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PCWorld.com - Study: CIA Behind the Times in IT
Topic: Miscellaneous 3:52 pm EDT, May 29, 2003

] Among other problems, Berkowitz found that CIA analysts
] must bounce between multiple, isolated systems to gather
] information, including separate systems on each desk for
] accessing the CIA's classified network and using the
] public Internet.
]
] DI agents have no easy way to share classified
] information with authorized intelligence personnel
] outside of the CIA or access information stored in other
] classified information networks within the government,
] such as those at the U.S. Department of Defense.
]
] "The result is that DI analysts work in an IT environment
] that is largely isolated from the outside world. If they
] need to do work that is classified in any way, there is
] virtually no alternative other than to use the CIA's own,
] restricted system," the report said.
]
] Contrary to popular depictions of CIA agents using
] cutting-edge information-gathering technology, Berkowitz
] found that DI analysts lack access to even the most
] common information searching technology, such as
] Web-based search engines, for conducting intelligence
] analysis, relying largely on a 1970s-era database called
] CIRAS, for Corporate Information Retrieval and Storage.

Central Intelligence Agency. Does that name really apply anymore?

PCWorld.com - Study: CIA Behind the Times in IT



 
 
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