Blog Question #1
The three things I learned about the intelligence agency is that the website was wide open. It allowed me to click on any tab and provided enough information about jobs, what they do and other organizations they are connected with. The website also had videos, speeches and other reports that were informational to knowing the website and what goes on, I had figured the website would have fake links or things that seemed planted. The website seemed to be created by a business man because it laid out objective, who they are, how I can help out and what I would get out joining or signing up from this website. The clear and easiness of the website is very welcoming and almost made me forget that NSA probably scanned my whole system and will track me for the rest of my life.
Blog Question #2- Now you see it, now you don’t
The intelligence community in the Three Days of Condor is seen as a very mysterious and dangerous animal. It is a place with no transparency or accountability it seems, the main protagonist of this film does not know who he can trust much less his own name. It seemed to take a innocent and good boy who reads comic books and likes a woman he works with into a person nobody in a free society should have to be. The idea that the intelligence community is supplying a market of assassins for hire is also very sickening. The community is portrayed as confusing and at the highest levels not completely controlled or managed, where is the oversight and checks and balance system. With one cell destroying another cell simply because one could break there codes and possible ruin their cover. The community did make one good point at the end when discussing the way people act, what they want and how they expect it to be there for them. Americans do expect everything and do not like hearing they can’t have something a good and a bad thing at times. My opinion as long as moods and demand are the same as they are now then these government agencies who work for us will have to deliver what we want.
Blog Question #3- Whose your maker?
I think the warning at the end of the movie was dead on, absolutely. I believe it applies completely with the older generation and their views on the world now as my generation begins to grow in society it might not be as true. My parent’s generation had a very privileged idea of America and being the first citizens of the world, like it or not it was true being the only free superpower. The expectations can be seen in the fact we consume a disproportionate amount of oil to the size of our population. I do see my generation accepting the fact we are one among equals when looking at other cultures and nations, my generation has already shown that taxing us is not a problem it is not our main concern. The fact our generation had a lot to do with electing the first black president is huge as well. I expect my government to do the utmost to ensure we get all the resources we need or would want but within certain boundaries there has to be a moral aspect to this thinking. The government is there to serve the people but there is a difference between dictating something to us and knowing what people want. I am aware that it is almost impossible to get it right 100% of the time but I wouldn’t expect the C.I.A. to invade Brazil to obtain their sugar supplies just for American citizens.
