Anyone who has ever worked near federal LE (I did) knows that the FBI and CIA have never shared anything with one another. They are most happy when the other agency is sitting with egg on their faces. In general, federal agencies do not share information--it's a territorial pi$$ing contest--your tax dollars at work!
This is not just a federal problem--the problem is just as applicable at the state, county and municipal levels.
It would be nice, considering our current crisis, that this mentality would change, but I seriously doubt it.
I hope it does. It needs to happen.
That's right; nor, is it a new problem, either.
I recall in military law enforcement there was the reg beat guys, then came MPI & when something was really serious, in came CID.
CID never discussed anything (outside of an interview/interrogation setting) with MPI; nevermind the reg MPs.
The feeling I got from these Special Agents? (~at least from the POV of a Desk Sgt.)
Was that CID was a very closed organization.
The CID guys didn't trust anyone outside of their office with any details concerning any investigation, whatsoever.
Seems insodoing?
CID would put themselves in the best possible position for the control of leaks &/or compromise(s) -- for any reason -- nearly 100% of the time on any given case.
Just might be these various governmental policing agencies have a pecking order, too; and, for damned good reason(s).
Especially in these highly charged & ultra-politicized times?
[read: the NEED to control various *infestations* of Leftist-Socialist Clintonistas, for example?]
Perfect synch would mean there'd have to be an understanding as to what kind of information would justify...even compell a sharing of information; &, most imporatntly, when one of these exchanges would take place.
*Not* an easy thing to do between individuals (as witnessed here amoung we conservatives); nevermind, huge, bloated bureaucracies the size of what we're speaking about, here.
National good or no national good.
"It would be nice, considering our current crisis, that this mentality would change, but I seriously doubt it."
Yea-yea...
Got to wait for the afterlife for that kind of scenario, Angel. ;^)
...I'm afraid a certain level of discoordination's actually built into the *system*, Learned1; on purpose.