National Security Act of 1947

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    nation's military and national security system with the National Security Act in 1947 which unified the Army, Navy, and Air Force under a National Military Establishment lead by the Secretary of Defense. The National Security Act also created the Central Intelligence Agency, the nation’s major department of intelligence. The Act established the National Security Council to enlighten the President on issues mostly related to American foreign policy as well. Though the National Security Council had many

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    Intelligence philosophers such as Sun Tzu, Kautilya and Machiavelli have stressed on the importance of strategic intelligence for the security of a nation and the history across the world is evident with its prime examples. Such is also the case of India and in this presentation we will be examining some key historic Indian events and their impact on the country’s two foremost intelligence agencies – the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). Towards the end we will also

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    most important of the presidential advisors in the national security advisor. Led by the national security advisor is that National Security Council. The National Security Council (NSC) is in place to advise and assist the president on national security and foreign policies, and they serve as the president’s principle arm for coordinating these policies among various government agencies. The NSC was established under the National Security Act of 1947. The State Department is a cabinet-level department

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    Evolution of Homeland security   The evolution of Homeland security started in September 11, 2011. When terrorist took control of 4 flights in the United States and planed to kill millions of lives including their own lives. Everyone knows this day as 9/11. When ex-president George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security act of 2002. There were 22 agencies that were inherited into the DHS and three agencies that were not included in the DHS. The agencies that make up part of

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    Law Enforcement, and National Security covers: 1) The Intelligence Community, 2) The Fourth Amendment Framework (Keith vs. U.S.), and 3) The Foreign Intelligence Gathering. We gain further understanding of intelligence agencies and their functions, the Fourth Amendments application to domestic and overseas cases, and the Foreign Intelligence Service Act. The Intelligence Community The author poses a question: “Should the law treat investigations involving national security differently than other

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    Government to impact political, financial, or military conditions abroad, that the United States Government won't be evident or recognized openly if caught performing. Covert activity is a third choice when dealing with "delicate" activities of national force, for example, strategy, financial approvals, or educational force, are incapable in affecting conditions abroad on one hand, while the utilization of clear military power is undesirable or not achievable on the other. Verifiably, covert activities

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    Many of these regulations have resulted in set procedures and policies for establishing a union within a workplace, both in the public (federal) and private sectors. There are two agencies that oversee unions and the policies governing them. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent federal agency charged and empowered to safeguard employees ' rights to organize and to determine whether to have unions as their bargaining representative. The agency also oversees labor practices to

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    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 the Cold War, President Harry Truman proposed a six-pronged defense strategy which included the National Security Act of 1947, giving birth to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (Roark, et al. 789). The consensus of the Cold War was driven by

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    THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT The Homeland Security Act of 2002 Signed into law in 2002 by President George W. Bush, the Homeland Security Act established the Department of Homeland Security to prevent terrorist attacks, minimize any damage to the nation’s citizens, and reduce the country’s vulnerability to terrorism. In response to 9/11, the government, as well as the airline industry, has gone through many changes. As of result of 9/11, the airline industry lost a total of $7.7 billion. This paper

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    period and also provided intelligence support to the United States military which helped develop policies and procedures of the United States toward other countries. The development of intelligence in the United States has ultimately provided higher security for our citizens. President George Washington took command over the Continental Army in 1775; he had agents devise secrete methods to analyze raw intelligence and was able to create campaigns to deceive the British armies. Washington believed that

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