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The article presents a discussion of intelligence gathering by nation-states during wartime, focusing on U.S. 20th-century history. The Philippine American War in the early 20th century is discussed, and compared to the establishment of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. An overview of historic advances in surveillance technology and is presented. The evolution of government policies and public opinion regarding state secrets and national security are analyzed from a sociological perspective, and cases in which an excess of government surveillance has prompted a backlash from citizens are discussed.

The article discusses the rule of Muslin Filipinos by the United States after the seizure of the Philippines by the United States at the beginning of the 20th century. The place in which Imperialism played in the U.S.'s rule over the Philippines is discussed. The way in which the U.S.'s rule of the Philippines threatened to impact their cultural ideals and their transitional history is mentioned. Ideals that the U.S. had during this time regarding the dominance that the Western culture should play throughout the world are discussed.

This article explores how early American cinema and US imperialism are inextricably bound together in a thorough exploration of cinematic representations of the Philippines in US film both during and immediately after US colonization of the islands. The article carefully considers the significance of the film and discursive records remaining from the 1898-1904 period in order to explore how filmic representations reproduced US imperialist ideologies and spread US imperialist fantasies as a commodity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]