United States intelligence agencies

After 9/11, The United States was very intent on fighting and stopping terrorism and terrorist attacks. In order to help fight terrorism a bill called The Patriot Act was passed to help fight terrorism. Since then problems have arrived with the passing of this bill, problems that lead to questioning the legitimacy of The Patriot Act. If The Patriot Act was justified, then Edward Snowden would not have had to do what he did. The United States needs supervision while enforcing The Patriot Act to…

with a hatchet, have many within the United States Government concerned. In a speech at the National Defense University, President Barack Obama stated, “[W]e face a real threat from radicalized individuals here in the United States…often U.S. Citizens or legal residents [who] can do enormous damage, particularly when they are inspired by larger notions of jihad” (Obama 2013). Internet propaganda from terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are…

the intelligence community. People that oppose the Patriot act says that it gives the government too much power. They also say it threatens civil liberties and their fourth amendment rights, which is protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizures. People that…

Polarizing Culture: Domestic Surveillance Imagine the NSA (National Security Agency) recording and watching every and anything you do on the internet: all the pictures, phone calls, and searches. Well this is reality in the United States, whether you like it or not. America was built on a foundation of individual rights and freedoms, such as the 4th Amendment that protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. During the time of war, the government often suspends…

Agreed, the Bay of Pigs operations was based on many dangerous assumptions. The United States assumed that the Cuban people would support the rebel resistance, based on second-hand information. The reality was the majority of the Cuban population supported Fidel Castro and his social policies. Further, President Kennedy had assumed that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) trained rebel forces would retreat to the mountainous region of Cuba and continue to fight if the operation began to fall…

civilizational paradigm, which affects not only the major units of world polities - the states - but which also brings new actors into the forefront of international relations. The major political factor influencing diplomacy is the relative decline of the role of the national governments. Today governments…

The September 11, 2001, attacks by al-Qaeda were meant to harm the United States, and they did, but in ways that Osama bin Laden probably never imagined. President George W Bush’s response to the attacks compromised the United States’ basic principles, undermined its economy, and weakened its security. The attack on Afghanistan that followed the 9/11 attacks was understandable, but the subsequent invasion of Iraq was entirely unconnected to al-Qaeda - as much as Bush tried to establish a link.…

This act quickly caused controversy and sparked many debates about national security and civil liberties because it created legislative changes which significantly increased the surveillance and investigative powers of law enforcement agencies in the United States without providing a system of checks and balances to safeguard civil liberties. The only Senator to oppose the Act, was Russ Feingold. When asked about his opposition to the bill he said “Now here is where my caution in the aftermath…

The Colombian Sport of Throwing Rocks at Gunpowder Betwixt the three countries of Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama lays a wonderfully unique country titled the Republic of Colombia, also referred to as simply Colombia. Aside from its current president holding a Nobel Peace Prize from 2016, this country has a lot to offer. Colombia has a beautiful diversity of different landscapes and people. The two most alluring gems of Colombia that seem to stand out in most people's’ minds are Shakira and the…

WASHINGTON — In July, the Islamic State carried out one of the deadliest car bombings in Iraq since the American invasion in 2003, killing more than 300 people in Baghdad. The Pentagon responded by rushing a three-star general to the capital to offer the Iraqi authorities new technology, tactics and advisers to help thwart additional attacks. And in the weeks before the current Iraqi push to reclaim Mosul, the American-led air campaign against the militant group redoubled its strikes on car…