Comments on: Connecting Puzzles, Dots, and Intelligence http://www.hlswatch.com/2010/01/12/connecting-puzzles-dots-and-intelligence/ News and analysis of critical issues in homeland security today. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:26:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Linkblog http://www.hlswatch.com/2010/01/12/connecting-puzzles-dots-and-intelligence/comment-page-1/#comment-137798 Linkblog Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:08:23 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/?p=7966#comment-137798 <strong>Homeland Security Watch...</strong> Of course homeland security could not be outsourced that easy as other combat duties. But it is OK to have guest contributors in the homeland security blog, especially if it is just a watch blog and if the guest is a member of the Homeland security him... Homeland Security Watch…

Of course homeland security could not be outsourced that easy as other combat duties. But it is OK to have guest contributors in the homeland security blog, especially if it is just a watch blog and if the guest is a member of the Homeland security him…

]]> By: William R. Cumming http://www.hlswatch.com/2010/01/12/connecting-puzzles-dots-and-intelligence/comment-page-1/#comment-137796 William R. Cumming Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:05:52 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/?p=7966#comment-137796 Certainly agree with the comment. "Connecting the Dots" though has become shorthand for failure to communicate, collaborate and cooperate since non of the barriers to interorganizational cooperation among the 16 INTEL community members has really changed. How do I know this? Rarely are INTEL community members detailed to other organizations! Rarely are they allowed to bypass need-to-know barriers erected to largely circumvent infor sharing. Rarely, are the personnel encouraged to have significant contacts insided or outside the INTEL communities own organizations! Finally, the ego, hubris, and training is totally wrapped around the notion that "we" know secrets and therefore must be important people. Again, stovepipes are in particular treated in compartmented programs and their cultures. Hey Top Secret used to be good enough. The compartmented programs are totally designed to evade any oversight by the DNI or OMB or the Congress. Question? Who has reviewed the training materials on Islamic Culture and various languages since 9/11 that is used by the INTEL community? Has that been reviewed by experts outside the government? And why not because how Islam and Islamic Culture is studied and discussed and examined by the INTEL community could be an important telltale of its bias with respect to that WESTERN religion. Certainly agree with the comment. “Connecting the Dots” though has become shorthand for failure to communicate, collaborate and cooperate since non of the barriers to interorganizational cooperation among the 16 INTEL community members has really changed. How do I know this? Rarely are INTEL community members detailed to other organizations! Rarely are they allowed to bypass need-to-know barriers erected to largely circumvent infor sharing. Rarely, are the personnel encouraged to have significant contacts insided or outside the INTEL communities own organizations! Finally, the ego, hubris, and training is totally wrapped around the notion that “we” know secrets and therefore must be important people. Again, stovepipes are in particular treated in compartmented programs and their cultures. Hey Top Secret used to be good enough. The compartmented programs are totally designed to evade any oversight by the DNI or OMB or the Congress. Question? Who has reviewed the training materials on Islamic Culture and various languages since 9/11 that is used by the INTEL community? Has that been reviewed by experts outside the government? And why not because how Islam and Islamic Culture is studied and discussed and examined by the INTEL community could be an important telltale of its bias with respect to that WESTERN religion.

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