Plausible deniability Essays

Othello In the play Othello we are going to examine the role of Emilia. How well was her role as Iago’s wife received, how important was her role. She is the “undoing” of Iago through her honesty. Was her honesty done on purpose to have Iago out of her life for good? Was she right to betray her husband for her lady? Whom did she serve? Herself? Desdemona? Her husband? Does she redeem herself in the end for stealing the handkerchief or did she get what she deserved for betraying her lady

There is currently a heated debate about the utilization of targeted killings. However, the purpose of this essay is not intended to debate the utilization of target killings; instead it will outline the numerous pros and cons of targeted killing. Then the utility of using targeted killing as part of a kinetic covert action plan will be discussed. Finally, this essay will present a few legal and policy implications of targeted killing. First and foremost, targeted killings are effective at reducing

Terrorism is defined by the group or actor that is perpetrating the act. These specific goals and purposes, as well as the perpetrator’s place of domicile and the location of the specific attack, determine how terrorism is to be classified. State-sponsored, international, religious, and dissident terrorism are all defined by these standards, and examples of each type hinge on these variances. The US Department of State proscribes state-sponsored terrorism to refer to any state that has “repeatedly

all of this, this whole camp, under the cover of darkness. I wonder what else they’ve built. What else can they do to us when America isn’t looking?” (Ahmed 79-80). This passage highlights the secrecy and plausible deniability the government relied on when they built Mobius. Plausible deniability is a convenient way of abusing one’s control and power. The government is able to claim ignorance in the actions of camp Mobius; therefore, shielding them from any of the repercussions of abuse. Moreover

According to many accounts, Rajneeshpuram was an illegally incorporated city set up in Oregon by a religious group who nearly overtook the county government by twisting the laws of the United States to suit their own ends. Tensions between the Ranjeeshees and the local communities continued to rise as the locale of Antelope, OR was briefly renamed Ranjeesh when the influx of new people moved into the area, registered to vote, and held a referendum on the matter (Hillow, 1995). After this, other

The Tragedy of King Richard the Second portrays a struggle over England within the royal family of Edward that is growing increasingly violent. Within this power struggle, King Richard murders the Duke of Gloucester, banishes Bolingbroke, and seizes Gaunt’s lands and fortune upon his death. Moreover, while once feared among the nations England has turned its focus from the outward enemies of state and instead is tearing itself apart internally. Consequently, John Gaunt’s deathbed speech depicts

eastern european countries. The pope had been trying to eradicate communist ideologies from his hometown in Poland. He did this so the citizens had the right to worship whatever they wanted to. The KGB is said to have used the Grey Wolves for plausible deniability for the culprits. During the investigation, they figured out that Agca was staying in hotels that the Bulgarian satellite of the KGB tended to stay at. It is said that the plans were made in Moscow. This is a quote from Yuri

have more validity. Even if the president has choosing power to some extent Congress can keep any major decsions in check.5 Covert action, in other words, is a necessary evil for the United States now and during the Cold War. The ethical dilemma of covert action has been pointed out, but the problems that arise with the loss of covert action are worse in the grand scheme of things. In the book Regulating Covert Action: Practices, Contexts, and Policies of Covert Coercion Abroad in International

“In the aftermath of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in April 1961, JFK appointed his brother Robert, in blatant disregard for the concept of plausible deniability, to oversee the effort to topple Fidel Castro”(Knott 3). Among the claims of Kennedy’s involvement to kill Castro, many briefings concerning this topic did occur. In May 1961, Kennedy was informed by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover that the CIA

Within excerpts from ‘creepin’’ by 21 Savage, Metro Boomin, and The Weekend, and a monologue from Othello by Shakespeare, the authors developed similar situations with the speakers realizing they have been cheated on by using repetitive themes, both speakers mirror each other throughout their thought processes of their situations. While both pieces are similar in the ideas of not wanting the memories they hold to be proven wrong, they differ in their response to being cheated on, with Othello expressing

