Research Paper Proposal
Research Paper Proposal Format-Due Week 3/Paper Due Week 7
Name:
Title: What Did the Muller Report Really Show The US
Course Objective Link:
___X____CO-2: Assess the challenges and role facing strategic intelligence analysis and strategic counterintelligence.
Thesis Statement: The suggestions of inquiries into Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election have revealed a flawed presidential win.
Outline:
- Introduction. Make the last sentence your thesis statement.
“We are not making our country safer if we don’t make sure that all Americans realize the breadth and the extent of what the Russians did in 2016 and, frankly, if we don’t get our act together, what they will do in an even more dramatic form in 2018 and 2020.” (2017, Pg 04)
- Main Point #1 to support your argument/analysis. (Volume I Russian Social Media Campaign)
- The 2014 IRA interference and the intelligence gathered
- Russia reaches out to make contact with Trumps campaign
- The hacking campaign 2015- 2016
- Main Point #2 to support your argument/analysis. (Hacking Directed at Clinton Campaign)
- The GRU’s initial cyberattack on Clinton
- Techniques used against Clinton
- Distribution of obtained information
- Main point #3 to support your argument/analysis. (Volume II The investigation that led to investigation)
- The legality and evidence to be considered
- Facts in obstruction charges and reaction from trumps team
- The president actions towards the ongoing investigation
- Conclusion. The many glaring actions taken by the Russian government and the Trump campaign can be seen as obstruction and this report breaks down the many details of the 2016 presidential election and Russia’s role.
REFERENCES:
Mueller, Robert S., Rosalind S. Helderman, and Matt Zapotosky. 2019. The Mueller report.
National Intelligence Council (U.S.). 2017. Assessing Russian activities and intentions in recent US elections. http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo76345.
Government Publishing Office. “S. Hearing. 115-92: Russian Interference in the 2016 U.S. Elections, Hearing Before the Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, First Session, June 21, 2017.” Homeland Security Digital Library. United States. Government Publishing Office, January 1, 2017. https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=806680.
