The Pentagon

Have you ever wondered what the tragedy of 9/11 was all about? Or have you ever wondered why we celebrate Patriots Day? We celebrate Patriots Day to memorialize the tragedy of 9/11. Patriots Day was very heartbreaking and intense in the United States of America. On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists apart of the Islamic group, Al-Qaeda hijacked 4 airplanes and attacked U.S. targets (history.com). Two of those 4 airplanes crashed into the twin towers of the world trade center in New York City.…

Bill Clinton. When authorities saw the closeness between the two, Lewinsky was from the White House to The Pentagon. While working there, she entrusted a co-worker Linda Tripp about her relationship with the President who secretly recorded their conversations regarding the affair with Clinton. She later gave these recordings to be used in court during Clinton’s case. Lewinsky left the Pentagon position. Soon after that the Clinton–Lewinsky relationship broke and the president denied having any…

hallucinations filled an emotional void in Dr. Nash 's life; Charles offered friendship/companionship, Parcher acknowledged his brilliance, and Marcee offered unconditional love and support. Dr. Nash suffered from the delusion of being a spy for the Pentagon. This delusion allowed him to play a vital role to the government by deciphering Russian codes, however, it also led him to believe that the Russians were after him. Dr. Nash became very paranoid, he would see men stalking him at school and…

troublesome actually for authorities to move beyond checkpoints without the badges. At Pentagon in contrast to New York, the incident command system designed for all hazard consequence management worked superbly that was partly because the operation was a single command. The Arlington Country Fire Department Emergency team worked well together in part due to the pre-established relationship. By contrast with the Pentagon, New York’s city response was one immense "Authoritative Complexity" as…

best tools to combat corruption. One example is the Pentagon papers. In the 1970s the Washington Post fought a battle with the government and the courts to release the classified documents known as the Pentagon papers. The papers included controversial information about the 30 year involvement of the US in Vietnam. Richard Nixon and his administration abused their powers and the powers of the court to prevent the truth gleaned from the pentagon papers. The truth that the US determined early on…

attack." 9:43 a.m.: An aircraft, Flight 77, collides with the Pentagon, sending up an all-consuming measure of dark smoke. Evacuation of the building begins immediately. 9:45 a.m.: Everyone evacuates the White House. 10:05 a.m.: Plunging into the streets below the south tower of the World Trade Center collapses. A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and begins to disperse throughout New York City. 10:10 a.m.: A section of the Pentagon collapses. 1:27 p.m.: The city of Washington declares a…

of new and risky challenges with regards to the execution of the National Military Strategy within the next 5-10 years. Several specific factors help to highlight this. Those are the Budget Control Act of 2011, changes in the external world of the pentagon, existence of the iron triangle, the current climate of the defense industrial base, and the historical execution track record of the acquisition and deployment of major weapons systems. The Budget Control Act of 2011 and sequestration have…

“There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny – they should be setting the example of transparency” (Snowden, qtd in Pope). Edward Snowden made this statement following his leak of thousands of classified documents to the press. The contents of these documents shed light on the National Security Agency’s massive surveillance system. However, this system was not only being used against the United States’s enemies – U.S. citizens themselves were…

The reasons for the War in Afghanistan cannot be blamed on one specific event but rather multiple. For the first decade of the 21st century, the United States has been sending thousands of troops into the middle east to fight against the Al-Qaeda who were seen as terrorists. The US knew that the al-Qaeda were allowed to hide in Afghanistan by the Taliban but the US did not act. They did not want to wage another war against a foreign country at the time, yet the War in Afghanistan lasted over…

The purpose of the burglary involved discovering information on one of Findings’ patients. The patient, Daniel Ellsberg, was a pentagon official who was responsible for the release of the Pentagon Papers which addressed the secret history of the Vietnam War. The paper itself also brought slander to the Nixon Administration which captured their attention. In response to this the plumbers unit was created to obtain…