UPI's Hess writes: "…an overhaul of the intelligence community's ability to penetrate terrorist cells to collect information" has a "price tag" of $1.7 billion over a 5-year period beginning in 2004.
"Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance" capabilities would be enhanced "with an infusion of $1.6 billion per year over the next six years, with the emphasis on tying together unmanned aerial vehicles, manned platforms, space-based sensors and databases into a seamless whole. The money would also be invested in developing 'a rich set of new ground sensor capabilities' that would be specially focused on watching small terrorist cells."
Another $1 billion a year is earmarked for research and development in sensor and "agent defeat" technologies.
It could take as much as $800 million to enhance "counter-terrorism capabilities" by adding 500 people over the next 18 months who would, according to the report, "focus on understanding effects of globalization, radicalism, cultures, religions, economics, etc., to better characterize potential adversaries."
"Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance" capabilities would be enhanced "with an infusion of $1.6 billion per year over the next six years, with the emphasis on tying together unmanned aerial vehicles, manned platforms, space-based sensors and databases into a seamless whole. The money would also be invested in developing 'a rich set of new ground sensor capabilities' that would be specially focused on watching small terrorist cells."
Another $1 billion a year is earmarked for research and development in sensor and "agent defeat" technologies.
It could take as much as $800 million to enhance "counter-terrorism capabilities" by adding 500 people over the next 18 months who would, according to the report, "focus on understanding effects of globalization, radicalism, cultures, religions, economics, etc., to better characterize potential adversaries."