Intelligence Community (IC) has been greatly expanded since 9/11. As intelligence is collected, analyzed and distributed within the IC, their successes depend on the synergy of several agencies. They must be integrated, agile, and carry out their missions without infringing on the rights and liberties the U.S. has worked so hard to preserve.
Roles and Responsibilities
At the top of the intelligence community sits the Director or National Intelligence. In their 2011 report, James R. Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) at the time declared their highest priorities to be information sharing. That is because positive information sharing encourages …show more content…
DNI took on the challenges to integrate and align the IC adhering to the laws of the land, ensuring security, while collecting and processing relevant information in a culture rich with civil liberties. DNI’s brain child, ISE, gets a lot of attention, and they should because they were one of the smartest responses of policy officials after 9/11. ISE brings several entities into the appropriate level of information sharing by encouraging partnerships, and bridging gaps created by natural boundaries in the Homeland Security architecture.
Part 2: How well does the Homeland Security work to identify future threats?
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has assumed control of several government agencies; they have a variety of missions with the main goal of protecting the U.S. A few of these missions are carried out by border patrol, aviation security, and emergency preparedness agencies. Although these agencies have existed on their own foe several years, each of these sectors received a lot of attention, money, and expectations after 9/11. They’ve made some progress by addressing issues by criticality to the nation’s security. They still have some work to do, and should remain relevant as threats change.
DHS Capabilities