United States Intelligence Community

praise within the international community. Many felt that amnesty for the LRA soldiers and a negotiated settlement was the best hope for the end of the war. In the end, the court's intent to prosecute the leaders of the LRA reduced the army's willingness to cooperate in peace negotiations. (Le Sage, Andre July 2011). The government tried to bring order back to Uganda by making an effort to disperse the LRA by arresting anyone that was associated with them. The United States assisted by offering…

The United States Intelligence Community (IC) is like a symphony orchestra: each entity offers its own sound to the greater score, and led by the conductor at the front, the President. Intelligence, like music, is an art and a science. Each organization has its own specialty: the Central Intelligence Agency specializes in Human Intelligence, the NSA specializes in Signals Intelligence, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and National Reconnaissance Office specialize in Imagery…

Which leads to the state level of analysis, the United States felt compelled to protect its security, which as Machiavelli mentions the most important job of the prince is to look out for its nation’s security. “Therefore, if you are a prince in possession of a newly acquired state and deem it necessary to guard against your enemies, to gain allies, to win either by force or fraud”( Machiavelli, 34). In this case, Iraq was the United States’ enemy. As any nation in the world, its interest and…

wherever they see fit. Working with an international community, the United States and its allies are going to find it hard to finally deal with them. With so many countries and factions dipping their feet into the water that is Syria. The US is going to have to navigate the waters carefully. Though the US should keep supporting the Syrian Rebels, they should not proceed with a full scale confrontation with the Syrian Government, but, the United States does need to stand its ground on the issue. …

Pacific Ocean, as well as the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. According to the Central Intelligence Agency, Mexico ranks number 14 in area size compared to the world. One can compare Mexico to be less than three times the dimension of Texas. Mexico is quite unique in the sense that it is made up of the desert as well as tropical lands. Mexico is also very big on agriculture, according to the Central Intelligence Agency, about 55% of Mexico’s land is made up of agriculture. A negative to the…

The United States never came so close to an all-out nuclear war with the Soviet Union or any other nation than it did during this time. The resulting 13 day political and military standoff beginning in October 1962 over the building of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles in Cuba would shape the way in which the United States conducted their foreign policy for decades to follow. The 1960s was a times of global shift as the world was watching as the U.S. and Russia engaged in the Cold War. The United…

can take other forms such as cyber terrorism and bioterrorism (Peak & Everett, 2015). The terrorist attacks on United States soils have demonstrated vulnerability and the need for the law enforcement to be more knowledgeable. Being knowledgeable about terrorists’ methods ensures that they can respond to attacks effectively and also adopt the long-term perspective of protecting the State. Law enforcement is tasked with investigation, arresting and detaining, and interrogating and interviewing…

Military Intelligence is one of the most vital aspects of any war and is often the determining factor of the outcome. Few skirmishes in the history of the United States are more widely known than the Battle of Midway. This battle was a near perfect blending of intelligence development and application, and a major victory for the United States (Elder, 2008). The opposite is true for the Japanese Naval fleet commanded by Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto. Due to multiple failures of intelligence, the…

Contrary to what many people believe, there is no official language in the United States. There are several dialects of English spoken in the United States, yet none of those dialects are considered to be official. African American English (AAE) is just one of many dialects spoken in America, yet it can be argued that African American English is the most stigmatized language in this country. The assumption that African Americans are lazy and illiterate stems from their language being branded as…

Security Administration [TSA] to ban any containers of liquid in certain amounts. In regards to border security, even the United Nations points out that “effective border security is key to the effective implementation of counter-terrorism measures” (“Border Management..”, 2016). I don’t recall any recent terrorist events as a result of movement from Mexico into the United States, but that certainly isn’t to say it can’t or won’t happen. It’s obvious that terrorist organizations now have the…