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http://tinyurl.com/2axz6dh Spy community strikes back at report United States intelligence community is too big, too expensive By <http://www.nydailynews.com/authors/Richard%20Sisk> Richard Sisk DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU Tuesday, July 20th 2010, 4:00 AM The US intelligence community hit back over a critical Washington Post report. Hince/Getty The US intelligence community hit back over a critical Washington Post report. The <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/United+States> U.S. spy community hit back quickly Monday at a new report accusing the U.S. of building an intelligence bureaucracy since 9/11 that is too big and too costly to control. "We accept that we operate in an environment that limits the amount of information we can share," Acting Director of National Intelligence David C. Gompert said in response to a <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/The+Washington+Post+Company> Washington Post series that began Monday. "However, the fact is, the men and women of the Intelligence Community have improved our operations, thwarted attacks, and are achieving untold successes every day," Gompert said. The newspaper series, which came with interactive links on the spread of intel branches worldwide, said that more than 1,200 government organizations and 1,900 private companies now work on counterterrorism, homeland security and intelligence at more than 10,000 locations across the U.S. The public and private organizations employ about 854,000 people in the business of spying and protecting the nation, the report said. <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Robert+Gates> Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Post that the massive U.S.intelligence apparatus may have become unwieldy. Gates said that "Nine years after 9/11, it makes sense to sort of take a look at this and say, 'OK, we've built tremendous capability, but do we have more than we need?" The Washington Post series came at an awkward time for the nation's spies. <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/James+R.+Clapper> James Clapper, a retired Air Force general and <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Barack+Obama> President Obama's choice to become the new Director of National Intelligence, will begin his confirmation hearings in the Senate Tuesday. In his statement defending the work of the intel community, Acting Director Clapper said "We can always do better and we will." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
