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The CIA and FBI Conflict, 2007.
This paper examines the competing interests of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).
2,514 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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The paper relates that the bombings of the World Trade Towers brought the conflict between the FBI and CIA to the surface. The paper looks at the two government agencies associated with gathering intelligence on activities that might threaten US lives and interests. The paper examines the conflict between the two agencies in terms of how it effects the current and future situation of the war on terrorism. The paper shows how the two agencies are set up for two entirely different purposes, but maintains that they must still be able to communicate and talk civilly together.
Outline:
Different Worlds: Cultural Effects
Defining New Roles: Gender Effects
Technological Barriers
Prospective and Trans-active goals
Lens Model of Conflict
From the Paper
"The differences between the CIA and FBI stem from their original set up at their inception. They were initially set up for different functions, and only recently has the need to work closely stood in their way to perform their individual jobs. The key to the problem is communication between the two groups. One must delve into the origins of the two groups to understand these differences fully."
"The Central Intelligence Agency began in 1947 as a completely separate entity from the FBI. Interactions between the two groups have even been hostile at times (Gorman, 2007). Both groups share the goal of protecting the United States from hostile attacks, but they each had their own way of handling situations and developed a type of territorial attitude in order to avoid stepping on one another's efforts (Gorman, 2007). This attitude made it difficult for them to work as a team."
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Norman Mailer's "Harlot's Ghost", 1994.
This paper discusses Norman Mailer's "Harlot's Ghost": Plot, characters, themes of complex political novel exploring global espionage and intrigue, CIA, FBI, Castro and Kennedys.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 1 source, $ 95.95
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"Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Norman Mailer's bestseller, Harlot's Ghost, opens with the narrator, Harry Hubbard, describing his surroundings in Maine. Above the first chapter are the words Omega 1, which refer to a secret autobiographical manuscript that Harry had begun years before (9). When the book begins, Harry is living with his wife, Kittredge, at a place they call the Keep (5). The Keep once belonged to Harry's father, Cal Hubbard, who sold it to his second cousin, Rodman Knowles Gardiner (7). Ironically, Rodman Gardiner is Kittredge's father, and Kittredge gained possession of the Keep on her first marriage (7).
The novel begins innocently enough, with Harry describing his wife's eyes as having "the blue of the sea" and saying that her white skin becomes "luminous in any pale meadow" (5). ... "
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The CIA in Vietnam, 2008.
An in-depth examination of the role of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Vietnam War, 1956-1975.
3,017 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 88.95
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The paper explains why the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)'s role in Vietnam has been difficult to assess completely. The paper first looks at the degree of commitment that the US government had developed in the political outcome of Vietnam. The paper then discusses the conflict over whether the military or the CIA should establish precedence over covert operations in Vietnam and describes what actually led to the eventual dominance of the CIA in Vietnam. The paper focuses on the many failures of the CIA's covert operations and counter-insurgency effort and contends that the war was already lost when intelligence failures of the CIA failed to adequately prepare the US and its forces to function appropriately in the region.
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"The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the United States (US) and its role in Vietnam during that country's involvement in Southeast Asia is a role that has been difficult to assess completely. Part of the difficulty is that the CIA's role is, of course, almost completely related to covert operations in the conflict which are, by nature, secretive and most often censored. Additionally, the role of the CIA in Vietnam was also often one that was competitive in nature with the role of the military's own covert operations with both bodies vying for dominance in the conflict. Yet, there is a long precedence of CIA involvement in Vietnam and it is one that generally established the US government itself in the region while the French colonial forces were still struggling for dominance."
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CIA and Iraq: Prelude to Invasion, 2004.
A look at how the CIA managed to build up enough of a case to convince the U.S. government and citizens of the need to invade Iraq.
2,154 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper discusses the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) involvement in Iraq before the 2003 invasion and how it contributed to the war with Iraq. Specifically, it contains information on the CIA's initial studies on Iraq and includes a personal opinion regarding the CIA's influence on beginning the war. It explains how the CIA's reports on Iraq and their weapons of mass destruction before the invasion of Iraq helped move the invasion forward and justify the war to the American people. It asks how the CIA's intelligence went so wrong and whether there are still weapons of mass destruction hidden in Iraq.
