The end of the cold and economic pressures have increased the risk of economic espionage. The collapse of the Soviet Union has left unemployed KGB and other former communist bloc intelligence agents selling everything from Russian night vision devices to completely assembled and functional buggin...

The CIA: Protecting Our Nation Thesis Statement: The Central Intelligence Agency not only evaluates and gathers information about the safety of the country but also directs tasks of other agencies in the intelligence community. I Creation of the CIA A. When B. Purpose C. Duties II Four...

Research report on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence On the 14th of July 1977, more than a year after the Senate had already formed its select intelligence ruling body, the House of Representatives instituted its very own Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. This p...

Throughout the entire fifty year history of the Central Intelligence Agency, there have been various incidents within the "company", including the Aldrich Ames spy case, that have made the government realize that the counterintelligence of the nation must be stepped up and reformed in ...

The first study of clandestine operations was initiated 1988 in hopes of learning about the relationship between the President and the intelligence committees of Congress. Stephan F. Knott, an Assistance Professor of Political Science at the Untied States Air Force Academy, picked up this study o...

Terrorism as an International Phenomenon International terrorism, intelligence gathering and covert operations are all phenomenon, which intrigue the minds of many people both young and old. This paper is a historical recount and study on the various elements that comprise an international op...

Bay of Pigs who is to blame In any military operation there always have to be a plan drawn up to support the operation. So why was the Bay of Pigs operation such a failure? Some of the questions I will focus on is what and how much of a role did the CIA, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and...

September 11 was a day of complete terror and tragedy. Muslim radicals murdered over 3000 innocent civilians in a surprise attack that completely destroyed the World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon. This is what supposedly happened on 9/11, but more took place that what meets the eye. The US ...

COLD WAR When World War II in Europe finally came to an end on May 7, 1945, a new war was just beginning. The Cold War: denoting the open yet restricted rivalry that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, a war fought on political, economic, and propag...

According to a survey performed for the Defense Department in 1996, it was found that the majority of U.S. citizens believe that the government withholds too much information by classifying it as a secret. In this book, "Secrecy: The American Experience", Senator Daniel P. Moynihan rei...

Operation Condor The authoritarian repression of the 1970s and the 1980s was very difficult for the South American victims of the tortures. They could not escape this repression even by fleeing their own countries. The government rulers of the countries had tortured and disappeared many dissid...

In past centuries, Angola was among the areas most-devastated by the slave trade. In recent decades, it has been afflicted with wars. However, in both eras, much of the violence was driven by powerful external forces. This is because Angola, with an abundance of oil and other resources, could...

Terrorism and Politics What events led up to the disaster of September 11th? Being a member of the public I can only draw conclusions from what the media has told us and try to make sense of it all. I believe there were several aspects that led to the attacks on September 11th. The tendency o...

B A Y O F P I G S The story of the failed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, which is located on the south coast of Cuba about 97 miles southeast of Havanna, was one of mismanagement, poor judgment, and stupidity ("Bay of Pigs" 378). The blame for the failed invasion fa...

On Sept. 11th the twin towers of the World Trade Center were attacked by terrorists. People all over want justice for what was done. We the people want revenge. We have evidence today linking Osama bin Laden to the attacks. Now that we know who contrived these attacks, justice should prevail no matt...