Author Archive
Management
The Decision Makers: Intelligence Agencies
A look at the leaders of the agencies that make up the federal intelligence community.
Defense
New intelligence director shakes up hierarchy
Memo from John Negroponte instructs CIA officials to report to him on certain intelligence matters.
Defense
Fewer, better spies key to intelligence reform, former official says
New director of national intelligence should focus on stepping up quality of information gathered, says David Kay, former chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq.
Defense
DHS experience is cautionary tale for new intelligence director
Whoever takes over as the new chief of the intelligence apparatus could learn from the early, faltering steps of the Homeland Security Department.
Defense
Homeland Security nominee seeks to bring allies to department
A look at some of the people Michael Chertoff might seek to bring on as his top deputies.
Management
I Spy Mismanagement
The CIA's current turmoil is a predictable byproduct of woefully inadequate management and poor communication, say intelligence experts and management gurus.
Defense
Lame-duck session last-ditch effort for intelligence reform this year
Sen. Susan Collins lobbies the White House behind the scenes in hopes of moving the measure forward.
Defense
Congress hurtles toward intelligence overhaul
House, Senate are taking different approaches, but major reorganization is likely either before or shortly after the election.
Defense
Unseen multi-agency security force on the job at GOP convention
Nearly 22,000 officers are standing guard at or near the convention site, and 66 federal, state, and local agencies are working together at a nerve center.
Defense
Secret Service coordinator in the eye of convention storm
Steve Hughes, the Secret Service's chief coordinator for GOP convention security, has spent 15 months preparing for the event.
Defense
FBI chief struggling to turn rhetoric into action
Critics say there is a considerable gap between the plans announced at FBI headquarters and the reality in the field.
Defense
Frustrated intelligence reformers see window of opportunity
Forty studies dating back almost to the birth of the CIA have lamented that no one's really in charge of the nation's intelligence apparatus.
Defense
FBI intelligence chief quietly beefs up agency's role
Maureen Baginski has the unenviable task of integrating intelligence collection and analysis into every division of the FBI.
Defense
War on terror eclipses homeland security effort
Two and a half years after 9/11, the Bush administration remains primarily focused on waging a war on terrorism abroad. The effort to establish, organize, fund and manage the Homeland Security Department has taken a back seat.
News
Homeland Security still seeking to define, measure performance
With no agreed-upon way to gauge whether the Homeland Security Department's efforts are actually making the nation safer, assessments of its first year of existence vary widely.
