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NousDefionsDoc · 03-31-2004, 11:11

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee asked Thursday for clarification about which federal agency is ultimately responsible for the analysis of foreign and domestic intelligence on threats to the United States and whether the lines of authority are clear.

Two prominent members of the committee said they have not been able to get a definitive explanation about whether the Homeland Security Department, the Defense Department or the CIA has chief responsibility for integrating and disseminating intelligence information on threats to the country. Sen.
Susan Collins, R-Maine, said administration officials have yet to answer in a "satisfactory manner" two letters sent last year that questioned which agency was responsible for coordinating intelligence.

"I am told that the reason we haven't received an answer to our letters is that DHS, DoD and CIA can't agree on an answer, which implies to me that the lines of authority are not clear and that the answer is still being devised," Collins said during a hearing on Defense's role in homeland security.

Source: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0304/032504c1.htm

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NousDefionsDoc Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: LA Posts: 1,653	Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee asked Thursday for clarification about which federal agency is ultimately responsible for the analysis of foreign and domestic intelligence on threats to the United States and whether the lines of authority are clear. Two prominent members of the committee said they have not been able to get a definitive explanation about whether the Homeland Security Department, the Defense Department or the CIA has chief responsibility for integrating and disseminating intelligence information on threats to the country. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said administration officials have yet to answer in a "satisfactory manner" two letters sent last year that questioned which agency was responsible for coordinating intelligence. "I am told that the reason we haven't received an answer to our letters is that DHS, DoD and CIA can't agree on an answer, which implies to me that the lines of authority are not clear and that the answer is still being devised," Collins said during a hearing on Defense's role in homeland security. Source: http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0304/032504c1.htm __________________ Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home. He knows only The Cause. Still want to quit?
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