US spies to rely more on allies due to budget austerity
WASHINGTON - US intelligence agencies will rely increasingly on international allies for information sharing as budgets tighten in the current climate of austerity, a senior intelligence official said on Thursday.
"Our dependency on our allies ... is going to grow," Defense Intelligence Agency Deputy Director David Shedd said. He was speaking at a Center for Strategic and International Studies forum on information sharing.
Why on earth would he say such a thing in public? |
To make sure no one can point a finger at him when something goes kaboom here at home... |
Posted by: 2012-01-27 |