FBI whistleblower says agency suffers from info overload (Coleen Rowley)

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON -- Outspoken Minneapolis FBI agent Coleen Rowley, appearing on a panel for the nonpartisan Eisenhower Foundation on Wednesday, warned that counter-terrorism agents now are swamped with intelligence data and have "too many dots" to connect.

Continuing to press her concerns publicly in her last months as an active agent, Rowley also questioned the need for an intelligence "czar," a central recommendation of the 9/11 commission.

She said the bureau's dramatic shift to focus its resources on terrorism has resulted in "a huge pendulum swing . . . from the mistakes of overcomplacency before Sept. 11. Now we're perhaps embarking on what I call the uncharted waters of massive intelligence collection.

"That changes the problem, and it also changes the mistakes and the errors that are being made now," she said.

http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=FBI-ROWLEY-09-08-04

[shraby]

1. Seems I remember reading that was

a problem the KGB had when Russia was in full bloom. They had so much data on everyone it overwhelmed them and became almost useless.

[eridani]

2. That's what the PATRIOT Act is for

If your problem is finding the needle in a haystack, obviously what you need in hundreds of millions more tons of hay!

[Spinzonner]

3. Gee, where's Poindexter when you need him ?

[Rose Siding]

4. She's retiring

I liked knowing she was there. :(

[TacticalPeek]

5. "I liked knowing she was there."

Got that right. :(

[goforit]

6. Isn't this just what the Bush's wanted????........Total Chaos???

[Mizmoon]

7. They got time to bust Tommy Chong for selling bongs

the priorities are whacko!