Central Intelligence Agency

when it refused to cooperate or obfuscated its own actions. This has naturally spurred the various conspiracy theories that have set out to unravel what happened. Some address legitimate issues, such as the as-yet-unexplained fact that American intelligence had been tracking lead hijacker Mohammad Atta since the late 1990s but did nothing to stop him. But most theories run the gamut from the preposterous

Imagine there is a bomb under downtown New York City. You have captured the terrorist who planted it there and you have the ability to torture him and find out where the bomb is planted. Otherwise, there will be countless victims. So, is torture ethical? Torture is a topic that is largely debated among many countries and is one of the leading debates today. Torture is a problem because it is considered a violation of human rights and a crime against humanity. With terrorists on the loose everywhere

While watching part 1 the most shocking aspect to me involved the program ThinThread. The part that was so surprising to me was just how upset NSA employees became when they discovered that this program was being used to spy on not only the rest of the world but our citizens as well. Originally the program was put in place to prevent such attacks like Pearl Harbor from occurring again. But at the same time they had an internal blocking system that prevented any U.S. citizen from getting spied on

Edward Snowden is a former computer programmer that worked for the National Security Agency, an intelligence agency of the US government that focuses on the protection of important data from foreign intelligence. But back in 2013, he was found guilty of leaking confidential information regarding the NSA’s secret surveillance program. After being charged for theft of government property, various debates arose about Snowden’s betrayal towards his country. With the movie Snowden released on September

This paper will discuss how the CIA and/or the American government played a role in the death of investigative journalist, Gary Webb. Whether it is a conspiracy or not many question how the investigative journalist died and why his death was ruled as a suicide. Gary Webb was most known for tracking down corruption and exposing it to millions of Americans. He wrote stories about corruption from county, state, and federal levels, for more than thirty four years. He is most known for writing an article

The integrity of one’s communications and privacy of online activities is the largest casualty of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance over digital lives. Years since September 11, 2009, the NSA’s mass surveillance has greatly expanded due to the heightened concern that new technology can be used by terrorists to plan and execute a terrorist attack. In today’s age of technology, there are easier ways of accessing information and communication as well as new ways of hacking and gathering

are the capabilities and limitations of intelligence in supporting homeland security efforts? Capabilities of intelligence in DHS Over the years, both state and federal governments in the United States have changed drastically to become critical domains in both foreign and domestic policies/procedures. There are more than 220 organizations in relations to defense and homeland security efforts; they are all directed by the office of the National Intelligence, which comes from the executive branch

The National Security Agency operates the most secretive surveillance in history; however, disclosures have demonstrated the agency to be a rogue state that is out of control. Intelligence leaders have openly lied to elected officials and the public about the nature and extent of the agency’s data collection. Policymakers and intelligence officials have supplied intensive surveillance that secretly monitors everything it can get its claws onto. The illegal surveillance of Americans was first discovered

which include obtaining a court order. These rules have been designed to ensure the protection of individual privacy and Fourth Amendment rights, while permitting the use of wiretaps for investigations of serious criminal activity and for foreign intelligence. (Delaney, D.P., Denning D.E., Kaye J., McDonald A.R.1993. Murray Associates). The US government, with assistance from major telecommunications carriers including AT&T, has engaged in massive, illegal surveillance of the domestic communications

Is the NSA justified in their internal security monitoring on the American people? The National Security Agency is an intelligence organization that works for the federal government of the United States of America. They are responsible for collecting, monitoring and processing data and information around the globe in an effort to eliminate terrorism. The issue with this process is they are collecting data and information from cell phones, emails, computer programs and any other electronic device