A consortium of intelligence workers in law enforcement urged U.S. lawmakers to preserve staffing at the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis. Proposed cuts, threatening a 75% reduction in personnel, would hinder timely intelligence-sharing and communications during crises. The letter emphasized the risk of returning to intelligence silos, a regression learned from post-9/11 failures. Broader concerns from various law enforcement associations and community groups articulated the potential negative impact on operational readiness and the community's safety amid proposed reductions.
The proposed cuts to I&A would undermine timely intelligence-sharing of unclassified data and degrade capabilities that enable two-way intelligence flow and real-time communication during emerging incidents.
The planned cuts, which would have shed some 75% of the office, would return us to intelligence silos, isolating insights within classified systems inaccessible to state, local, tribal and territorial personnel.
The substantial downsizing put the office at odds with the communities it was built to serve, as both law enforcement associations and Jewish community groups pushed back on the planned cuts.
Concerns from stakeholders about the planned cuts have been broadly expressed, highlighting fears of reduced operational readiness during crises.
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