The State Department 's Center For Strategic Counterterrorism Communications

Counter Intelligence can be defined as the efforts by an intelligence organization to counter a hostile or enemy organization from successfully acquiring information or anything against them. The intelligence organizations are responsible for the general security of nations and their main responsibility is to keep checking what the enemy nations are doing or have in plan. Equipped with the knowledge, they are then able to give needed advice to the government. Programs have hence been created for this responsibility, and are known as National Intelligence Programs. These programs are highly vulnerable to attacks from the enemies and the intelligence cycle security has to keep check to protect the process.

Counterintelligence is one of the most vital areas of the United States intelligence system, and is heavily intertwined with our history, laws and ethics. According to the National Security Act of 1947, counterintelligence (CI) is defined as “information gathered and activities conducted to protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted by or on behalf of foreign governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations or foreign persons, or international terrorist activities.” It consists of five activities and functions: operations, investigations, collection, analysis and production, and functional services. In this aspect, CI is unique in that it is both an activity and its product. U.S. intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) collect and analyze both CI information and foreign intelligence. There are many counterintelligence activities that the United States is involved in, as both CI and foreign intelligence play an important role in countering threats to our country’s national security. Among these most controversial and misunderstood activities are counterespionage and disinformation.

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks was among the agencies that associated the 9/11 attacks with lack of coordination among agencies (Best, 2015). This prompted the Congress to enact a legislation that established a centralized intelligence leadership, popular as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). However, the legislation only helped to increase tension between different agencies, especially on how to approach funding. The legislation was not clear regarding the boundaries between the activities of the DNI, and their interaction with the mainstream intelligence agencies. The congress debated these concerns and later established the framework for the working of the DNI and relationship with different intelligence agencies. Most importantly, this legislation focused on one element of reorganization, which was enhancing coordination of activities between different

Providing for the common defense means that the United States government must preserve the rights, freedom, and safety of the nation as a whole. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) fulfills this goal, as the agency collects, analyzes, and processes information at an international level and utilizes the data to further bolster our nation’s intelligence and security against foreign countries. Without the CIA, we would not be able to be one of the strongest nations on the planet.

The way terrorist groups has been communicating and recruiting new has been changing, due to the emerging use

The Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. is mandated to deal with terrorism problem that has a long history in the U.S. Terrorism has been a threat to U.S. security since the 1800. Terrorists continue to use powerful secret communication strategies and unexpected tools to achieve their intention in the U.S. soil. For example, the 9/11 terrorism attack that killed the highest number of American citizens in history succeeded because terrorist used hijacked passenger planes to perform the attack (Lutz and Lutz, 2013). Although the most notorious terrorism activity in the U.S. soil was performed by Islamic extremist, several other groups among them black militancy, anti-liberal, anti-government, Jewish extremist, fascist extremists, and Palestinian militancy among others have been reportedly caused a terrorist activity in the U.S. in the past and their continued existence still remain a major threat to the U.S. security (Lutz and Lutz, 2013). The counter-terrorism policy administered through the Bureau of Counterterrorism aims at partnering with local security agents, multilateral organizations, non-state actors and foreign governments to defeat local and global terrorism. The policy employs high level of coordinated strategies in securing international partnership to document and monitor and act appropriately to Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) as emerging organizations that coordinate international terrorist

From intellectuals to policy-makers alike. All of the extraordinary output on the subject of al-Qaeda, has recently led to a number of far-reaching theories about the group which remain startlingly unexplored. The two assumptions, this paper examines and reveals each one 's foundational role in assertions as well as debates about al-Qaeda, despite the relatively unexplored status of each. These 2 assumptions relate to: (1) the role of the internet in actual terrorist activity; and (2) the association between combating a

The C.I.A. also involves itself in the deployment of high-leverage technology for informational purposes. The C.I.A. aslo involves itself in the development and research of such technologies. The C.I.A. works as a source of intelligence on topics of concern. The C.I.A. also works with other intelligence organizations to insure

