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Lorry
Fenner
From:
LloydSalvetti
Sent:
Thursday, April 29, 2004
1:16
PM
To:
Lorry Fenner; Christine Healey
Cc:
Team
2
Subject:
RE: Pre-Meeting for Ridge meeting
Chris:
In
addition to the points Lorry raises in her note I have two Q's for possible use with Ridge:
1.)
In ourinterviewofHugheshesaid that
DHS/IA
has noautomated data handling system,nodata baseforcommon use and no data mining tools although DHS/IA has full connectivity with the intelligence anddefense communities.
What is his plan and priority for acquiring the IT systems that will enable
DHS
to integrate and analyze
intelligence
information from all sources? (I think the bigger
question
is:
what
are his IT
priorities
for
DHS, what
is his
timetable
and does he
have
the
resources (both peopleand$$$)toaccomplishhisobjectives?)
2.) Hughes said that the
flow
of information
from
the intelligence and law enforcement community is "not asgoodas itcouldbe"requiring DHS/IAto"pull" information
from
those communities rather than havingit"pushed"
to
DHS.
What are the biggest obstacles to carrying out his mission has he encountered
in
his department's relationships with the intelligence and law enforcement communities,especiallytheCIA,
TTIC
andthen FBI?
Who
has the
responsibility
for
communication
of
threat information
to
state/local
officials
- DHS
or
the
FBI?
Who
has the
responsibility
for
communication
of
threat information
to the
private sector
- DHS or
the FBI?
Good
luck,Lloyd
—Original
Message—
From:
Lorry
Fenner
Sent:
Thursday,
April
29,
2004 11:01
AMTo:
Christine Healey
Cc:
Team
2
Subject:
FW:
Pre-Meeting
for
Ridge meeting
At
the April hearing, the relationship between DHS/IA, TTIC, CTC and FBI's CTD is still unclear, can you
clarify
whatis thevalue addedofDHS/IAforyou/the departmentand to thenational securityingeneral?
Does
DHS/IAget all theinformationitneeds
from
TTIC, CIA, FBI, stateandlocalLE?Again
at the
hearing,
this
was
unclear,
who has
responsibility
for
operational
and strategic
level
warning
(as
opposed
to
tactical)
to the
President
and
senior leaders,
and to
ensure action
is
taken. Today
-
would
the FAA, INS, HHS, CDC,
Port
Authority, etc, take more appropriate measures in the months andyears (as opposed to the days) before a
9/11
based on IAIP and DHS work/activities?
If
the
Intelligence Community
was
reorganized
or new
DNIinstalled what would
be the
impact
on DHS
and specifically on IAIP?Thank you
5/12/2004
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