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Report: Size of US Intelligence Hurts Effectiveness

   VOA News 19 July 2010
   A  workman  quickly  slides  a  dustmop  over the floor at the Central
   Intelligence Agency headquarters where President Bush and CIA Director
   Porter  Goss would be standing for a news briefing during Bush's visit
   to the super-secret facility in Langley, Va., nea

Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS

   A  workman  quickly  slides  a  dustmop  over the floor at the Central
   Intelligence Agency headquarters (file photo)

   A  top  American newspaper says U.S. intelligence gathering has become
   so  massive  since  the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that some
   agencies  are  doing the same work, and that many intelligence reports
   are routinely ignored.
   The  report  by  the [1]Washington Post cites government documents, as
   well  as  current  and  former intelligence officials.  Most of those
   officials requested anonymity.
   A  two-year investigation by the Post found that some 1,271 government
   organizations and 1,931 private companies involved in counterterrorism
   and  intelligence  do the same work.  The paper says no one knows how
   much money is being wasted in those efforts.
   The  Post  says  a  lack  of focus, not resources, is jeopardizing the
   ability to protect Americans. Â
   The  acting Director of National Intelligence, David Gompert, said the
   Post report does not accurately reflect the intelligence community. He
   said attacks are being thwarted and successes achieved every day. Â
   Defense   Secretary  Robert  Gates  said  he  does  not  believe  U.S.
   intelligence  gathering  is  too large.  But he told the Post it is a
   challenge to "get your arms around that."

References

   1. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/

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