In 2009, the American Anthropological Association's Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the US Security and Intelligence Communities released its final report concluding, in part, that, " When ethnographic investigation is determined by military missions, not subject to external review, where data collection occurs in the context of war, integrated into the goals of counterinsurgency, and in a potentially coercive environment – all characteristic factors of the HTS concept and its application – it can no longer be considered a legitimate professional exercise of anthropology.

Ulric Neisser estimates that using the IQ values of today the average IQ of the US in 1932, according to the first Stanford – Binet Intelligence Scales standardization sample, was 80.

US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, known for his hardline policies on the Soviet Union, initiated in 1979 a campaign supporting mujaheddin in Pakistan and Afghanistan, which was run by Pakistani security services with financial support from the Central Intelligence Agency and Britain's MI6.

Farbenkonzern at the Farbwerke Hoechst were confiscated by the U. S. Department of Commerce Intelligence, investigated by a Technical Industrial Committee of the U. S. Department of State and then brought to the US.

The treaty was eventually signed as an initiative of US president ( and former Director of Central Intelligence ) George H. W. Bush in 1989.

In November 2001, before the capture of Kunduz by United Front troops under the command of Mohammad Daud Daud, thousands of top commanders and regular fighters of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence agents and military personnel, and other volunteers and sympathizers in the Kunduz airlift, dubbed the Airlift of Evil by US military forces around Kunduz and subsequently used as a term in media reports, were evacuated and airlifted out of Kunduz by Pakistan Army cargo aircraft to Pakistan Air Force air bases in Chitral and Gilgit in Pakistan's Northern Areas.

Also Iran maintains religious courts for all aspects of law and has religious police to maintain social compliance, while its government is described by the US Central Intelligence Agency as a " theocratic republic ".

A Human Rights Watch report of 1 February 2000 quotes a study made by the US Defense Intelligence Agency:

To protect the telecommunication carriers cooperating with the US government from legal action, the Congress passed a bill updating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to permit this type of surveillance.

It was cracked by the US Army's Signal Intelligence Service and disseminated under the codeword MAGIC.

Similarly, the US Senate Intelligence Committee, while critical of US intelligence officials, did not recommend any resignations in its report, also issued in July 2004.

* US Defence Intelligence Agency uses Eddie Chapman case as an example by A Denis Clift, President Joint Military Intelligence College Harvard University 20 February 2003

Yoneda later distinguished himself in service to the US, volunteering to serve in the Military Intelligence Service.

An equivalent analog to the Purple machine reconstructed by the US Signals Intelligence Service.

The cipher was broken by a team from the US Army Signals Intelligence Service, then directed by William Friedman in 1940.

Before the US published the National Intelligence Estimate ( NIE ) on Iran's nuclear pogramme at the end of November 2007, there was growing uneasiness in Bahrain at the possible consequences of a US-Iran military confrontation.

The November 1944 issue of the US War Department Intelligence Bulletin refers to ' Fougasse flame throwers ' used in the Soviet defense of Stalingrad.

At his trial, Noriega intended to defend himself by presenting his alleged crimes within the framework of his work for the US Central Intelligence Agency.

In August 2008, the US Defense Intelligence Agency announced that it would subject each of its 5, 700 prospective and current employees to a polygraph interrogation at least once annually.

According to several sources, Salameh served as a secret contact between the Palestine Liberation Organisation ( PLO ) and the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) from 1970 until his death, guaranteeing not to assassinate US citizens in exchange for financial and political support.

Residents of the former portion of the District of Columbia that was returned to Virginia ( through retrocession ) vote under the same rules as other Virginia residents, despite a significant Federal presence, including the Pentagon, Washington Reagan National Airport, the Patent and Trademark Office, US Marshals Headquarters, Drug Enforcement Agency Headquarters, US State Department's training campus, and Central Intelligence Agency offices.

* Aero Contractors ( US ), private charter company based in Smithfield, North Carolina, said to provide discreet air transport services for the Central Intelligence Agency.

After all, the European Economic Community's foodstuffs prices were paid in US dollars, and the Deutsche Mark's revaluation would have made them less favourable for the West German farmers ( i. e. more expensive for other Western Europeans to buy ).

