Chapter 1 Introduction What are the issues of the day?
Director of National Intelligence
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Director of National IntelligenceWhat is the Director of National Intelligence added after 9/11?Who does Director of National Intelligence provide intelligence to?What sources of intelligence does the Director of National Intelligence have access to?What is the relationship between the DNI and heads of the NSA and the CIA?What major source of info is missing from this description?What threat do these provisions pose?Protecting Civil LibertiesWhat is the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board?Who does it depend on for its powers?Why is this a problem?Paying for the Intelligence ServicesWhat are the Political and Secrecy Issues in the Intelligence Budget?Why not give the agencies a blank check?Why is congressional oversight problematic?What are the Three Priorities of the National Security Strategy as stated in 2005?The top two ‘‘mission objectives’’ identified in the Strategy are countering terrorism and halting weapons proliferation.The third listed objective is to ‘‘bolster the growth of democracy’’ by having ‘‘collectors, analysts and operators’’ within the intelligence agencies seek to ‘‘forge relationships with new and incipient democracies’’ in order to help ‘‘strengthen the rule of law and ward off threats to representative government.’’Why is the 3rd one problematic as a strategy?Chapter 15 - Covert ActionCovert ActionWhat was Air America?What is the downside of covert companies?Somoza provided based in Nicaragua to attack CubaHow did one port town come full circle?What are the risk of covert operations?Who was Manual Noriega?Why do covert operations make you keep bad company?Neutrality Act of 1794Whoever, within the United States, knowingly begins or sets on foot or provides or prepares a means for or furnishes the money for, or takes part in, any military or naval expedition or enterprise to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominion of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States is at peace, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.What did Jefferson say about the Neutrality Act?If one citizen has a right to go to war of his own authority, every citizen has the same. If every citizen has that right, then the nation (which is composed of all its citizens) has a right to go to war, by the authority of its individual citizens. But this is not true either on the general principles of society, or by our Constitution, which gives that power to Congress alone and not to the citizens individually.Does the Neutrality Act Apply to the President?What if the president says it is alright for a private group to military action, say rescuing a hostage?What about private companies training foreign armed forces to fight our friends?What if we are at war?...people with whom the United States is at peace...What is the Logan Act?Congress passed the Logan Act in 1799 to criminalize unauthorized efforts by U.S. citizens to ‘‘influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States. . . .’’Could this have been used against Jane Fonda in the Vietnam War?What about Sean Penn visiting Iraq?Are there 1st amendment issues?Has the law been enforced?Implementing the National Security Act of 1947Why is it hard to look back to 1947 and make determinations about covert action as it is currently understood?Why might the formal congressional record not be an accurate picture of whether congress intended for the CIA to carry out cover actions?Fifth Function - the CIA may: ...perform such other functions and duties related to intelligence affecting the national security as the President or the Director of National Intelligence may direct.What did the CIA general counsel say in 1947?NSCWhat did annex NSC-4[/]A, adopted by the National Security Council (NSC) at its first meeting, provide?How was this expanded by NSC-10/2?Were these approved by President Truman?‘‘Plausible Deniability’’What is plausible denial and how does presidential approval undermine it?How did Congress try to limit plausible deniability in 1974?What is the recourse if the president does not comply with this law?What does this tells about questions of whether CIA was authorized to carry our covert actions?US v. Lopez-Lima, 738 F.Supp 1404 (1990)What was defendant charged with?How is it that he is on trial in the US?Where did he spend most of the previous 20 odd years?Who did the hijacker say sent him to Cuba?Why?Why a hijacking?Strategy of the DefenseWhat is the defense?What is the real purpose of the defense?Does the CIA want to provide the information to support this defense?What is the judge supposed to do if the legal effect of the agency not complying with a discovery order because the information is classified means that the defendant cannot mount an effective defense?Yüklə 0,76 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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