Years to buy computer systems. Palm Pilots treated like handguns. Technology innovation discouraged. Analysts unwilling and unable to share what they know with their colleagues.
These are just some of the things Hoover Institution fellow Bruce Berkowitz found in his tenure as a “scholar-in-residence” at the CIA, examining how the Agency uses information technology. His conclusion: the spooks don’t use it all that well.
Check out his report here.
(via /.)
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