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"Before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 by the allied forces of Great Britain and the United States, there was a large and comprehensive political outpouring of information and material justifying the pending invasion by both American and British sources. One of the most vocal agencies in this prelude to war was America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In October 2002, the CIA released a multi-page report discussing "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs," which went on to detail the various reasons why Iraq was a threat to the United States and the world."
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Employment Opportunities with the FBI, 2005.
This paper is an assessment of current and future employment and advancement opportunities with the FBI, including pay, benefits, education requirements, training and available locations.
820 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 29.95
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This paper explains that, in the wake of the Home Security Act of 2002 and the FBI Reform Act of 2002, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is experiencing some shifts in human resource policies, which will affect current and future employees. The author points out that, while the FBI enjoys a certain "cloak-and-dagger" quality to its image, the reality is that the FBI requires employees for a wide range of job opportunities besides special agents. The jobs include professional support roles in any number of positions such as computer specialist, crime scene specialist, linguist and intelligence research specialist. The paper states that the FBI is headquartered in Washington, D.C.; the agency maintains field offices in a number of large cities throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and several major foreign cities.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Pay and Benefits
Employment and Advancement Opportunities
Employment Locations
Conclusion
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"Not surprisingly, pay scales are tied to the types of work involved, as well as other factors such as employment location (cost of living allowances are paid as with other federal positions) and seniority. In this regard, the FBI falls under the federal employment regimen, and employees receive GS ratings; special agents, for example, can attain a GS 15 rating and are eligible for "availability pay," which is equal to 25 percent of their annual base salary."
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The F.B.I.'s J. Edgar Hoover.
This paper discusses J. Edgar Hoover, the long term and problematic director of the F.B.I. from 1924 to 1972.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper explains that, in 1924, J. Edgar Hoover took over the directorship of the previously corrupted F.B.I. and transformed the bureau from a small, corrupt, ineffective office to one of the world's most feared and powerful law enforcement agencies. The author points out that, if most Americans in the placid 1950s saw Hoover and the FBI as icons of efficiency and incorruptibility, the turbulent sixties nearly proved its undoing, beginning when possible F.B.I. failures surfaced in the wake of President John Kennedy's assassination and Hoover's responses to Martin Luther King Jr.'s criticism of the F.B.I.'s handling of civil rights matters. The paper states that, in Hoover's wake, directors are now limited to one ten-year term on the job, and the agency apparently has shied away from the political abuses of the past.
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"During the next six years, Hoover systematically continued to hone and refine the BI, conducting a variety of solid if publicity-challenged investigations. The killing of an agent by a suspected car thief in 1929 brought headlines but little real change. The unarmed agent was gunned down when he approached the gun-wielding suspect, but agents would remain unarmed and without the authority to make an arrest - they were investigators, not officers - for several more years.
Hoover's special status was greatly enhanced when he first gained direct access to the president during the administration of his namesake, Herbert Hoover, no relation, between 1929 and 1933."
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FBI?S Goals, Objectives, and Practices vs. Weber?s Model Bureaucracy, 2002.
A comparison of the FBI?s model of bureacracy with Max Weber?s.
912 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 12 sources, $ 32.95
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This paper analyzes and examines the FBI?s practices and compares it to Max Weber?s theory of bureaucracy. Weber provided a theory regarding model bureaucracy that is utilized by many corporations and individuals today. The FBI is an organization that epitomizes Weber?s theory of model bureaucracy. This paper discusses the shortcomings of the FBI and concludes with recommendations for improving the FBI?s bureaucracy.
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"In comparing and contrasting the FBI?s goals, objectives, and practices to Weber?s model bureaucracy, numerous issues should be examined. First, do the FBI?s real objectives differ from its stated goals and principles? Historically, the FBI?s stated goals and principles are to ensure national security and serve the public. While the FBI ardently remains committed to pursuing and maintaining these objectives, often times, the FBI becomes so bogged down in bureaucracy that its real objectives become clouded and differ from its stated goals."
