The Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Is Forcing the U.S. Intelligence Community To Change How It Works

Charles Clancy, The Hill: COVID-19 is forcing the intelligence community to think outside the SCIF

The COVID-19 outbreak is forcing all federal agencies to contemplate teleworking at scale. This creates unique challenges for the secretive intelligence community (IC), whose culture is anchored in security clearances, windowless buildings, classified computer networks, and in-person meetings with trusted colleagues. This cultural identity is not conducive to accomplishing missions during a prolonged pandemic, and its workforce must be effective outside Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs).

This comes while intelligence tradecraft is radically shifting. New technology is altering notions of connectivity and privacy. Open-source data is king. Commercial intelligence companies are blossoming. From satellite imagery to cell phone tracking data, intelligence is mainstream and being monetized by everyone from Wall Street to Silicon Valley.

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WNU Editor: The intelligence community and its workforce cannot operate from home with current existing technologies. The above analysis is correct that how federal agencies operated in the past is not feasible in the current environment.

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