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    suspicions of opposition. Both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, two key leaders under the Soviet Union, developed intense fears of any form of resistance, and attempted to alleviate these fears by directing secret police agencies to destroy hints of opposition, no matter how brutally. Over time, these secret police agencies became weapons of the state, and their methods were used to inspire fear and submission in the Soviet citizenry. Starting…

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    Friedman will reportedly take Hodge’s place, the report relays. “Wayward Pines” tells the story of Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon), a secret service agent trying to investigate the disappearance of his fellow agents. He who woke up in the strange town after getting involved in an accident. Burke later on discovered that the residents and the town itself are keeping terrible secrets. Season 1 ended with Burke’s death after a heroic act to save the children of the First Generation. As of now, the exact…

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    In regards to 1984… wait this book is The Handmaid’s Tale, same difference. The similarities between 1984, a dystopian novel written in 1944, and The Handmaid’s Tale, a alternative dystopian novel written in 1985, are clear cut. It seems that even the fact that The Handmaid’s Tale was written one year after George Orwell’s 1984 is a snarky remark to the bleak future George Orwell painted in his masterpiece. The similarities can only be described as if Margaret Atwood was referencing 1984 with…

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    director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 48 years. Prior to the Federal Bureau of Investigation being under the jurisdiction of J. Edgar Hoover it was named the Bureau of Investigation (BOI). Several members of the Secret Service were hired to become the first agents of the bureau. The Federal Bureau of Investigation had limited authority on investigations they could conduct. In the early years of the bureau, “the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigations included investigating;…

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    There have been four United States Presidents assassinated; however, no presidential assassination has been shrouded in as much controversy as the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of The United States and was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, while riding in the presidential limousine through Dealey Plaza with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally (Ling 50). The believed assassin was Lee…

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    the conspiracy theory of these secret agents were brought to light. Much like in reality the film shows two agents identified as agent Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) and agent Jay (Will Smith)—obviously dressed in black suits and ties—working for a highly funded yet unofficial government agency. The agency, better known as M.I.B, provides services in the immigration and regulation of extraterrestrial beings living on Earth. Also, in order to keep Earth safe, the M.I.B agents intercept…

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    with white rims on his neck, and he hopped into his lamborghini aventador and raced to his next destination, the Secret Government Agency. Mr. King never used a gps because…

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    Kingsman: The Secret Service and The Man from U.N.C.L.E: Comparison and Contrast Movies about secret agents and diabolical “super-villains” are numerous in the film industry. Most films which were released specifically focuses on the deterrence of malicious notions, by the protagonist, from the evil clutches of villains, which are the antagonist. In the recent years, the implementation of mixing genres together has been normalized. From the production of Hollywood, Kingsman and U.N.C.L.E…

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    The conspiracy that I think killed J.F.K. was an inside job because everything was just too perfect to be true. The way everything fell into place like the car breaking down and the change of the path just seems too good to be true. The text says that Oswald was the lone killer but that can’t be true because he was was sitting on the 2th floor of the school bank depository were oswald worked eating lunch, were the 3 shots were fired and Oswald was sitting there like nothing happened. The reason…

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    it officially joined the Confederacy.” (History.com). There were two branches to the operation, The Secret Service Bureau and the Signal Bureau. The Signal Bureau allowed a large amount of information to flow to and from the Union and the Confederacy and made sure that there was an open line for communication and supplies to the south. The Secret Service Bureau monitored communication with agents that were traveling back and forth from the north and south and sending messages to Canada and…

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