What Is In The U.S. 2009 National Intelligence Strategy Report

Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
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U.S. Intelligence Chief Touts Improved Security -- San Francisco Chronicle

The nation's tools for collecting, analyzing and sharing information have improved so greatly over the past eight years, the nation's spy chief said Tuesday, that had today's systems been in place on Sept. 11, 2001, the attacks of that day could have been prevented.

"If we had this system of working back on 9/11, I don't think the attacks would have occurred," Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said in a speech to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. "We now know enough about these terrorist organizations that wish us harm that we are stopping them with far less information than was available on 9/11."

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More News On The National Intelligence Strategy Report

(U.S.) 2009 National Intelligence Strategy released -- The Complete Report (In PDF)

US flexes muscular strategy on external threats -- Financial Times
Secretive spending on US intelligence disclosed -- Reuters
Blair Says Annual Intelligence Community Spending is $75 Billion -- CQ Politics
Study Faults Bush's Emphasis On Daily Intelligence Brief -- Washington Post
Stopping WMD Proliferation Remains Key, U.S. Intel Plan Says -- Global Security Newswire
Intel official: US safer from al-Qaida -- AP
US targeting 'Al-Qaeda' more aggressively: intel chief -- AFP
Spy Chief Says U.S. Hunting al Qaeda More Effectively -- Wall Street Journal
DNI Announces $75 Billion Intelligence Budget -- Secrecy News
U.S. Spy Strategy Released; Intel Chief Dennis Blair Comments On 9/11 -- Huffington Post
China, Russia 'aggressive' in cyberspace: US intelligence -- AFP
China, Russia tarred with US intel listing -- AFP
China could undermine US military power in Pacific: Gates -- AFP
China slams US intelligence report -- Times Of India/AFP
China deplores US intelligence report tagging it main challenger -- Daily Times

My Comment: I have not read the report. I will do so this weekend when I have time. From doing a quick lance, there seems to be a lot of meat inside that deserves scrutiny and attention.