A Short Note On Ir 360 : Final Exam

Robert M. Gates, a career intelligence officer, is Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. He served on the National Security Council staff

Operation Mockingbird’s operatives made their way into several major media outlets and programs even before Dulles was director. “ By this time Operation Mockingbird had a major influence over 25 newspapers and wire agencies” (Spartacus Educational). It wasn't until 1976 that any governmental involvement with the media networks was fully shut down. The CIA paid many famous journalists such as Joseph Alsop. “Alsop is one of more than 400 American journalists who in the past twenty‑five years have secretly carried out assignments for the Central Intelligence Agency, according to documents on file at CIA headquarters” (Bernstein). In 1976, former president and director of the CIA George HW. Bush announced that no longer would any journalist or form of news media be paid by or have any relations with the CIA. In general, this operation was a complete manipulation of

Good evening to all. I hope all is well this week. As many of you have stated, I thought I had a descent grasp of the United States Intelligence oversight. However, to my surprise I found that I actually did not have as good of an understanding as I thought. My shortcoming was in understanding just how convoluted the system is. The system has evolved over the years just as many things do. However, the system still has a long way to go before it’s as effective as it could be. Former Under Secretary Charles Allen noted that “virtually any terrorist attack on the homeland that one can imagine must exploit a border crossing, a port of entry, a critical infrastructure, or one of the other domains that the department has an obligation to

like the CIA anyway and said that he would "tear it [CIA] to a thousand shreds". The CIA saw him

“Prior to September 11th intelligence agencies and law enforcement failed to communicate with each other about terrorist hijackers… This lack of communications had its roots deep in the culture of government… Fortunately, in the Patriot Act, congress began to tear down the walls that cut off communication between intelligence and law enforcement officials” (Gerdes 36)

In doing so, the Federal government should confirm that Executive Branch agencies are prepared, skilled, and equipped to achieve their response positions. Confirm and apply the National Preparedness Goal. Officials at all levels did not comprehend what was occurring, did not originally communicate serious information, did not immediately establish the response effort, did not continuously take required resourcefulness and did not work successfully with the broadcasting to get the evidences to the community and its

Recognizing the threat Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups posed provided homeland security with the basis which is now important to state and local law enforcement agencies (Sheehan, Michael, 2011). After nearly a decade after the September eleventh, more than twenty terrorist related plots were uncovered by the federal government. As the war against terrorism continues, it has cost America the lives of more than six thousand service members and nearly 1.5 trillion dollars (Ortmeier, P, 2009).

In the documentary, High Crimes and Misdemeanor (1990) produced by frontline, details the side effects from the Iran-Contra affair proposed by the Reagan Administration and the consequences of the Reagan administration for not complying with its constitutional authority on notifying the United States Congress on the covert operation, which is the main organ responsible for the appropriations of funds and its allocation. The Covert Operation facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, which was under a strict arms embargo during the hostage situation in 1979.

The 9/11 attacks opened the avenue for a scrutiny of the performance and ability of the intelligence community to detect any threats to the safety of the United States. The media, politicians, reformists and other interested parties would not comprehend how such an attack would happen without the knowledge of the intelligence community. However, it is important to consider the fact that the attack was one of its kind and could not be approached with the resources and expertise used in other initiative such as the cold war. Therefore, the need to restructure the intelligence community arose from the view that it was still operating in the mindset and spirit of the cold war even in the modern era that had seen a revolutionary change of warfare

I’m writing this letter concerning the recent arrests of two of my closest friends, Osman Ramizov and Aziz Mirzayev. Although the reasons of their arrests are legitimate, I believe these two individuals deserve a degree of leniency in their sentences. Your decision is of the vital importance to the Turkish-American community here at Hagerstown, Maryland. I, and the community urge for your best judgement and mercy in the case of these two individuals.

During the 1950’s, President Arbenze was elected for President of Guatemala, he had interesting ideas of making the United Fruit Company national. Imitating what Mexico did in the making PIMEX national. Unlike Mexico, President Cardenas embarked on nationalizing the oil company from the US and the Anglo-Dutch; Arbenze planned to do the same with the United Fruit Company. The United Fruit Company was Guatemala biggest exporter of banana to the US. When Arbenze introduce it to the government, the FBI and CIA became suspicious. Why? The president of the united fruit company were the Dulles brother. They were John Foster Dulles who was Secretary of State, and Allen Dulles head of the DCI who also gave rise of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). They convince the House of Representatives and the US that Arbenze was “red”; code “red” means he was communistic. Even though he was not associated with the Communist party, the Dulles brother wanted to take no risk. They United States planned to take him out of power.

Congress expects the CIA to take steps to address the Aldrich Ames’ treason fallout or risk budget cuts or agency closure. Ames’ exposed a multitude of secret operations and intelligence officers to the Soviet Union over a period of nine years which caused at least ten deaths and led to his arrest in February 1994. CIA Chief Woolsey commissioned internal review processes to assess the damage, review security procedures, and inquire if Ames’ chain of command failed to follow agency expectations and regulations.

intelligence was secretly arming the Nicaraguan rebels, in violation of a Congressional vote (the Boland Amendment). The physical evidence from the Iran-Contra scandal became undeniable when a plane carrying supplies for the Contras was shot down on October 5, 1986 in Nicaragua. First of all, the pilot, Eugene Hasenfus, told the press that he was working for the CIA and had been involved in missions with them as far back as 1965. Secondly, Hasenfus had been flying a plane that was registered to Alder Berriman Seal, aka Barry Seal, one of the most experienced drug smuggling pilots of all time. Seal had smuggled roughly $3 to $5 billion worth of illegal drugs into America, according to estimates by the federal government. Seal had also performed various functions for the CIA and DEA at different times. Finally, Hasenfus’s notebook featured a phone number that was a direct line to George Bush’s office.

I really nice post this week about covert operations and assassinations, I enjoy reading it. Assassination been used around the world as covert operations by multiple intelligence agencies. Since world war II, a lot of assassinations carried out to serve the end aims. Assassinations can be more Machiavellian method, the end justify the means. During WWII the OSS carried out some operations with other intelligence agencies to destroy the strength of the enemy. "During World War II the OSS and other military intelligence units carried out secret operations against the Nazis and the Japanese at the direction of the White House and U.S. military commanders. Sabotage, psychological warfare, the use of secret agents, even assassination, became the

According to Federal Bureau of Investigation (2011) after the 9/11 attacks, “significant advances have been made in clarifying and rectifying intelligence gaps and requirements through the formation of liaison and working relationships with other U.S. intelligence community agencies, foreign partners, the private sector, and academia”. For instance, since 2001, FBI CI program has resulted in total arrests of 249, of which 46 of them were linked to espionage. CI has