputation. Recognized as the leader in reshaping online image and reputation, Status Labs now found itself as its own client. Critics scoff at image and reputation management, citing it as a ploy to hide or conceal…