Crim230-001 Essay

Before I go to the event, I looked up an explanation what the intelligence community means and what CIA, NSA, or any other intelligence communities usually do. Also, he clarified that not every foreigner is a security risk for those organizations. Because intelligence communities are the closest organizations that face many kinds of terrorism, threats, and other dangerous situations, I thought that those organizations are tired of countries and private organizations that continue to try to attack the United States. However, General Hayden said that attack is attack and foreigners are foreigners, which means that there are no stereotypes or biases towards foreigners or private organizations.
In addition, General Hayden explained what intelligence communities place emphasis on when they hire new agents. There are two big things that intelligence communities place emphasis on to make applicants competitive, which are life experiences and the ability to speak a second language. Because people usually put their work experiences and voluntary services on their resume, I had the general knowledge that intelligence communities would look for an applicant’s life experiences. However, the ability to speak a second language was a little bit of a surprise. The ability to speak more than one language can be a strength, but I could not understand why intelligence communities, which defend their homeland against other countries, have to speak more than one language. However, because the world has become a global village and there are no boundaries, intelligence agents can be sent to other countries at any time. So when a person gets into CIA, that means he or she becomes a member of the international society.
One thing that really surprised me was the relationship between the intelligence communities. General Hayden discussed that the CIA, FBI, and other intelligence communities share their information. I was so surprised when I heard it because I thought that the CIA, FBI, and other organizations have a strong sense of rivalry. However, General Hayden explained that intelligence communities occasionally share information that they have. He did mention, however, that there is some risk of problems. Even though the CIA, FBI, and NSA are organizations that work for security, those organizations have different roles. So each organization is not sure whether another organization can use and understand the information correctly. Still, intelligence communities are helping each other.
Many people think that intelligence communities do not have any kind of defect, but they do. For example, General Hayden said that if he has to say one thing that he wants intelligence communities to change, it would be that they need more connection with government security organizations so that they can communicate better.