Instructions
Type: This assignment consists of a research analysis paper with a minimum six full pages of content, double-spaced. This page count does not include the references/bibliography page(s), which are also required in accordance with Chicago. The source material should result primarily from self-led external research of scholarly articles. In addition, you may use the course-required reading materials. It is a requirement that you use at least 6 scholarly sources in researching and writing this assignment.
Topic: Espionage exists in many forms. Compare and contrast United States human intelligence espionage versus technical espionage (imagery, communications, electronics, cybercollection, etc.).
Here are are a few questions to prompt your thinking. But you should develop your own measures and present them in your paper. What are the strengths and limitations of each, what types of information can only be collected by human espionage versus technical espionage, what are the organizational differences in how we conduct human versus technical espionage, what are the costs invested in human versus technical espionage, what are the problems in managing the information we collect by human espionage versus technical espionage, etc.
You must use facts and examples to bear out your evaluation. Include real-life cases (with specific dates, places, names, outcomes, effects, etc.). You must conduct research beyond what is in the readings in the class. You are expected to have at least 6 outside reliable sources (journals, government reports and studies, verified public information, etc.).
DO NOT USE QUOTES OR PARAPHRASE unless absolutely necessary and do not “creatively” cut and paste from other sources. Your paper should be your own work–the product of your own thinking and consideration. Provide facts and examples and cite them properly. Here is a suggestion: research your operation, read, understand, and internalize the information. In your mind put it into your own words. Assimilate that information into what you know. Then when it comes to writing you should write from what you know. The writing should be unique to you, and only you. It should reflect your analytic critique and judgement. You must use facts and examples and draw the specifics from the readings, but how you present the facts and examples should be a unique reflection of your understanding.
