soon to come(Ameringer 63-70).The next intelligence maneuver takes place in the early 1890’s. Queen Liliuokalani or Lili, wanted to restore Hawaii to its original native status. She believed that foreigners were poisoning her people. America sought after Hawaii because of its strategic placement. The American planters in Hawaii devised a plan. On January 14th, 1893 they sent a letter to the American embassy saying that they were in eminent danger. John L. Stevens forwarded a message to President Cleveland and made it sound even worse than before. Cleveland sent the U.S.S. Boston to land troops, and overthrow Lili. After negotiations between Stevens and Lili, Lili stepped down from her throne. This was the dirtiest trick ever played by America. Hawaii was annexed in 1898 just like America wanted it(Ameringer 72-76).After the Spanish-American war, intelligence slowly started to become important to the United States. The G-2 and ONI branches were formed. G-2 was the intelligence division of the Army, and ONI was the Office of Naval Intelligence. These will play a more important role later(Ameringer 125,110-113). Jaynes 7Theodore Roosevelt had a want. He wanted to complete the Panama Canal. First, he tried to negotiate a treaty with the country of Colombia. Colombia decided to back out of the treaty, which made it null and void. A leader by the name of Bunau-Villa wanted to lead a revolution against Colombia. Villa and Roosevelt made an agreement: If Roosevelt funded the revolution Villa would give Roosevelt the land. Villa led his revolution and then signed an agreement with Roosevelt for the land (Ameringer 19-87).Cryptology became an essential part of the World War I era. Radio cryptology was the most prominent because of speed. Radio wasn’t employed in war ...
