Intelligence Community

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In this article, the writer discusses that the Intelligence Community established through the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 represents the institutional response to the new threats encompassed by recent developments in the world and the new challenges facing national and international security. The writer maintains that it is rather hard to ascertain the degree in which restructuring of the intelligence services is successful or not. The writer concludes that any positive result implies the prevention and deterrence of terrorist actions and nuclear unrest, while the negative results would manifest through a remake of the 9/11 attacks or the escalation of tensions between states around the world.

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"Secondly, the Intelligence Community in the US had to face the evolving situation nuclear proliferation projected. In this sense, it is important to underline the simmering threat a developed North Korean nuclear program represents for the international community. Also, states such Iran, India, Pakistan have been continuously undergoing nuclear activities from which terrorist factions could benefit taking into account the unstable or even weak state authority present in the respective countries."
"Thirdly, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, homeland security became an issue that had to be addressed by all the segments of the Administration with attributions in the field. A wider and more organized approach was vital for the establishment of a well structured security framework that would allow US citizens to exercise their rights in a free of fear internal environment."

Sample of Sources Used:

• An Intelligence Community Primer. (2007) Accessed 17 August 2007, from http://www.gpoaccess.gov/wmd/pdf/appendix_c_fm.pdf
• United States Intelligence Community. (2007) Leadership. Accessed 17 August 2007, from http://www.intelligence.gov/4leadership.shtml
• US Department of State. (2007). National Security Act of 1947. Accessed 17 August 2007, from http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/cwr/17603.htm
• The White House. (2007) Fact Sheet: The Protect America Act of 2007. The Office of the Press Secretary. Accessed 17 August 2007, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/08/20070806-5.html

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