Covert action is defined as an operation that is designed to influence foreign policy in a way that is not attributed to the promoter, concealing identity and allowing for plausible deniability. Covert action can be associated with political, economic, propaganda or paramilitary activities. It is asserted that counterterrorism intelligence activities within the DOD only conducts “clandestine activities” and are not regulated by law

When it comes to replacing robots with humans in the military, usually movies that result in the robots taking over come to mind. Although this is possible, it is one of the many paths that we can choose, so addressing this issue earlier can prevent catastrophic disasters and unnecessary deaths. During Hyper Evolution: Rise of the Robots, Professor Danielle George visits the Boston Dynamics lab, which is creating robots to implement in the military. These robots can do human-like functions such as

is here that we, the audience, notice just how calculating Hamlet is. His plan to “have these players play something like the murder of [his] father” (II.ii.581-582) serves a double purpose. Like Shakespeare's plays in general, Hamlet gains plausible deniability. If someone were to come at Hamlet he could quite simply say that it was merely a rework of an old play. Or even better he can say that if the play has nothing to do with you, why are you getting angry by it. This point leads to the second

The Sociopathy of Othello’s Iago Luke Wakumoto (1.) One of the more common and well known traits of sociopathy is being a superficial Charmer. That is, someone who tends to be smooth and charming to get what they want. Iago uses this type of charm many times throughout the story, though this is most notable when uses it to pretend to ally with Othello, and when he convinces Roderigo to try to kill Cassio. (2.) Iago, who had just been denied The Sociopathy of Othello’s Iago Luke Wakumoto (1.) One

The Clear, Cold Truth With killer accuracy, Jeannette Walls and Truman Capote write non-fiction books while prioritizing the facts of their projects. As a journalist, Capote scavenges for as much information as possible to write the non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. In addition to Walls, who, when writing the memoir The Glass Castle, fights her fleeting and fickle memory to write a story leading readers to understanding the path her life took, leading is a primary struggle when crafting “literary

Boeing Corruption case Three learning points Boeing ethics: Boeing has made much publicly about its supposed ethics reforms "post Boeing CFO Sears and Druyun." But the average Boeing employee still does not know whether to laugh or cry when thinking of the state of Boeing's ethics. That is what I observed at Boeing before my termination for trying to terminate what is perhaps the most serious of the illegalities Boeing still is willingly performing, openly or not. Although "Boeing Ethics" would

The use of robots further complicates things. It's not yet clear who should be held responsible if and when an autonomous military robot kills a civilian. There are several ways that the political decisions to endorse or deploy these machines are encouraged by the nature of these technologies. For one they are quite a bit cheaper than traditional weapons, but more importantly they bypass the need for political actors to confront media and public opinion about sending young men and women abroad to

What’s demonstrably exigent in both Percy and Mary Shelley’s introductions to the latter’s novel is a sort of finite teleological regress; that is to say, a set of creative impetuses that organically, if not inevitably led to the design of Frankenstein as we today know it. On a meta level, the intent here is rather self-evident: these prefaces are meant to help us readers glean some meaningful insight as to the novel’s inception. But brief and relatively non-descript as they are, I find these sorts

While fourth amendment has traditionally protected us from unreasonable searches and seizures by our government, this protection has not extended in totality to electronics, although many Americans use items such as their phones and computers to hold their most sensitive data. In George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984”, he predicts with almost uncanny accuracy the importance of electronic devices in our lives and the ability to which the government will use them to spy on populations. While the population

Doubles in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde In the novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson explores the notion of seemingly Manichaean doubles, Jekyll and Hyde. Under the influence of a drug, Dr Jekyll acquires the ability to transform into a second, albeit more bestial and primal self, Hyde. Initially it seems that the relationship between the two separate identities is symbiotic and a balancing act of sorts, with Jekyll as the veneer of respectability and