FBI Gets A Broader Role In Coordinating Domestic Intelligence Activities -- Washington PostThe FBI has been given an expanded role in coordinating the domestic intelligence-gathering activities of the CIA and other agencies under a plan enacted this year by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr., officials said.
The bureau’s highest-ranking field agents now also serve as the DNI’s representatives across the country. The change is intended to improve collaboration, but some officials say it has created new friction between the FBI and CIA.
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My Comment: What I find interesting about this story is not the fact that the FBI has now been given a huge role in coordinating domestic intelligence activities .... but the lack of coverage of this expansion in the media. This has far reaching implications on privacy issues and where the line will be drawn on domestic surveillance .... but with the exception of the Washington Post .... no one else is covering it.
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