Further, CI investigations play a vital role in resolving acts that are considered to be a threat to national security. Then-Secretary of Defense William Cohen immediately launched an investigation into the attack on the Cole. Within hours of the deadly blast, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and a contingent of individuals from the Pentagon’s Fleet Anti-Terrorist Support Team were dispatched to investigate the scene. In addition, U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS) sent a task force to conducted a separate investigation into the bombing. While in Yemen, these agents developed a close working relationship with the Yemeni government and in the process, orchestrated one of the largest ever investigations regarding a crime that was committed outside of the U.S. It was discovered through the course of these investigations that the bombing was conducted by al-Qa’ida, which had considered the Cole to be a symbol of American power and policy in the Middle East. Investigations by the NCIS task force found solid evidence that linked the attack to Osama bin Laden.

The Counter Terrorism Center (CTC) was established in 1986 and Special Operations Command (SOCOM) about a year later. As the CIA organization struggled to maintain foreign intelligence relationships due to downsizing, Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, established the JSOC. Rumsfeld was shocked to find that the CIA had been conducting missions parallel to those of the CTC without Department of Defense (DOD) knowledge. JSOC was built on the CIA operating model and funded with DOD money. The JSOC gave DOD the ability to call the shots for conducting clandestine intelligence gathering operations, giving the government organization more transparency without the complication of parallel organizations operating within the same mission parameters.

The CIA is one of the U.S. foreign inteligency agencies, responsible for getting and analyzing information about foreign government, corporations, individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. government. The State Department 's Bureau or intelligence

Counterintelligence (CI) involves actions aimed at protecting the United States against foreign intelligence operations and espionage from penetration and disruption by hostile nations or their intelligence services (Lowenthal, 2014). Three main components of Counterintelligence include collection, defensive and offensive. Collection is ability to gather intelligence information about rivalry capabilities against own nation; defensive part of CI involve measures to prevent and thwarting other nations attempts to penetration into own nations intelligence system; while offensive deal with running double agents to penetrate, manipulate, exploit, and control targeted adversaries. CI is said to be the most essential aspect of the intelligence disciplines, in the sense that collecting vast quantities of secret information and produce excellent analysis of the intelligence, but ineffective counterintelligence measures may diminish confidence the final results (Van Cleave, 2013). According to Federal Bureau of Investigation (2011) “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 to total arrests of 249, of which 46 of them were linked to espionage. Counterintelligence (CI)

The ever evolving subject of terrorism and terrorists is the subject of significant study worldwide. The psychological and behavioral factors involved in terrorism are one of the most studied issues. It has implications across the board for both the detection and deterrence of terrorism. How terrorists communicate and the influence that it plays in growing terroristic ideology, mission, and goals are also of significant importance, as well.

The primary purpose of the ASC Coordinator is to provide academic support to curriculum students who are enrolled in courses at all levels at CCC. We want to help students reach their academic, personal, social, and economic potential by supporting their intellectual growth. The ASC Coordinator also provides administrative support to the coordinators, tutors and supplemental instructor leaders in the ASC.

Counterintelligence (CI) involves actions aimed at protecting the United States against foreign intelligence operations and espionage from penetration and disruption by hostile nations or their intelligence services (Lowenthal, 2014). Three main components of Counterintelligence include collection, defensive and offensive. The collection is the ability to gather intelligence information about rivalry capabilities against own nation; defensive part of CI involves measures to prevent and thwart other nations ' attempts to penetrate into own nation 's intelligence system; while an offensive aspect deal with running double agents to penetrate, manipulate, exploit, and control targeted adversaries. CI is said to be the most essential aspect of the intelligence disciplines, in the sense that it helps in collecting vast quantities of secret information and produce an excellent analysis of intelligence, although, ineffective counterintelligence measures may diminish confidence in the final results (Van Cleave, 2013).