Travers argues that information sharing in general has improved significantly since the attacks of 9/11. He proceeds to deconstruct many popular arguments made by others claiming that intelligence gathering and information sharing, as practiced by entities in the United States today, are flawed. He also discusses legal, policy-based, and regulatory obstacles that impair reasonable intelligence and information collection and processing.
After reading this piece, complete the following:
- Define the concepts of intelligence versus information.
- Do differences in these terms matter?
- How might either be easier-or more difficult-to share with other agencies?
- Also consider if some levels of government or sectors of society might be more or less amenable to sharing information.
- Research, summarize, critically evaluate, and report at least 3 of the significant information-sharing problems and challenges.
- For each of these challenges, use or dispute at least 2 of Travers' main arguments that he makes in his paper to explain or justify these challenges.
- Make certain to connect Travers' arguments to the report's challenges that you select.