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    fearful of these types of events and looked towards using agencies to uncover the secrets of the Soviets. The Central Intelligence Agency or CIA was formed in the United States, and the Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopanosti (Committee for State Security) or KGB was formed in the USSR. Both of the agencies conducted covert operations and were able to infiltrate enemy governments to uncover any information that was needed. These spy agencies acted as distractions for the war by fighting in an arms race

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    In early June of 2013, all the main broad casting channels broke the story that the National Security Agency (NSA) was “spying” on United States citizens, and that communication in the U.S. was not private. Edward Snowden, formerly worked as a technical contractor for the NSA at the time, gave the media the information for the story. At the time of the release of the story, Snowden was in Hong Kong. This trip was a deliberately planned in order to keep himself from being immediately incarcerated

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    organizations to the police are meant to help us, correct? But now we have the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and there is one question, where does the CIA fit in with the people of the United States? They aren’t there to enforce any laws on the streets or teach us the dos and don’ts, so where exactly do they come in? Defined by CIAAgentEDU.org, “The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent federal agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to our nation’s policymakers. The

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    Combat Support Agencies’ Civilian Force of the Future General Clapper, the United States Director of National Intelligence, recently briefed the Senate Armed Services Committee on the worldwide threat assessment. His brief addressed the implications of technology on national security, and characteristics of the nation’s leading threat actors that include China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, as well as non-state actors. The entirety of the briefing demonstrates that the United States will face numerous

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    The National Security Agency (NSA) has been a United States discernment org since 1952 when President Truman formally named it; in spite of the fact that the office has been around since World War I translating code correspondences. It is presently one of the biggest United States brainpower associations on the planet. It works under the sway of the Department of Defense. The NSA's primary objectives are screening , gathering, deciphering, translating and examining data and information of outside

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    A comparison between advertising agencies’ and PR agencies’ internationalization motives and entry modes - Eight cases from Sweden 1. Abstract The firm internationalization literature is extensive, but dominated by studies of technical, often large, firms. The service firm internationalization literature is slowly growing. Few international contributions are found investigating the advertising industry and no such studies focus on the Swedish market. The PR industry has been internationally

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    2015 CUSTOMS AND BORDDER PROTECTION AGENCY’S CULTURE CHANGE 1. Introduction For several years now, there have been public accusations directed at Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBPA). The public’s main concern is that CBPA is not conducting its functions in a constitutionalized manner. The agency is mistreating and injuring the people it should protect. There is no constitutionalized law that permits any law enforcement use excessive force in apprehending suspects. Also, there is

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    In 1952, President Harry Truman “invented” the NSA as it is today, but in reality the NSA has existed since the early 1900’s. According to Heiligenstein (2014) “In 1917 a new military branch was formed it was called Cipher Bureau of Military Intelligence”(P.4) . In july of that year a man by the name of Herbert O. Yardley join this newly formed branch. Just 3 months before the Bureau was invented the US had declared war on Germany. According to Heiligenstein (2014) “The US were in high demand for

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    identified in our domestic and international intelligence programs. An internal Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) investigation revealed that CIA Task Forces failed to share information with the FBI about two suspected terrorists, Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, as they entered the United States (9/11 Commission Report). The U.S Intelligence Community is made up of 15 different agencies, offices, and organizations within the Executive branch. There are 8 components in the Department of Defense

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    One of the four primary reasons why intelligence agencies and analysts exist is to support the policy process, which consequently impacts national security decisions. As a result, intelligence community analysts and decision makers must maintain a relationship with policy makers. However, there is an ongoing debate within the intelligence community, academic institutions, and the public regarding the distant and proximate models of this relationship. In an effort to determine the best possible

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