Ethical Standards

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the often questionable ethical standards used by "civilian" agencies, such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA). It reviews past and current NSA activities, what the NSA is legally authorized to do and what ethical issues are raised by some of the NSA activities. It also provides some information about the abuses of the civilian-focused CIA which performs military tasks.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
What is the National Security Archive?
What are the Duties of the NSA?
What are the Ethical Issues that Surround the NSA?

From the Paper:

"If the FOIA law was not in place, millions of documents - that do not place the security of the U.S. in jeopardy but that allow the public to be informed about how its tax-supported government is behaving - would be kept secret by various government agencies; and hence, the strategies and decisions which affect the American people, their jobs and their communities, would not be known. Without the FOIA, the same way totalitarian and communist governments keep information away from their citizens would be the norm here in the U.S. American is a democracy, and the FOIA assures that, to come degree at least, America is an open society and its elected officials and paid government employees can be made to be accountable."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Eggan, Dan. "Bush Authorized Domestic Spying." Washington Post 16 Dec. 2005, Retrieved July 30, 2006, from http://www.washingtonpost.com.
• Fuchs, Meredith, & Blanton, Thomas. "CIA Claims the Right to Decide What is News." The National Security Archive, 14 June, 2006. Retrieved July 30 from http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20060614/index.htm.
• Hersh, Seymour M. "National Security Dept. Listening In." New Yorker 82.15 (2006): 24-25.
• The National Security Agency. "Organization and Management / Overview." Retrieved July 31, 2006, through The National Security Archive, http://www.gwu.edu/.
• The National Security Archive. "About the National Security Archive." Retrieved July 31, 2006, From http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/the_archive.html.

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