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 By Wamakale David William Introduction Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are the two leading intelligence agencies of the government of the United States with a wide range of tasks. The former is mainly focused on gathering intelligence abroad whereas the latter in mainly operating domestically with little overseas presence BACKGROUND CIA The Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA; /ˌsiː.aɪˈeɪ/ ), known informally as the Agency and the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT). As a principal member of the United States Intelligence Community (IC), the CIA reports to the Director of National Intelligence and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the President and Cabinet of the United States . The Centra...

By Wamakale David William @WamakaleDavidW  Introduction The International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice are two big-shot names in the sphere of International Law. With such similar-sounding names and seemingly same work, one might get confused between the two. This article will help you resolve these troubles, as we examine the major differences between the scope and functioning of these two international bodies. If you want to get a quick glance at the main points of difference, you can also refer to a handy table provided at the end. A quick study of their backgrounds International Criminal Court The Paris Peace Conference, which took place in 1919 after the First World War, proposed an international criminal court to prosecute political leaders and other individuals accused of international crimes. It was again discussed by the League of Nations in 1937, which resulted in a convention, but it did not lead anywhere. After the Second World War, the Allied p...