Day: April 6, 2026

US  #Counterintelligence  #CIA  #FBI
The Analysis of the problems with the US Counterintelligence (it is dysfunctional and inefficient) and how the Secure Act intends to address them?
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US counterintelligence is currently deemed dysfunctional and inefficient due to fractured, myopic efforts, inadequate threat coverage (less than 10% of high-priority targets), and slow, bureaucratic processes. The SECURE Act aims to modernize this by shifting to an offensive mindset, enhancing interagency collaboration, and ensuring proactive technology adoption. [1, 2, 3] – AI Overview

Problems with US Counterintelligence

Fractured and Non-Strategic: Efforts are decentralized and often fail to adopt a comprehensive, nation-wide strategic view against adversaries, operating with little coordination among agency components.
Inefficient Personnel & Processes: Background investigations and security checks are slow, with backlogs in the thousands, and procedures for sharing intelligence are often cumbersome and delayed.
Failed Security Controls: Mismanagement of classified documents and weak monitoring of foreign personnel and intellectual property allow for easy penetration.
Lack of Offensive Action: There is a heavy reliance on defensive postures, with insufficient efforts to take the fight to the adversary, leaving many foreign intelligence activities in the US unchallenged.
Insider Threats: Insufficient focus on detecting and preventing insider threats, coupled with a lack of consistent “continuous evaluation” of cleared personnel. [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

How the SECURE Act Addresses These Issues

Offensive Strategy: The Act encourages a proactive approach that enables counterintelligence to control adversary perceptions and prevent threats, rather than just reacting to them.
Centralized Coordination: It focuses on bridging the gap between various intelligence services and Law Enforcement (LE), improving collaboration between the FBI and CIA.
Modernization: It pushes for the adoption of new technologies to handle cyber threats and sophisticated foreign operations.
Enhanced Security Oversight: It reinforces the need for strict, modernized control over classified documents and cybersecurity practices, addressing past failures in security management.
Personnel Security Reform: The act works towards tackling the slow clearance processes by reforming the personnel security system. [3, 4, 5, 9, 10]

AI responses may include mistakes.

[1]  oig.justice.gov/sites/defaul…
[2]  intelligence.house.gov/2025/…
[3]  thehill.com/opinion/national…
[4]  govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-…
[5]  sgp.fas.org/library/pfiab/fi…
[6]  justsecurity.org/117927/real…
[7]  dni.gov/files/NCSC/documents…
[8]  ieeexplore.ieee.org/document…
[9]  avalon.law.yale.edu/21st_cen…
[10]  amuedge.com/training-police-…

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— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Apr 6, 2026