Colorado Technical Week 5 Analysis of Sunset Provisions in the Patriot Act HW Assignment 1 Key Assignment Final Draft A mastermind behind 9/11, Khalid Sh

Colorado Technical Week 5 Analysis of Sunset Provisions in the Patriot Act HW Assignment 1

Key Assignment Final Draft

A mastermind behind 9/11, Khalid Sheik Mohammad (KSM), was captured in Pakistan in March of 2003. Immediately following his capture, KSM was subjected to a series of controversial interrogation methods, often referred to as enhanced interrogation techniques. These techniques included the now infamous waterboarding technique. Waterboarding is a technique that involves immobilizing subjects on their back with their head inclined downwards. The subject’s face is then covered with a cloth, and water is poured over the cloth, which ultimately triggers the subject’s gag reflex and causes the subject to experience the sensations of drowning. This technique is not a new technique; it has been around for hundreds of years and is used by nations around the world to collect intelligence.

You are an intelligence research specialist for the U.S. Department of Justice and have been asked by the U.S. Attorney’s office to provide a written brief on the pros and cons of using waterboarding as a technique to collect intelligence.

Assignment Guidelines

First, revise your Week 4 Key Assignment according to instructor feedback and peer review.
Next, address the following, and include your responses in your Key Assignment Final Draft.
For this portion of the assignment, you must discuss the use of waterboarding to collect intelligence.
You must specifically discuss the legality of the technique, moral and ethical considerations, and the overall effectiveness of using this method.
In addition, you should also discuss the following:
What is the current U.S. policy on using waterboarding?
Why is waterboarding being considered as a technique now, when we have faced greater threats in the past?
Is there a difference between imitation torture and actual torture?
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Assignment 2

You are a counterintelligence analyst for the Federal Bureau of Investigation assigned to the Cyber Division. You are also a member of the National Counterintelligence Working Group (NCIWG). The NCIWG was created to establish strategic interagency partnerships at the senior executive level among the USIC, academia, industry, and defense contractors.

During a recent working group meeting, the subject of technology and the implications and effects it has on the U.S. counterintelligence mission was discussed. As the subject matter expert for these issues on the working group, you were asked to prepare a written report on the subject to present to the National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX) on the working group’s behalf.

Assignment Guidelines

Address the following in report of 750–1,000 words:
How has the advancement of modern technology affected U.S. counterintelligence activities and operations? Explain.
How has modern technology benefited the U.S. counterintelligence mission? Explain.
How has modern technology been a detriment to the U.S. counterintelligence mission? Explain.
What legal issues must be taken into consideration with regard to technological advancements and U.S. counterintelligence? Explain.
You must specifically address counterintelligence and not the USIC as a whole.
What specific ethical issues must be taken into consideration with regard to technological advancements and U.S. counterintelligence? Explain.
Remember, this is not an opinion paper and will require additional research.
Your paper must be supported by at least 2 scholarly references.
Compile your responses in your final report, and submit the file to your instructor.
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.