Intelligence Communication

In the intelligence community, there are some collection challenges, redundancy is one of the issues always to be mentioned. Redundancy can affect the core of the intelligence work ethics, resources management, budging, work force, future planning, and development methods. Also, the capability of the intelligence agencies and departments to predict attacks, analyze the indications and warning (I&W). The congress oversight of the intelligence community and the operations of the sixteen agencies imbedded in the community, to regulate the funds and allocate proper budget, also to monitor that the rights of US person are not violated in any collection method.

Communication is primarily an exchange of information, ideas, or thoughts. This paper will focus on the process of verbal and nonverbal communication as well as the components of each. It outline the formal and informal channels of criminal channels. This paper will also list the different barriers to effective communication within a criminal justice organization. Finally it will cover strategies that can be implemented to overcome communication barriers within criminal justice organizations.

Since 9/11, the intelligence community has improved greatly. It is not that they have been reconstructed from the ground up, or that their mission has completely changed, it is, in the community’s eye anyway, that they now all share information, no matter how important or how small. This information sharing now even includes all the way down to local and tribal authorities. The reasoning is that, even if it might be small or seem insignificant to you at your level, it may be the piece someone somewhere else in the country needs.

The main intention of fusion centers has been called into question, especially because it is being identified as violating people’s civil liberty. Fusion center where taking a preemptive approach to the response of intelligence gathered, meaning that law enforcement is conducting unlawful monitoring of proposed suspects without any reasonable cause (Taylor & Russell, 2012). According to Mike German and Jay Stanley (2008), Title 28, Part 23 of the Code of Federal Regulations, states that law enforcement agencies:

On September 11, 2001 Al Qaeda operatives executed a violent and lethal terrorist attack against the United States. The attacks against the north and south towers of the World Trade Center, United Airlines flight 93, and the Pentagon, have collectively been deemed the deadliest terrorist attack to take place on American soil in the history of the United States. The appalling attacks against New York City and the nation’s capital triggered an immediate assessment of the intelligence community, existing anti-terrorism policies and methodologies, and the overall structure of the United States intelligence community. More specifically, the federal government began to assess its existing capabilities to ensure domestic homeland security and enhance the security posture of the United States. An array of after-action reports indicated that communication and collaboration between varying government agencies was limited and very difficult to navigate. More specifically, intelligence agencies were extremely restricted and compartmentalized and as a result of such lapses, Al Qaeda was successful in their attack planning and execution. Although there has been a recognizable improvement in communication throughout the intelligence community, the United States must evolve and

Since the birth of America the United States has made the use of intelligence known through the purposes of warfare, defense, and diplomacy. Intelligence is the gathering of information which is analyzed and converted into data to serve as an asset to the decision making process. This is possible by identifying what the national interest is at the time. We use intelligence to provide information based off everyday observations and activities to give us a sense of patterns to form an idea of the “big picture” and identify what threats may be imminent at the time. With reference to Homeland Security Intelligence is not to solely acquire life threatening data, rather than should be to analyzes and share information between the private sector,

The first essay question in the final assignment asks students to discuss the capabilities and limitations of intelligence in supporting homeland security efforts. Intelligence matters have greatly improved on this front compared to the way things used to be prior to the September 11th terror attacks, but there are areas that still need to be addressed. The Department of Homeland Security has also helped get information to the field by creating fusion cells, the (JCAT), and encouraging the use of intelligence-based policing.

The “need to know” system is an outdated and inefficient way of sharing information, both within a single agency and when it comes to interagency cooperation. The “need to share” system is a much more logical way to go about disseminating intelligence of all variations. The “need to share” system theoretically mandates the interagency sharing of information that is pertinent to national security , and operational success, thus paving the way for much more efficient operations between the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as well as other federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies. If I were in charge of the DHS I would put into effect a long term interagency liaison program, that would be aimed at the sharing

In my opinion, one of the main intelligence failures of 9/11 was the lack of information sharing, an issue that has plagued the Intelligence Community (IC) for years; federal agencies chose when and with whom they shared collected intelligence all under the umbrella of ‘secrecy’ and the ‘need-to-know.’ The 9/11 Commission Report found that there were two weaknesses in the IC and operational capabilities during the conduction of counter terrorism.

According to Jones (2011), the strength of fusion centers is called "Epistemic Federalism" (p. 178). Epistemic Federalism allows local agencies to utilize an approach that is taken from their perspective. The fusion center encompasses federal; state, local, tribal, territorial (SLTT); and private sector partners, but the state and local government plays more of a substantial role with the gathering of information. Local agencies deal with the public on a daily bases and their mission is to protect and serve the public. This connection allows local agencies to gain more information from the public, especially when they suspect something suspicious. As stated by Jones (2011), the local agencies are more adept at identify terrorist cells, than

· All information must be shared with law enforcement and intelligence partners worldwide because they all need to be informed when their lives and their citizens lives are in danger after all that is why we are here in the first place to ensure the safety of everyone.

The United States has the most capable intelligence apparatus of any country in the world. The information produced by various agencies gives the United States a substantial advantage when it comes to understanding world events, predicting and preparing for unsettled times, fielding military forces, and making a host of other political and economic decisions. From an ethical perspective, it means that the United States Intelligences information can create the risk of security for the United

Information might be hard to share with other agencies for many different reasons. One reason it might be hard is due to fact that before the terrorist attack at the Twin Towers on September 9, 2011 there was little to no communication between any of the agencies. This led to problems taking longer to be solved and by the time they are solved anther one already needed immediate attention and the cycle just continued to repeat. Intelligence is also hard to share with agencies. Even though Intelligence is mostly accurate that’s why it might harder to share because of time and also because of people trying to hack certain pages and trying to hack the government system .Most of all it might be hard for agencies to share information and intelligence due to trust. Trust is key in many situations because if there isn’t trust then there is nothing. If citizens don’t trust the government in their lives which many people don’t due to the many negative things that has had happened then it makes it harder on everyone. It makes it so that the government has trouble continuing to their job whatever that may be but it also causes the citizens to turn from the government and then there is no information and intelligences shared anywhere. Then that causes more problems because the disasters that are currently going on can’t be solved because there is no communication between agencies, this rotation will continue until the

Intelligence collection and apprehension of criminals have occurred for many years; however, with the exception of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, these actions were performed by different organizations. Nonetheless, roles and responsibilities have changed since the attacks on September 11, 2001. Intelligence-led policing and the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing program were incorporated, and fusion centers were established to help gather intelligence from different levels of the government. Although law enforcement at the local, state, and tribal levels aid in intelligence collection, it is important to ensure that intelligence gathered to protect national security and law enforcement

Fusion centers were created to improve the efficiency of the state and local level of homeland security. "Fusion centers are owned and operated by state and local entities with support from federal partners in the form of deployed personnel, training, technical assistance, exercise support, security clearances, connectivity to federal systems, technology, and grant funding." (U.S. National Intelligence, 2013, p. 20). This initiative is extremely beneficial, because the state level does not always have the means to comb through data. Training also proves to be a costly burden the state cannot always fund. At the national and international level, the country utilizes the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Fusion centers are been extremely effective, because the intelligence gathered in this manner is much more relevant in terms of locale. For example, if the FBI acquires some intelligence about New York City, it does not do much good for California. If California focuses more on itself with the fusion