New US Counterintelligence Strategy To Involve Public And Private Sectors
- By Peter Milosheff
- Published 03/30/2007
- World
- Unrated
'The President and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) expect us to make measurable progress on all of these goals soon,' said Joel F. Brenner, National Counterintelligence Executive. 'Our job now is to drive this strategy from the clouds down to the sidewalk.'
'By engaging the private sector and academia in meaningful dialogue,' he said, 'the community will learn and, at the same time coordinate the public dissemination of information on intelligence threats.'
The US faces substantial challenges to its security, freedom, and prosperity. Transnational terrorism, continued proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), asymmetric warfare, extremist movements, and failed states present severe challenges to a just and stable international order, Brenner said.
The war against terrorists, Brenner said has cultural, economic, diplomatic, and political as well as military dimensions. The potential consequences of counterintelligence failures can be immediate and devastating, putting in jeopardy US vital information, infrastructure, military forces and a wide range of US interests, technologies and personnel around the world, malaysiasun.com reports
In the wake of the attacks of Sep 11, 2001, the US counterintelligence community has begun to evolve from a confederation toward a unified enterprise able to bring the full range of counterintelligence capabilities to bear on national issues, he said.
Counterintelligence activities must be orchestrated and integrated to better protect America's secrets and vital assets while providing incisive intelligence to national security decision makers, Brenner said.
- Pravda
'By engaging the private sector and academia in meaningful dialogue,' he said, 'the community will learn and, at the same time coordinate the public dissemination of information on intelligence threats.'
The US faces substantial challenges to its security, freedom, and prosperity. Transnational terrorism, continued proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), asymmetric warfare, extremist movements, and failed states present severe challenges to a just and stable international order, Brenner said.
The war against terrorists, Brenner said has cultural, economic, diplomatic, and political as well as military dimensions. The potential consequences of counterintelligence failures can be immediate and devastating, putting in jeopardy US vital information, infrastructure, military forces and a wide range of US interests, technologies and personnel around the world, malaysiasun.com reports
In the wake of the attacks of Sep 11, 2001, the US counterintelligence community has begun to evolve from a confederation toward a unified enterprise able to bring the full range of counterintelligence capabilities to bear on national issues, he said.
Counterintelligence activities must be orchestrated and integrated to better protect America's secrets and vital assets while providing incisive intelligence to national security decision makers, Brenner said.
- Pravda