Are there secret government agencies

The director is the head of the intelligence community and the principal advisor to the president, National Security Council and Homeland Security Council on intelligence matters related to national security.

The CIA is the most recognized intelligence agency, known for spying on foreign governments and conducting covert operations, including funneling money to opposition groups in other countries to sway elections or oust certain foreign leaders. It focuses on signals intelligence — monitoring, collecting and processing communications and other electronic information — and cracking secret codes. It also protects U. It is believed to employ more mathematicians than any other organization in the country — a fact not all math whizzes are happy about.

The FBI has both law enforcement and intelligence functions. On the intelligence side, it aims to protect the U. This bureau collects and analyzes intelligence on global affairs and advises the secretary of State and other diplomats.

It conducts foreign opinion polls and tracks and analyzes issues that may undermine U. It is also responsible for the seizure and forfeiture of assets connected with illicit drug trafficking.

We are Australia's overseas secret intelligence agency. We collect and distribute foreign intelligence to protect Australia's security and promote Australia's interests. Working at ASIS is an opportunity to broaden your understanding of the world, and Australia's place within it. Do some intelligence gathering of your own, by learning more about ASIS and the careers on offer. HOME International work, for a national purpose. Equally cagey on that front are Brianna and Simon, two other high school seniors who interned at the NSA, who said over the past year they worked in language translation and cyber, respectively.

Their last names are being withheld for security reasons. US intelligence warns China is using student spies to steal secrets. The trio -- who are all 18 and just graduated from high schools in Maryland - are among the more than high schoolers in a work study program at the agency which gives them access and exposure to some of the country's most sensitive information and secret efforts.

No small feat to get just ask Jared Kushner and a weighty responsibility for anyone, let alone teenagers from a generation that shares everything. Read More. Balancing school and work was easy for Simon, who as a senior had enough credits to only need to take two morning classes, then he headed to work in the afternoon. He calls getting top secret clearance a "golden key" that opens up all sorts of doors in the future. I think it's a great opportunity. So, they aim young and try to dazzle the teens with the work, rather than the paycheck.

Trump announces new intel chief pick; No. Her last name is also being withheld for security reasons. There's more emphasis now on student programs than I think there's ever been to try to get them when they're young.

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