Running Head: THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 1 The Central Intelligence Agency A Review of its History Jontrey Goff Wharton County Junior College Author Note This paper was prepared for Criminal Justice 1301‚ 10:00 a.m.‚ taught by Dr. Clark. THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 2 The Central Intelligence Agency A Review of its History The Central Intelligence Agency‚ also known as the CIA‚ was founded by President Harry S. Truman in
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“key” intelligence agencies that immediately come to mind are the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The mission of the CIA‚ the most well known U.S. spying agency (and the subject of many Hollywood movies)‚ is to spy and collect intelligence on foreign governments and to engage in covert operations-some involving questionable “regime change”. According to the CIA’s official website‚ its purpose is to “collect‚ analyze and disseminate intelligence gathered
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Established in 1947‚ the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent governmental agency legally responsible for the provision of national security intelligence to the President‚ senior policymakers in high offices‚ and the military in strategic decision-making. The National Security Act of 1947 instituted the agency’s authority to perform three primary activities. The activities are inclusive of the collection of foreign intelligence‚ analyzing the collected intelligence and performing various
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The Lack of Intelligence Sharing between Federal Agencies Author‚ James C. Brown‚ Kaplan University‚ Student 2009 - 2011 Abstract: The lack of intelligence sharing between federal law enforcement agencies is a known problem. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 attempted to correct the laws that erected a legal and bureaucratic wall‚ created by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and others that prevented intelligence sharing between federal law enforcement agencies. My hypothesis
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There seems to be an overarching idea that the Intelligence Community (IC) is not functionally operating to its fullest extent. There are many dissenters to the ICs structure and capabilities‚ referring the IC as inept and squandering opportunities‚ ignoring priorities. The ability to provide actionable and relevant intelligence to the ICs customers from the President‚ military‚ congress and policy makers is important to the wellbeing and safety of the U.S. The IC customers all rely on the proficiency
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When one talks about intelligence work in today’s day and age‚ it is hard to know exactly where to begin. From the humble beginnings of US intelligence in the WWII OSS‚ the modern intelligence apparatus has ballooned into over a dozen different agencies operating in different fields of concern. However‚ when asked to identify one the average person will most likely immediately think of the CIA‚ the big daddy of all intelligence agencies. While each agency has its own area of expertise‚ and while
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that may lead the intelligence failures to occur. Through discovering various materials‚ I find out that the failures are commonly caused by a combination of internal and external errors. Before discussing some reasons for the error‚ we need to understand the nature of intelligence work. The work is an outcome of team effort‚ as it consist a series of human endeavours‚ therefore it cannot be completely accurate. In fact‚ the intelligence failure could cause an intelligence agency or government to
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Question #1: Compare/contrast the different aspects of legislation that govern the Intelligence process. Areas to be taken into consideration is how Intelligence Oversight contributes to the overall process and areas that that you deem could be improved upon. The Intelligence Community (IC) has different legislations as well as executive powers to help govern the operation. Some of the legislation has been established to keep current with the time and technologies‚ while others have help protect
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NSA REPORT The NSA stands for National Security Agency. It’s the main producer and manager of signals intelligence for the United States government. Basically‚ it spies on people 24/7. Every time people blink‚ they know it. In short‚ they know our personal lives. They know your deepest‚ inner thoughts. They are hearing your most private conversations. There was this one incident with a girl whose web-cam kept turning on when she remembered turning it off. Every time she turned it off‚ it
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Constitution? The very Constitution which our founding fathers had written 200 years ago to protect our freedom. What if‚ instead of apologizing‚ the President justified this gross violation with the intent of protecting our nation by a super-secret spy agency? That frightening scenario came into fruition in 2002‚ when in light of the 9/11 attacks‚ President Bush signed a secret order authorizing the NSA to eavesdrop on citizens without their knowledge. On the 5th of June 2013‚ the world was forever changed
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