Washington ARM, Intelligence of Homland Security, planned to cut about three-fourths of employees of its full-time employees, which is doing intelligence and analysis office below 275 with approximately 1,000 employees, according to four sources on the matter.
The exact time of cuts is not clear; Sources CBS News show that the deduction of employees has been working for months, but recently there were temporary hold due to increasing stress abroad. US strike On Iranian nuclear facilities. The decision has expressed concern between the police and intelligence agencies of the country, as the US is with a danger atmosphere of danger.
DHS office intelligence and analysis – created after September 11 terrorist attacks – is the only member of the American intelligence community to share the danger information to the state, local, tribal and regional governments across the country.
A DHS spokesperson confirmed the cut in a statement, saying that the department is returning to its main mission to prioritize American security and implement our laws. ”
The spokesperson said, “DHS component lead has identified fruitless positions and non-mating programs within the intelligence and analysis office.” “The department is actively working to identify other useless positions and programs that do not align with the DHS mission to prioritize American security and implement our laws.”
Last month, the current head of the agency, Daniel Tamburloleo informed the workforce of the intelligence agency that DHS Secretary Christie NoM had signed a plan to slash the agency by hundreds of employees, re -assigned to other DHS components, including the federal emergency management agency and the Cybecity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
This week, House and Senate MPs wrote to the director of NOEM and National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, “warned to avoid this rigorous and unilateral step and instead to make I & A as effective and efficient about alternative ways to consult with Congress.”
“At a time when DHS is warning about a high threat from terrorists and cartoles, we should focus on plugging the safety intervals instead of making new people,” Democratic Raps. Beni Thompson of Mississippi and Jim Hims of Connecticut wrote with Michigan Sen on Wednesday.
Several law enforcement agencies – including Major Cities Chiefs Association, County Sheriffs of America and Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies – also gave a letter to NOEM, which was pressurizing to rethink it. He warned that any downsizing of the intelligence agency can prevent “important intelligence” from reaching the officers and investigators whose work is to detect and disrupt threats and can create a “dangerous blind spot” in our homeland security network.
,[Intelligence and Analysis] The American intelligence with a legal mandate to share the danger information with the state and local partners is the only component of the American intelligence community, “stated in the letter.” The current danger makes us partnership with the landscape [Intelligence and Analysis] More important than ever. The Middle East struggles enhances the risks of foreign-guided and domestic violent extremism, as displayed by the recent antisementic attacks in the boulder, Colorado. Transiorate criminal organizations continue to transfer the Phantanile trafficking routes, requiring real -time intelligence information that they disrupt deadly substances before reaching our streets… weak [Intelligence & Analysis] Will reduce our ability to detect and stop the dangers before it is. ,
The Mike Army, the President of the National Fusion Center Association, also wrote a network of 2,000 public safety officers working as a hub of information sharing and analysis of the danger analysis. He warned that “in any deficiency” [Intelligence and Analysis’] Field-based appearance, staffing, or engagement capabilities will negatively affect the important information flow and coordination required to identify and reduce emerging hazards for our communities. ,
Within the National Sheriffs Association, the leaders gave a similar message to the leaders of the Congress last month, who wrote in a letter to the GOP Rape Tom Coal of the House Appropriation Committee Chairman Oklahoma, “”[Intelligence & Analysis] Many regional fusion centers of the country are an important partner in operations … at the center of detecting dangers from organized crime, dangers for election protection and the expansion of domesticity of domestic violence. ,
Last month, DHS Activated its National Terrorism Advisory SystemNationwide more than 18,000 law enforcement agencies “to be alert to violent extremists and hatred criminals, seeking to attack Jews, Israeli supporters, or US government or army -related targets in the motherland.”
Bulletin read, “The US law enforcement has disrupted several potentially deadly Iranian -backed plots in the United States since 2020.” “During this time limit, the Iranian government has also failed to fail its rule which are located in the motherland for a deadly attack.
Office within the intelligence community, including CIA And National Security AgencySimilar procurement and workforce deduction have been faced in recent months, as well as Nation’s top cyber defense agency,
Cuts were First reported by Nextgow/FCW,
The Intelligence Wing of DHS has faced some criticism for the collection of intelligence on journalists and protesters during the George Floid protests in 2020 in recent years, as well as failure to transmit further significant intelligence. January 6, 2021, Capital Riot,
Testifying to the Congress, Matthew Kozma, Trump’s new pick intelligence and analysis, underlining the importance of strengthening the talent pipeline of the federal government, telling MPs, ” [the agency’s] Analysts are informed, educated and trained on the latest information and toolsets, which are to better apply the knowledge, insight and acumen available for the achievement of the mission. ,
Kozma said in his initial statement, “Our intelligence and analytical tradecraft requires a unique combination of skills, curiosity, dedication, vigilance and reliableness to ensure that the information and intellect we remove and share is correct, broad, and corroborated.”
