Terrorism : Terrorism And ISIS

The CIA has stated the following; Human Intelligence plays a critical role in developing and implementing U.S. foreign and national security policy and in protecting U.S. interests. (INTelligence: Human Intelligence, 2013). When there is, additional intelligence needed by the President, U.S. Policymakers, U.S. Military, and any other key members of the Intelligence Community and the intelligence

As we have seen throughout the entire history of warfare, ancient world terrorism, political intrigue and elitist terrorism of the middle ages, and into modern terrorism, intelligence is of vital importance on both sides. Armed forces have always used intelligence of some form be it sneaking up a hill and scouting what is on the other side to the use of modern platforms such as

Intelligence in this day in age is a vital component of a countries security. The newest proposal increases intelligence spending between 2 and 3 billion dollars, a total adding to nearly $35 billion. In addition to military enhancement, the FBI and other law enforcement/intelligence agencies will also be included in this proposal. A new system has been proposed by President Bush that all information be shared among all agencies. DoD, FBI, and the Department of Counterterrorist Center have drawn closer together to create a Terrorist Threat Integration Center to evaluate information blended from all sources associated with terrorism and to act upon those findings accordingly.

The intelligence community has been able to adapt to working in a more intergraded fashion with Special Forces operators to deliver intelligence to the operators that are in the field. The intelligence community’s development of analysis and intelligence, allowed for the capture or elimination of known bad actors (most of the major Al-Qaeda leadership targets) to include Osama Bin Laden.

The attack on 9/11 was one of the most deadly attacks the United States has ever faced. After the wake of the attack the government used every resource they could to keep this country safe. International intelligence was one of them. This solution worked for a while and the FBI was able to see how terrorists were communicating and any plans they had. However, as time has past international intelligence has gotten wrong information and terrorists are finding new ways to communicate. The effectiveness of this program is now being questioned as to whether it will help the fight against terrorism.

Since the birth of America the United States has made the use of intelligence known through the purposes of warfare, defense, and diplomacy. Intelligence is the gathering of information which is analyzed and converted into data to serve as an asset to the decision making process. This is possible by identifying what the national interest is at the time. We use intelligence to provide information based off everyday observations and activities to give us a sense of patterns to form an idea of the “big picture” and identify what threats may be imminent at the time. With reference to Homeland Security Intelligence is not to solely acquire life threatening data, rather than should be to analyzes and share information between the private sector,

Developing and utilizing these means will allow the US to prevent threats from exploiting weaknesses in our own systems along with giving us the ability to investigate and exploit our enemy's communications and financial activities. We also need to wage our own information war against these groups. One of ISIS main recruiting techniques is to convince people that theirs is the only true form of Islam and that the west is at war with Islam. The US and its allies must use information networks such as the media and social networks in order to combat these recruiting

The United States, with its coalition partners, has committed to degrade and destroy the terrorist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). This group poses a threat to the people of the Middle East, as well as to the United States, our allies, and interests in the region. If this terrorist organization is left uninterrupted, ISIL will grow, threatening the surrounding areas of the Middle East, our allies abroad, and the United States.

The attack on the World Trade Center was not the first attack and was not the first time the US Intelligence Community had heard of Al-Qaeda or Osama Bin Laden. The role of counterintelligence from both sides the US and Al-Qaeda, lent to the information flow not only form the attackers but also to the ones who would ultimately respond. The FBI, the CIA, the DIA, have integral parts in these series of events from the information collection to the information flow. In a time where it was realized that Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism have a similar need, as well as information sharing across agencies, have led to the CI and IC we see today.

Eleven years on from the invasion, the Iraq war remains an unforgettable sequence of events for people around the world, especially American’s and one of the greatest intelligence failures in living history. The pre-war intelligence gathered by the CIA suggested that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction and connections with al-Qaeda. American officials did everything to prepare the entire world and the entire globe for war against Iraq. The intelligence collected, key to the invasion, was subsequently wishful thinking and wrong. The striking thing about prewar U.S. intelligence is that it played such a small role in one of the most important U.S. policy decisions in recent decades.

During the round table discussion, I learned many things about what’s really going on with Isis and the possible results of this terrorism. Some things I absorbed from Isis consist of how they want to try and pick a fight with everyone around them and how they are trying to make the end of times occur. The roots of terrorism goes back centuries. Some professors stated that Isis is only trying to get America’s undivided attention by doing all of this unnecessary damage. Dr. Parker claimed that they have enticed the use of social media to inflict fear upon the American population, and those around them. President Obama claimed in a speech that Isis had been contained, and then they attacked Paris which brought complete surprise upon everyone

In one way, by providing human intelligence provides an insight to fill the intelligence requirement gaps needed to determine the intention of terror groups. Not only has Foreign Nations used counterintelligence tradecraft to not only collect intelligence on the U.S. from espionage but terror groups have used similar actions as well. Al-Qaeda had demonstrated an ability to communicate with senior leadership and gain access to the United States with tradecraft similar to counterintelligence operations that would be utilized by a Foreign Intelligence Security Service. By using secured communications and other techniques to hide their clandestine operations, the hijackers of September 11 were able to move freely in the United States. By denying terror groups a free environment the ability to hinder their operations increases. Al Qaeda was not the only terror group using Counterintelligence activities in order to select targets or even hide their intentions, with Hezbollah also using compartmentalization in order to safeguard their intentions and

Intelligence played a vital role in the capturing of the Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein. The Intelligence Community, together with Special Operations Forces (SOF), gathered adequate and accurate human intelligence (HUMINT) that helped in the identification of Saddam Hussein’s location. According to senior U.S. officials, HUMINT, rather than other kinds of information produced by technical means, led the U.S. to Saddam.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) was established in April 2004. They are not a legitimate military and because of that can be hard to separate them from normal civilians at time. They are really tech savvy and are able to recruit sympathizers to conduct attacks on foreign soil. The intelligence community needs to work even harder to get information on ISIS. There are five main ways of collecting intelligence that are available to the US Intelligence Community: Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Imagery Intelligence (IMINT), Measurement and Signatures Intelligence (MASINT), and Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT). Not all members of the intelligence community are good collectors of intelligence for

Have you ever had a fear for your family, your town, your country, or your world. How about the fear to have everything taken from you, destroyed, and not caring if it has hurt you or not? What about your fear and pain is, and can be someone else’s happiness? The fear of you being terrorized? That is terrorism. Someone else bringing fear and terrorizing you. That is a terrorist’s goal. Terrorism is common and is very difficult to stop. The government promises protection for the people, and their home, but they can not give that protection if they can not stop terrorism. Terrorism needs to stop to protect the live of the people, and their country.