United States intelligence agencies

was a defining moment in intelligence history. With the Cold War ending in 1991, The Cuban Missile Crisis has been a central subject of debate amongst security scholars concerning the role of intelligence analysts and agencies in its sequence of events that almost resulted in nuclear war (Garthoff, 1998). This report will argue that the Crisis occurred due to inaccurate and biased intelligence and a lack of structural organization in United States’ intelligence agencies. To address this…

The United States currently faces many challenges, including a very widespread lack of confidence in its ability to carry out its many missions competently as well as legally. Counterintelligence (CI) is one of the most vital arenas within the United States Intelligence Community (IC), and is aimed at achieving the main goal of protecting the country, both from insider threats and foreign intruders. It is our nation’s shield and sword. While many improvements to this vital system have been made…

-Create a National Counterterrorism Center In the 2011 911 commission report progress, the Department of Homeland Security, the National Counterterrorism Center and other federal agencies have analyze travel-related data to understand travel patterns…

based on critical information gathered and formed into intelligence. The events of 9/11 and the investigations following exposed the culture and gaps within the intelligence community. Current intelligence resources have increased their effectiveness since 9/11, but still face limitations. The intelligence community is comprised of many partners. Traditionally, these encompassed several Federal partners such as Central Intelligence Agency and each of the individual components of the Department…

In the most recent years, a rise in terrorism globally has invoked a string of United States military actions in response. Though these actions have been debated by pacifists to warmongers based on personal beliefs, Aquinas’s just war theory from Summa Theologica is the most impartial and distinguished method to justify or condemn the U.S. military’s involvement. There are numerous actions taken by the United States military that were, and still are, widely discussed; however, there is one…

Introduction Since ancient times, intelligence tactics and espionage have evolved and become more complex with the changing of the global landscape and culture. American intelligence, in particular, has seen many changes during its lifetime and continues to adjust to the vicissitudes of the nation—although, these changes have not always been the most effective. History implies that effective transformation rarely occurs during uneventful times. Instead, significant adjustments often result…

understand what can be considered an intelligence failure, it is important to understand the meaning of the word intelligence. In the world of the intelligence community the term intelligence simply refers to information policy makers need to make informed decisions on how to keep the nation safe. According to the Central Intelligence Agency there are four types of intelligence: Current intelligence, which is used when looking at day to day activities; estimate intelligence, which is used to…

population of 102,374,044 people (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). Oromo people make up 34.4 per cent of the population and Amhara people make up 27 per cent of the population (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). Ethiopia is located in Eastern Africa, west of Somalia with a total area of 1,104,300 sq. km (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). It has a Some of their natural resources include: gold, platinum. Copper, and natural gas (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). People in Ethiopia…

World War (1939-1945), the United States was propelled into a Cold War with the Soviet Union and other communist countries around the world. At the root of this political hostility was the ideological struggle between western capitalism and Soviet communism. This era, beginning in the late 1940s and ending in the early 1950s, is characterized by a series of communist ‘witch-hunts’ and nationwide alarm caused by the perceived threat posed by communists within the United States government. Coined…

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…