Re: shuffle of the deck

--Informational analysis and infrastructure protection to "fuse and analyze" threat-related intelligence information from the FBI and CIA and other agencies, but not gather intelligence itself.

As anyone who's done support knows, there is no substitute for getting the information first hand.

Bush's proposal leaves the FBI and CIA, the agencies under the most scrutiny for possible intelligence failures, virtually intact.

So, the two agencies that had the problem are the two agencies that won't be touched? Strange.

When asked why intelligence agencies with no history of exchanging information with each other would share it with the homeland security department, the administration officials said the only answer he could offer was that legislation would direct them to do so.

Damn. There is some hope for journalism.

So, we're basing the anti-terrorism defense on second hand info from agencies that have a history of not sharing such information.

And the last attack occured because they didn't share information (and there was a top-down attitude that terrorism wasn't important).

Instead of treating the cause, we'll re'org the departments.

Dilbert goes to Washington.

Post #41,746 by a6l6e6x 6/9/02 4:41:26 PM Reply	Re: shuffle of the deck Chapaquidick [link\|http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/ny-usbush072736308jun07.story?coll=ny-news-print\|Ted ] (Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusettes) called it "rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic". It's not an original use of the expresssion, of course. Alex "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened." -- Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Post #41,764 by Brandioch 6/9/02 7:20:04 PM Reply	I gotta agree with Ted on that. --Informational analysis and infrastructure protection to "fuse and analyze" threat-related intelligence information from the FBI and CIA and other agencies, but not gather intelligence itself. As anyone who's done support knows, there is no substitute for getting the information first hand. Bush's proposal leaves the FBI and CIA, the agencies under the most scrutiny for possible intelligence failures, virtually intact. So, the two agencies that had the problem are the two agencies that won't be touched? Strange. When asked why intelligence agencies with no history of exchanging information with each other would share it with the homeland security department, the administration officials said the only answer he could offer was that legislation would direct them to do so. Damn. There is some hope for journalism. So, we're basing the anti-terrorism defense on second hand info from agencies that have a history of not sharing such information. And the last attack occured because they didn't share information (and there was a top-down attitude that terrorism wasn't important). Instead of treating the cause, we'll re'org the departments. Dilbert goes to Washington.
Post #41,783 by bepatient 6/9/02 11:42:53 PM Reply	Dilbert's been there for quite a while. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]

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