Share More Intel With Allies

From DoD Buzz:

The United States has much to gain and lilttle to lose in sharing much more intelligence with our allies, said the Pentagon’s head of intelligence.

“There is very little risk in being more open with sharing,” Jim Clapper, undersecretary of Defense for intelligence, told a room full of roughly 1,200 intelligence practitioners and contractors at the annual Geoint conference.

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My Comment: When close allies like Britain are told by a British judge that the British Government must release intelligence information from the U.S. even though the British Government had promised that this information would remain classified .... you know that you have a problem.

In an ideal world this seems to be a noble goal to pursue, but in the real world this has not worked nor will it achieve the goals that the supporters for such a policy are pushing. Lets face it .... the intelligence culture and community is very rigid, and has never been open to outsiders.