Determine whether or not the event was positive or negative in relation to homeland security (HLS), and explain why.
Unit 1 – Discussion Board 2 View Assignment Details for Unit 1 Assignment Overview Type: Discussion Board Unit: Intelligence Theory and Method in relation to the Bay of Pigs Deliverable Length: 400-600 words Assignment Objectives Assess the Intelligence Community’s (IC) capabilities and limitations. Understand and evaluate the IC role in homeland security. Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas: Select a significant real-world intelligence or information-sharing event that occurred in the past. You have expressed to your professor that the event you will focus on is the Bay of Pigs. Thoroughly describe that event. Determine whether or not the event was positive or negative in relation to homeland security (HLS), and explain why. What was successful or unsuccessful from an intelligence perspective? What were the lessons learned from the outcome of the event? For assistance with your assignment, please use the following web resources, and course materials. Ensure that all submitted work rates below 10 percent on Turnitin originality verification check. Perfect Failure: the USA, Cuba and the Bay of Pigs, 1961 by DUNNE, MICHAEL The Bay of Pigs by Eubank, Keith; Davis, David The Bay of Pigs Fiasco and the Kennedy Administration’s Off-the-Record Briefings for Journalists by Barrett, David M Negotiating with Fidel Castro: The Bay of Pigs Prisoners and a Lost Opportunity by SMITH, THOMAS G
