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Home page  About CSIS Programs Five Years After 9/11: Accomplishments and Continuing Challenges Intelligence
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Accomplishments - Centralized leadership under Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
- Established National Counterterrorism Center to focus collection, analysis, and operational planning
- Increased information sharing among intelligence agencies, particularly FBI and CIA
- Strengthened international cooperation with intelligence and security agencies
Continuing Challenges - Weak, ineffective oversight from Congress
- Serious internal contradictions mar intelligence reform, inhibiting DNI’s authority
- Ambiguous roles and authorities among defense, intelligence, law enforcement, and homeland security
- Analytic emphasis on tactical and near-term at the expense of strategic and long-term
- Deficient personnel language, cultural awareness, and analytical skills
- No common information-sharing environment
- Unresolved tension between civil liberties and increased domestic surveillance
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