United States intelligence agencies

Analysts in the intelligence community (IC) have to perform many different tasks, including—but not limited to—answering the questions posed by their customers, providing warnings, and monitoring and assessing current events and new information (Fingar, 2011). In performing these tasks, they must consider the quality of information; the meaning of observed, reported, or assessed developments; and sources for additional information. The quality of each judgment is a function of the evidence,…

Accepting intelligence failures are inevitable is a pessimistic approach and does very little to help in preventing future failures or surprise attacks. The notion that intelligence failure are ( richard betts) inevitable is based on past studies of notable surprise attacks against the U.S, such as Pearl Harbour and 9/11.Therefore, it would be unwise and unjust to compare past intelligence failure to the present, due to the ever changing nature of threats. However, the challenges are very…

blowing is a very controversial and delicate topic in the world today. It defines whether a person is a hero or a traitor. The Snowden NSA leakage is the perfect example of controversy. Edward Snowden, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee as well as a National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, blew the whistle in 2013. He was the face behind the world’s the biggest whistleblowing case in U.S. history. He exposed how the U.S. government’s PRISM program works and how it evaded…

for many in Honduras. Honduran music takes much of its inspiration from Spain, incorporating guitars and marimbas into the mix and is heard traditionally during holidays. For everyday listening however, Hondurans enjoy the music produced by the United States and Mexico where more variety is available. A culture of gangs have sprung up and gripped the nation of Honduras however, committing atrocious crimes, and many Hondurans live in fear of gang-related violence though laws enacted in 2003 have…

The Intelligence Community is responsible for analyzing mass amounts of information mainly for the safety of citizens. With that, there has to be an overall process for how these steps are carried out. The information that the intelligence community brings in is important to the security of our nation and they must follow the correct process to make sure it is being carried out properly. The seven phases of the intelligence process are (1) identifying requirements, (2) collection, (3) processing…

Former FBI agent Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr. served undercover as an officer of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for twenty-one years. Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 on the U.S. by Al Qaeda, Rodrigues was assigned to the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center where he was then responsible for developing and implementing methods for capturing terrorists and collecting their intelligence. In his New York Times Bestseller, Hard Measures, Rodriguez discusses the controversial…

Rachel Lowry writes in her essay “Straddling Online and Offline Profiles, Millennials Search for Identity” that according to a recent online study, one out of four Millennials say they can only be their true self when alone (p. 500). But in this modern age of social media and smartphones, are we ever truly alone? Everyone can be connected with people all over the world in a second, and everyone can easily find out information about whoever they want with a simple Google search. Consequently,…

Concrete evidence floats to the surface; a hope emerges from cloud of despair. Yet, the evidence is meaningless and hope gets electrocuted by the ionic discharge from clouds. Edward Snowden leaked information about the mass surveillance by NSA on 2013. Two years later the surveillance still continues and Snowden is a refugee in Russia. Billions of emails, messages, searches ,VOIP etc still get scrutinized by NSA today. Every Second NSA selects 100 Gigabyte of data for review. “If you want to…

The future is here! Drones have evolved to be suited for combat, but the question is, is it ethical to use drones in combat? Does it help the cause or just make the cause worse? Drones being used in combat can change the way we fight. They are being used over sending in our troops, tanks, trucks, and manned aircraft. While we don't risk the lives of our soldiers and spending a lot of tax dollars on expensive equipment and vehicles, we send unmanned drones not risking lives of pilots flying…

Codenamed Ultra by the British military intelligence because of its highest security classification. Many people that signed on to be apart of Ultra had to sign the Official Secret Acts and were told that they were going to be breaking German encrypted messages. The job of the people involved were to break high-level encrypted messages sent through the German military, using the Enigma as a form of communication during World War II. In order to accomplish the utmost important task of cracking…