Its National Spokesperson in the US ( Harris Zafar ) published a thorough explanation of apostasy in The Huffington Post, which clearly identifies the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community's perspective of apostasy and why it is not punishable by death ( or any other punishment ).

Software in the Public Interest, Inc. ( SPI ) is a US 501 ( c )( 3 ) non-profit organization formed to help other organizations create and distribute free / open-source software and open-source hardware.

In 2009, the US White House switched its CMS system from a proprietary system to Drupal open-source CMS.

With this market shift, more critical systems are beginning to rely on open-source offerings, allowing greater funding ( such as US Department of Homeland Security grants ) to help " hunt for security bugs.

There are a large number of open-source activities taking place throughout the US Government.

To accomplish the UK / US mutual defense strategy, in November 1965, the UK purchased the Chagos Archipelago, which includes Diego Garcia, from the then self-governing colony of Mauritius for £ 3 million to create the British Indian Ocean Territory ( BIOT ), with the intent of ultimately closing the plantations to provide the uninhabited British territory from which the US would conduct its military activities in the region.

US military activities in Diego Garcia have caused friction between India and the US in the past.

The US media tends to portray feminism negatively and feminists " are less often associated with day-to-day work / leisure activities of regular women.

), a trade association for the US firearms industry, all economic activity from firearm manufacturing, distribution, and other ancillary activities totaled US $ 27. 8 billion in 2010 in the United States.

In US and British usage, the production of ornamental plantings around buildings is called landscaping, landscape maintenance or grounds keeping, while international usage uses the term gardening for these same activities.

Ranger D Company of 20 Parachute Battalion is the only commando unit in the Kenyan Army trained to fight terrorist activities by the US through Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa ( CJTF-HOA ) and its predecessors.

For example, see figure, in the US United States Department of Veterans Affairs ( VA ) the program management life cycle is depicted and describe in the overall VA IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT FRAMEwork to address the integration of OMB Exhibit 300 project ( investment ) management activities and the overall project budgeting process.

Kealty's supporters pass the information about Clark's technically illegal activities to the US government, who begins a manhunt for Clark.

US $ 80 ) per semester, and provides access to several services, including cultural activities, childcare, refunds for many medical expenses and subsidized accommodation.

Prior to overt participation in WWII, the US was actively engaged in convoys with the British in the North Atlantic Ocean, primarily supporting British activities in Iceland.

Many 4x4 mud racing events and other activities take place throughout the US organized by clubs and associations.

Many businesses class ongoing lawsuits as a cost of doing business in the US and feel their revenue will be only marginally affected by the activities.

Similarly, UMG Recordings, Inc. was fined US $ 400, 000 for COPPA violations in connection with a Web site that promoted the then 13-year-old pop star Lil ' Romeo, and hosted child-oriented games and activities, and Bonzi Software, which offered downloads of an animated figure " BonziBuddy " that provided shopping advice, jokes, and trivia was fined US $ 75, 000 for COPPA violations.

This was due in part to his international activities, especially those directed against the US foreign policy, and in part to his aggressive and outspoken debating style.

One of his earliest political activities was leading a group of NDP MPs who heckled former US President Ronald Reagan while he was speaking at the House of Commons in support of the Strategic Defense Initiative and aid to the Contras.

In so doing, the US government partially removes the land from the jurisdiction of the state, which makes certain activities, such as casino gambling, possible on the land that wouldn't otherwise be.

UNFPA's connection to China's administration of forced abortions was disputed by investigations carried out by various US, UK, and UN teams sent to examine UNFPA activities in China.

Flynt Leverett calls Iran a rising power that might well become a nuclear power in coming years — if the US does not prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear technology, as part of a grand bargain under which Iran would cease its nuclear activities in exchange for a guarantee of its borders by the US.

Cult behaviors usually involved mimicking the day to day activities and dress styles of US soldiers, such as performing parade ground drills with wooden or salvaged rifles.

The Salvation Army is well known for its network of thrift stores or Charity Shops, colloquially referred to as " the Sally Ann " in Canada, " Sally's " or " Salvo " in the US and " op shops " in Australia, which raise money for its charitable and religious activities by selling donated used items such as clothing, housewares and toys.