Intelligence And The Anti-US Declaration Of Independence

Intelligence is one of the most valuable aspects of the United States’ to the national security. It provides a foundation for the national policy and decision makers within the United States government, and Intelligence Community (IC). The five basic collection components are (HUMINT, SIGINT, IMINT, GEOINT, and OSINT) which, allows for a variety of different forms of the collection in order to execute the overall mission. In order to understand how intelligence is important to the national security and policy makers, one must understand the intelligence process and the collection components.

As our readings covered this week, the attacks on September 11, 2001 opened up a whole new world of requirements that are needed in order to defeat the terrorist threat the world is faced with now. The domestic threat that creeped up onto the shores of the United States on that fateful day raised significant concern on how it could prevented in the future. As James Burch mentioned in our reading, “the very term domestic intelligence raises significant questions, as well as concerns about civil liberties” (Burch 2010, 184). He went on to state even further that even though domestic intelligence may raise concerns about civil liberties, “it also supports an equally vital need – the preservation of the nation-state” (Burch 2010, 184). The US was forced to adapt and by doing so had to create a new set of rules and put certain safeguards and methods in

The United States has had a long and complicated journey with intelligence. Throughout its early history, the United States had a sporadic relationship with the intelligence community, only utilizing intelligence during wartime. After World War II, it became clear that the United States needed to enhance its intelligence gathering systems in order to prevent another disaster of this magnitude. Reacting to this pressure, policymakers soon drafted and passed the National Intelligence Act of 1947, creating the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the United States’ first peacetime intelligence agency. Though not always entirely authorized to do so, the CIA has carried out many covert operations with varying levels of success. Despite the fact that some of these operations have been a success, covert operations have largely been a detriment to the United States; covert operations hurt the United States’ public image, rarely fix the original problem entirely, and were not meant, by those who drafter the National Intelligence Act of 1947, to be carried out by the CIA.

The report additionally concludes that the “Minister,” or President in the United States’ case, should be, “legally responsible,” for security and intelligence policies in these cases (Born and Leigh 2005). The United States’ system represents this framework in today’s practice as the National Security Act of 1947 and its amendments legislate the authority of the President to approve covert action. Referring once again to the earlier consensus that covet actions belong to the President, the legal responsibility of the executive is

This newfound paranoia within the US is best epitomised by the fact that exactly a week after “September the 11th my class was sent home from school because a child said “im going to kill you” as the school ‘ in light of recent events took the accusation very seriously’. Yet what was the most significant aspect of the 9-11 attacks for American foreign policy can be seen to be the birth of the National security state. the introduction of the “patriot act” which focus was “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001” (USA PATRIOT ACT) ACT OF 2001) and the creation of Homeland security has arguably added a sinister edge to US foreign policy. The US now can be described as an international “Police state” ( bamford 2009). This creation of Homeland security and the NSA can be seen directly resultant of reports that as Bamford points to information that he believes that the NSA knew prior to the attack and points out the lack of cooperation between the NSA and the FBI that, perhaps, led to the failure of our government to stop the plot” ( Christiansen

The United States intelligence community (IC) has changed tremendously over the years primarily due to the various intelligence failures throughout history. Since the IC was officially created following the National Security Act of 1947, which was enacted as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor, it is fitting to explore the massive intelligence failure that led up to the attack that was carried out on December 7, 1941. First, we will explore the many events that led up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor by providing a brief background and deep look at why intelligence failed during this point in history. Then we will dive into what intelligence practitioners could have been done differently from a critical thinking stand point to mitigate the Japanese attack. Followed by an

This paper will focus on the Intelligence Communities lessons learned prior to September 11, 2001 and what changes have occurred through to present day; regarding specifically information sharing. The review of literature in this paper focused to two questions: (1) Has the Intelligence Community improved its information sharing since 9/11? (2) What changes have taken place and what has been the impact of those changes?

According to Lowenthal (2003), the events of September 11, 2001 represented the beginning of a new era in the U.S. intelligence community (IC). The terrorist act highlighted weaknesses in the IC including inefficient information-sharing mechanisms and gaps in domestic terrorism (Burch, 2008). As a result, the pattern of security in the U.S. shifted from focusing on hostile nations to adversary groups resulting in a change of approach to counterterrorism efforts (Lowenthal, 2003). 9/11 had, in short, prompted the largest reorganization of the intelligence community since 1947 (Burch, 2008). Since then, numerous improvements and changes have been made such as the creation of the intelligence process and how information is shared. Probably

The role of intelligence in the DHS has evolved. The original role was to understand and reduce threats to the nation. The current role of intelligence is to understand and reduce the vulnerability of the nation. The change in focus from reducing threats to reducing vulnerability marks the change in concept to an all-hazards approach. The initial implementation of the DHS’s intelligence mission faced many obstacles such as lack of access to resources and raw intelligence, and conflict with other intelligence agencies (Blum 2010, np). The DHS has largely overcome these barriers and evolved into a significant intelligence

The United States today is becoming more and more dependant upon technological developments to gather intelligence. The “secret agents” of yesterday are very close to being obsolete. With technology becoming the prime source of intelligence gathering, there is an assumption that other countries are gathering intelligence in similar ways. The only way to combat intelligence gathering against the United States is to know what technological intelligence collection resources are being used for gathering information.

In September of 1947 the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was realised and hatched, the eventuality of the intelligence reformation in the United States occurring after the Second World War. Less than a year before this date a Joint

The Indian nuclear test in 1998 came as a surprise for American intelligence agencies despite the intelligence assets and human resources dedicated to tracking their nuclear program. This essay will dwell upon the American Intelligence failure which took place when American secret services were not able to inform the government about nuclear tests in India. Also this essay will examine the facts that led to this intelligence failure, how the different types of intelligences disciplines perform against this failure and will attempt to identify how the intelligence community and other types of intelligence disciplines can help prevent this type of defeat in the future.

At this stage of this paper, assessing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats provides an understanding for what is known and likely where the U.S. should move next to meet national information power within the global security environment. The strengths of the U.S. are quite large but should not be overstated, as a nation we have experienced this self induced information vacuum such as our isolationist culture after WWI. There is historical evidence through the adjustments and changes to our laws that suggest the best course of action that preserves civil rights and civil liberties, cementing our creed for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Assessing the weaknesses is more difficult and necessitates the input from

The security of the nation and the protection of life, liberty and happiness is paramount in the eyes of all that call America home. America relies on the constant vigilance of organizations that develop intelligence to foresee and thwart the enemies who want to do harm on the innocent and tarnish an image of both prosperity and tranquility. Intelligence and Homeland Security play vital roles in ensuring plans are in place to act in case a situation arises. Without the required intelligence, Homeland Security is limited on allocating needed resources. Local, State and Federal agencies work tirelessly around the clock to provide adequate and reliable facts and resources based on credible information. The threats heard throughout social media and news outlets about radical terrorists groups and insurgents is real. The killings of innocent civilians by the hundreds of thousands around the world by these groups is real. It is not a wonder why the demand for intelligence working along Local, State and Federal officials continues to rise. Though the demand for intelligence assets has increased throughout the world, it comes with an added concern as to the limitations and capabilities intelligence has when attempting to “find and finish” a target. Intelligence agencies alongside Homeland Security agencies are increasing their efforts in the fight against terrorism. Whether the effort is temporary or permanent, the effort given is always in a state of high readiness. Intelligence

Strategic intelligence provides accurate and timely intelligence to national policy and decision makers. Policy and decision