POLITICO also r ecently revealed details about the existence of the office’s domestic intelligence program - one where staff previously conducted intelligence interviews with incarcerated people, circumventing their lawyers. And a 2021 internal review by the DHS office also found that its staff had mishandled intelligence collection during the civil unrest in Portland in the summer of 2020. Numerous news outlets, including POLITICO, have outlined those missteps over the last two years.

6 - a process that could have potentially helped stop the attack on the U.S. The changes at I&A come after years of allegations that DHS I&A did not do enough to share intelligence ahead of Jan. “Like any intelligence agency, a big part of our mission is not only to collect intelligence, but to make sure that we’re doing so within the guidelines and the rules and the laws and the Constitution that protect privacy and civil liberties,” said Wainstein, who was confirmed for the leadership role at I&A in June 2022. It will look at where I&A is spending its resources and ensure the office is doing enough to confront the growing threat posed by domestic violent extremists. Phase two of the review is underway but has not been finalized. The first phase of the review, which was recently completed, focuses on changes I&A will make to its management structures to ensure the staff is better trained and that there is proper oversight over intelligence collection processes, Wainstein said. KEN WAINSTEIN, the head of the department, said in an interview with NatSec Daily that the changes are the result of a two-part internal review to improve the department’s oversight. 6 and during the civil unrest in Portland in 2020.

The Department of Homeland Security’s office of intelligence and analysis notified Congress on Thursday that it is implementing a series of organizational changes after allegations that its staff mishandled intelligence collection and dissemination in the leadup to Jan. With help from Anthony Adragna, Connor O’Brien and Kierra Frazier The announcement of the changes came the same day the former leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, was convicted for a plot to keep Donald Trump in power by leading an attack on the Capitol on Jan.

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