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America Public University Compare and Contrast US Counterintelligence Questions

 

Objective: This assignment, in accordance with undergraduate academic endeavors, provides an opportunity to evaluate assimilation of course topics, and sharpen and evaluate students’ research & critical thinking skills.

Type: This assignment consists of a research-analysis paper of at least four pages in length, double-spaced (This page count does not include a title page, abstract (optional), table of contents (optional), Reference listing page(s), or end-notes page(s) (if used)). The source material should result primarily from self-led research of the required texts and readings from this course. The paper should have approximately four pages of content which are the written results of your research efforts.

Topic: Choose two of the following questions/issues, and write approximately 2 pages on each question/issues that you select:

– Compare and contrast U.S. Counterintelligence to that of a foreign country’s counterintelligence security services.

– What are the lasting ramifications of a past Counterintelligence operation (such as COINTELPRO, VENONA, etc.)?

– Is the current state of counterintelligence in the Intelligence Community adequate? Why or why not?

– Explain the responsibility of counterintelligence in a major Intelligence failure. Examples might include: Pearl Harbor, the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Tet Offensive 1968, the Yom Kippur War, or 9/11.

– Discuss specific challenges to one type of counterintelligence that may not apply to other types of counterintelligence (national security, military, law enforcement, business, private).

Format: Your paper requires a Title page, citations, and a References list. Your paper should be in the Chicago style.