Senior intelligence officials unveiled new measures to fix the nation’s encumbered intelligence system during a recent conference in Denver. The 16-agency Intelligence Community is “awash in data” but unable to use it efficiently, primarily because there’s access confusion, said Deputy Director of National Intelligence Thomas Fingar, reports the Denver Post. The IC still hasn’t settled on a method to determine which entity needs what data. Reform measures announced during the conference included developing a user-friendly standard format for intelligence reports and creating a “Wikipedia” style forum where all 16 agencies can contribute information.
The use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border this week—which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas—will be a “case study” on the complex web of authorities needed to employ such weapons near civilian areas and the consequences of agencies…
