Central Intelligence Agency

both nations had the capacity and power to start another World War, had they both declared war on each other. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), was an organization created during the Cold War and had played a major role in counter-espionage and other major duties during the time period. During the time period of Cold War from 1950’s to 1990’s, the rise of the Central Intelligence Agency impacted the american society in a dramatic way. The CIA impacted the society starting from the controversies

The CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) in the United States has been involved in several operations with drug trafficking. Some of these reports claim that the evidence of the Congress indicates that the CIA worked with groups that were known to be involved in drug trafficking. The deals mainly include providing the CIA with useful information and support material, in exchange for allowing their criminal activities to continue, and impede or prevent the arrest, prosecution and imprisonment from United

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has used many different torture techniques to gain information from its detainees since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and some of the most common are stress positions, sleep deprivation, and waterboarding. These techniques, among many others, were released in a report from the Senate Intelligence Committee on December 9, 2014. One of the most common methods of torture that was used by the CIA is stress positions. The detainee was shackled to the

The Central Intelligence Agency and the Cold War Two trillion dollars was the amount spent by the United States on the war with the Soviet Union, which never seen the battlefield. Over four decades of US presidencies were committed to containing communism within the Soviet Union, and existing establishments, driving US foreign policy decisions across the globe. Armed forces, government officials, and US presidents, may have been unable to contain communism on their own. In 1947, the first year of

Professor Williamson November 13, 2015 Paper 2 – Question 2 The Central Intelligence Agency defines terrorism as “premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents” (CIA). This term was specifically created to differentiate terrorism between other acts of violence. These doings of terrorism are not just any act but are specific acts of violence. A dominant reason behind terrorism tends to fall upon religious

of Investigations and the Central Intelligence Agency had faced. Security breaches and poor intelligence sharing were just some of the critical failures that were encountered. Moreover, the main focus is pointed towards the miscommunication between these two agencies. Evidently, the execution and tactical strategies went unnoticed despite the apparent red flags that presented themselves, in addition to the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Central Intelligence Agency failure to pursue threats

security, there are none better. Though they may seem alike, the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) are very different. The FBI is a threat-based and intelligence-driven national security organization centered in Washington, D.C.. They have the mission to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice

In order to trace the nation of North Korea back to its origins, it is necessary to turn back to World War II. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has briefly summarized the history of the origins of North Korea in the following way: "An independent kingdom for much of its long history, Korea was occupied by Japan beginning in the 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War. Five years later, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula. Following World War II, Korea was split with the northern half coming

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) arranged numerous assassinations attempts on Fidel Castro which helped damage the relations between the United States and Cuba. To understand why the US saw Castro as a threat, it is necessary to learn about how he attained that power and what Cuba was like. Colonel Fulgencio Batista had originally been elected as president, but he appointed himself to be the dictator of Cuba in 1933. He used the army and police to keep control over people, and those who were

and so they went out of their way to prove that it is indeed true. Any deviation from this truth resulted in direct pressure, making it clear that dissent against the group consensus was unacceptable. The final outcome was a very flawed National Intelligence Estimate When groups exhibit groupthink the end result is disastrous decision making. This was evident concerning the decision regarding postwar Iraq with all the looting. The self-censoring of doubts presented a false picture and only served