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FBI, 2006.
A brief overview of the history of the development of the FBI.
954 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper explains the importance of the FBI in American society and how the lawlessness of society relies on forces to control it and keep it in line. A history of the FBI is provided and some criticism on its functioning, with brief suggestions for improvement.
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"The ability of a civilized society to adequately police itself is of utmost importance to its continued peace and general prosperity. Without an element of order and control, a thriving, industrious nation can quickly reduce to chaotic anarchy. Though the great majority of a population may consist of a well-to-do group of upstanding citizens, there will always be a number of those to whom natural ethics and the Golden Rule simply do not apply. Moreover, although they may not be uncultured thugs, they merely turn organization into organized crime. Such was the case in early twentieth century America, where the advent of prohibition gave rise to the prolific gangster era. Rife with all sorts of unsavory characters and maligned misdeeds, the 20's and 30's were the very stuff of corruption and criminal malpractice."
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The FBI's Carnivore System, 2001.
This paper looks at the FBI's new law-enforcement division called the Carnivore system .
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 3 sources, $ 55.95
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There is a new technology of criminal activity which involves the use electronic means of communication in committing crimes. This paper looks in greater depth at some of these issues by examining the FBI Carnivore system, how it was developed, what its capacities are, and the problems civil libertarians and others see.
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"It has a ferocious name. And its bark is in fact probably just about as bad as its bite. And while it certainly has the power to do good, the inherent costs may make it not worthwhile.
The FBI?s Carnivore system is a tool used by this law enforcement agency to snare criminals who use electronic means of communication in committing their crimes, allowing this federal agency to collect and examine email and other electronic traffic sent and received by those suspected or accused of crimes ? along, of course, with the rest of us. While the crime-fighting capacities of such a capability can be seen to be substantial, it should also be clear that such a system has the ability (if improperly used) to cause substantial harm to the rights of the innocent because most people do not realize that their electronic correspondence can be seized and examined. An essential bedrock of the American legal system (and indeed of American culture) rests on the English common-law assumption that people have a basic right to privacy and that unless they should assume or know otherwise that they have a presumption of that privacy. Thus a person shouting on a public street has no reasonable expectation of privacy. A person sitting at her computer sending email to her mother does."
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To Kill or Not to Kill: The CIA's Anti-Castro Operations, 2002.
Discusses US - Cuba relations and CIA's attitudes to Fidel Castro.
1,483 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper discusses the methods the CIA used to try to "get rid" of Fidel Castro and overthrow the communist Cuban government. This paper gives light to some of the many plots the CIA came up with to rid the world of history's longest ruling communist dictator.
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"To say that the relationship between the United States and Cuba is complicated is a major understatement. Ever since 1959, when Fidel Castro came into power in Cuba, the two nations have had a strained relationship at best, and a highly adversarial relationship when things got worse. Now that the Cold War is over and Cuba is no longer receiving weapons and aid from the defunct Soviet Union, relations between the two countries are much more relaxed. However, during the height of the Cold War, during the Kennedy administration and even before that, the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States developed and planned several ways to bring down the communist Cuban government; the catalyst they kept going back to in order to bring down the government was the assassination of Fidel Castro."
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The FBI?s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, 2004.
This paper discusses the FBI?s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program,
describing its flaws and suggesting improvements.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper explains that the FBI?s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
only records data from known offenders, or people who are arrested by police departments in the USA , but does not take into consideration findings of a court, coroner, jury, or the decision of a prosecutor. The author reports that the UCR can be improved by including a measure of unreported crimes and changing outdated definitions of specific crimes. The paper stresses that, while law enforcement uses the UCR as a resource, the UCR also is an important social indicator for politicians, the media, and thus the greater American public; therefore, the UCR should begin to reflect the needs of this broader population in its mandate.
