Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Director Of U.S. National Intelligence: Sequester Will Weaken Intelligence Capabilities

Photo: Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper. Wikipedia

Sequester Will Weaken Intel Capabilities, Clapper Says -- Defense News

The nation's top spymaster fears sequester budget cuts could have an “insidious” effect on the nation's intelligence collecting and processing.

“We're cutting real capability and accepting greater risk,” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said in a briefing with reporters April 5.

“For intelligence, this is not quite like shorter hours at the public parks or longer lines at the airports. A capability we cut out today, you won't know about that. You'll notice it when we have a failure, and then we'll go back and investigate it.”

Read more ....

Update #1: Clapper: Intelligence cuts could be ‘insidious’ -- Washington Post
Update #2: Intelligence director says budget cuts could be ‘insidious’ for national security -- Washington Post

My Comment: The focus is on U.S. military cutbacks .... but the intelligence community is also being cut .... but no one is paying attention on what the consequences will be.

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