Importance Of The CIA: The Department Of Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security is the lead of many agencies that support and protect the United States. One of the agencies in the textbook is the CIA, The Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA was established September 18th, 1947 by the “National Security Act of 1947” (213). Unlike the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who works inside the country the CIA works with developing and focusing on information outside of the United States. The CIA is “on the forefront of world altering events” (cia.gov). This is a perfect description after recent events that are currently taking place. Pre September 11th, 2001 terrorists attack on the united states, the CIA was not majorly focused on violent groups like al-Qaeda. The mission of the CIA is to “preempt threats and further US national security objectives” (cia.gov).

The actions that they perform against enemies are directed by the President of the United States. Another mission that the CIA has is the importance of keeping the national secrets that uphold the security of the United States just that, a secret. The Central Intelligence Agency also focuses on cyber intelligence, which has been expanding increasingly over the past few years. Those employed by the CIA have “professional ethos” (cia.gov) that they follow that are almost as guidelines in the way they complete their missions. These ethos, or core values, include service, integrity, excellence, courage, teamwork, and stewardship. These guidelines for the officers of the CIA help to keep them able to protect the country. They use their service to put the Nation first, this means that they take pride in thoroughly going through what is wrong and finding a way, that is responsive and inclusive to fix