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Anti-terrorism reorganization a 'mess'
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Despite better communication, U.S. anti-terrorism agencies struggle with high-level turnover, overlapping workloads and bureaucratic rivalry, a report said.
On the positive side in a sweeping reorganization sparked by the 2001 U.S. terror attacks, the new National Counterterrorism Center oversees three video conferences a day that link officials and 5,000 government analysts.
While that sharing is an improvement, "it certainly isn't pretty," Gregory Treverton, former vice chairman of the National Intelligence Council, told The New York Times.
Treverton described a "food fight" between the NCTC and the CIA's Counterterrorist Center. He also described relations between federal, state and local law enforcement as "a complete mess."
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she was concerned about National
Intelligence Director...
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