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Introduction
Criticism of the UCR
Means to Improve the UCR
Conclusion
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"Further improvement to the UCR can be achieved through bettering the UCR's known current underreporting and underestimation of certain crimes. First, the UCR should include a measure of unreported crimes. Certainly, the inclusion of this type of data is sometimes problematic, as it often rests on public perceptions of the rate of crime and estimates of the occurrence of certain crimes, and thus may be inherently unreliable. Thus, this report recommends that the UCR include a separate category for 'unreported' crime statistics that are currently not included in the UCR. As such, the reporting of traditionally ?unreported crimes? will not directly effect the reporting of ?reported? or known crimes. Second, the UCR can be improved by reporting all crimes that occur in a group of crimes."
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Kennedy Assassination and the CIA, 1992.
An argument that the CIA was involved in the Kennedy murder and cover-up.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 6 sources, $ 39.95
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"This study will argue that the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States was involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and in the cover-up of the truth which followed that assassination. The study will not offer "proof" of such an involvement, for such proof has not yet been revealed in the investigations, official or private, into the assassination, but it will argue that there is substantial evidence that the CIA did have the motivation, opportunity, and means to bring about, or to help bring about, the murder of President Kennedy. The study also will not argue that the CIA was alone in planning or executing the assassination and cover-up, for there is evidence that other groups were also involved, including the Mafia, the Secret service, anti-Castro Cubans, the military, and other intelligence organizations."
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"Malcolm X: The Fbi File" by Clayborne Carson, 2000.
Two brief essays on the book on FBI surveillance of African American leader of 1960s.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 31.95
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" Malcolm X was the leader and icon of the Black Nationalist movement as spokesperson for the Nation of Islam. He was a minister for the National of Islam and preached a message of black nationhood that appealed to a far broader audience. He saw separatism as self-determination and criticized reliance on whites to achieve black progress. Recently, the FBI file on Malcolm X has been released. In the introductory material to a published edition of these files, Clayborne Carson suggests that the reason Malcolm X was the target of an FBI investigation was that he was successful at being a spokesperson for blacks and that he achieved a national and even international position as a result. Carson says the publication of these files should be part of an effort "to study him within the context of American racial politics during the 1950s and 1960s" (4)."
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The CIA and the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1992.
A look at the various arguments concerning the exact nature of the Cuban missile crisis and how close the world came to nuclear war including the argument that states that the CIA was deeply involved in these events and perhaps even contributed to the cri
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 7 sources, $ 79.95
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"Introduction
The end of the Cold War came with the tearing down of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union. This was an occasion for some rejoicing in the West as well as some reflection about what it might mean. It was also a time for recollection and reassessment of the different problems encountered over the forty year period of the Cold War, and one of the events that occupied much of this reassessment was the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, which many see as the closest the world came to open conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, and perhaps the closest the world came to nuclear war. The period was one of considerable tension, and the United States was at the time still awash in fear of possible nuclear attack, seen in the number of people building fall-out shelters in their basements or backyards."
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The FBI Raid on the Branch Davidian Complex, 2006.
A discussion of the 1993 raid on the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas and the legal actions that followed after the raid.
2,840 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 84.95
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This paper briefly describes the 1993 raid carried out by the FBI on the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas and then discusses the legal suit brought against the U.S. government by family and friends of the Branch Davidian members as a result of the raid. The paper explains that the suit filed against the FBI accused them of acting recklessly and thereby endangering the lives of the people on the Davidian complex. The paper describes the legal issues brought up in the trial, developments in the trial and the final decision that cleared the FBI agents.
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"In 1994, more than 200 family and friends of the men and women killed in the 1993 fire filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. government in the order of $100 million dollars. The plaintiffs claimed that the fires which killed the cult followers were the result of the careless and unprofessional actions of federal agents. The plaintiffs also claimed that when FBI and other agents fired pyrotechnic tear gas into the building, several of the canisters ignited, sparking the fires that killed everyone inside, and that the FBI later blocked fire trucks from the scene. Lawyers who represented various families of the dead alleged that the FBI conduct showed a "reckless disregard for life.""
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