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Originally Posted by The Reaper
The problem is that Intel is overcollected and compartmented at the highest levels (most technical and expensive), and not collected or disseminated at the proper lower levels, where it can be fresh and actionable.
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Absolutely.
In addition it is the person who is defining the requirements for the information that is often the problem child if in fact he is not going to be the one that will be carrying out the mission. It is also the origin of the many turf battles and gunfights over who should be authorized to develop sources and methods to obtain what is needed. Unfortunately what is looked upon by one agency as the way to do business is absolutely screwing the pooch to others who need an entirely different perspective. Until folks on the ground that are going to be required to perform the op are also given the authority and tools to do the job of gaining the information they need so that the intell-shooter link is shortened this is always going to be a problem. It just does not work well in a risk adverse culture because too many folks are more concerned about careers then they are about the trigger puller.