Foreign Intelligence Entity (FIE) Threat Analysis

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ENTITY THREAT ANALYSIS:
RECONNAISSANCE GENERAL BUREAU OF NORTH KOREA
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Introduction
The United States appears to be the most vigilant nation globally. Most of its security policies aim to protect the institutions, American citizens, and any other affiliates to the superpower country. This explains the wide range of institutions that collectively represent the U.S. security intelligence community: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Bureau of Intelligence, the counterintelligence elements of the various institutions of governments, and the Intelligence elements of the Federal Burea of Investigation (FBI) to safeguard against domestic terrorists. Despite the robust and more sophisticated intelligence and counterterrorism community that the U.S. has put in place, the loopholes and deficiency in countering foreign and domestic terrorists are still evident, with the September 11 attack bearing witness. The successes of both foreign and domestic terrorists are solely due to the inability to gather reliable intel in advance to counter the terrorists. The CIA established the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) to help gather, organize, and analyze intelligence to aid in policy making and confronting the enemy. Underneath the CIA's DI is the Counterintelligence Center Analysis Group (CIC/AG) tasked with identifying and analyzing the Foreign Intelligence Entities (FIE).[Dale L. Watson, “The Terrorist Threat Confronting the United States,” FBI, accessed January 14, 2021, /news/testimony/the-terrorist-threat-confronting-the-united-states.] [CIA, “CIA Directorate of Intelligence,” March 5, 2014, /directorate-of-intelligence/.]
Any foreign organization, government, or individual that engages in spying and gathering intel on the U.S. to undermine their intelligence operation, influence policymaking, or disrupt the institutions' normal functioning is recognized as FIE. The U.S. is a country of many attributes, having a myriad of allies as well as enemies, and the intelligence community has had a long list of FIEs, including Russia's SVR, Iran's MOIS, Al Qaeda, North Korea's Reconnaissance Bureau, and Venezuela's Bolivarian National Intelligence Service. Over the recent past, the U.S. government has been up in arms against the North Korean government, under Kim Jong Un's leadership, with the numerous nuclear tests and the expedited munition development posing as a threat. This paper purposes of outlining the general threat posed by the FIE North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau.[CIA.]
Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) Overview
Location and Organizational Structure
The Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) is an intelligence outfit for the Republic of North Korea tasked with coordinating covert operations in foreign jurisdictions. RGB has its headquarters in Moonshine-dong, Pyongyang, and several bureau's departments are housed in the same area. The outfit is part of the numerous foot soldiers of the country's Ministry of Defense, popularly known as the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces. The outfit came into existence due to the merger between the Operations Depar...