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From Secrecy News:

DNI ISSUES NEW INFORMATION SHARING STRATEGY

A new "Information Sharing Strategy" from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence warns that traditional security practices that restrict disclosure of information have become counterproductive.

"The Intelligence Community's 'need to know' culture, a necessity during the Cold War, is now a handicap that threatens our ability to uncover, respond, and protect against terrorism and other asymmetric threats," the document declares.

The new Strategy defines information sharing goals and as well as near-term and long-term implementation objectives. Goals include uniform government-wide information policies, improved connectivity, and increased inter-agency collaboration.

Notably absent from the document is any role for the public in information sharing. The DNI Strategy has no place for the notion of an engaged citizenry that has intelligence information needs of its own.

A copy of the new Strategy, which has not yet been released, was obtained by Secrecy News. See "U.S. Intelligence Community Information Sharing Strategy, "February 22, 2008:

http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/iss.pdf

In December 2007, DNI McConnell issued Intelligence Community Policy Memorandum (ICPM) 2007-500-3 on "Intelligence Information Sharing." A copy of the document, which has not been publicly released, is here:

http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/icpm/2007-500-3.pdf

Two related IC Policy Memoranda, which have been officially released, are these: "Preparing Intelligence to Meet the Intelligence Community's' Responsibility to Provide'," ICPM 2007-200-2, December 11, 2007:

http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/icpm/2007-200-2.pdf

"Unevaluated Domestic Threat Tearline Reports," ICPM 007-500-1, November 19, 2007:

http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/icpm/2007-500-1.pdf

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