GAO Report Shows Intel Sharing Still Flawed

It's seems that our intelligence agencies are still having a hard time sharing intel. What once was the White House's responsibility was moved over to Homeland Security, either way, nobody has met deadlines regarding improvements to the sharing of intel about counterterrorism.

(The Other WaPo)The GAO expressed "disappointment" that Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte declined to address its findings beyond a letter saying that "the review of intelligence activities is beyond GAO's purview." Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-Maine), who requested the investigation along with several House chairmen, issued a statement yesterday regretting the DNI response and noting that she co-sponsored the 2004 law that mandated the information-sharing and created Negroponte's job.

It's almost like they haven't listened to themselves over the last 4 1/2 years. I thought 9/11 changed everything, and we need to live in a post 9/11 world. Apparently that thought process is still working its way to our D.H.S. Case in point..

In January, ISE manager John Russack, an intelligence veteran, resigned after complaining of inadequate staffing and budget.

I think it is more luck and rights violations that have kept another attack from happening here then anything else.