APUNTES Y PROPUESTAS PARA LA COOPERACIÓN EN MATERIA DE INTELIGENCIA
Cooperation in the intelligence fi eld, has been a matter of undeniable complexity in all times, notwithstanding sources and methods commitment risks, existing suspicion between allies that may become enemies, and the unavoidable mistrust still existing between intelligence bodies within the country itself, has experienced signi fi cant growth in the last few decades as a result of the emergence of global threats such as terrorism and transnational organized crime among others, and the development of regional and sub regional integration processes, with the subsequent development of common interests. Latin America has witnessed essential changes in this fi eld. From past hemispheric-wide cooperation to fi ght against international communist movements, intelligence cooperation is now focused on public security issues in sub regions, supported basically by different mechanisms, but based on each sub region’s speci fi c needs. Today, UNASUR proposes the possibility and the challenge to develop institutionalized intelligence cooperation mechanisms, both in the fi elds of defense and of public security. This articler explores the history of intelligence cooperation in the region, along with the new opportunities/challenges
U.S. Intelligence Community
“You can’t handle the truth!” exclaimed Col. Nathan R. Jessup played by Jack Nicholson in the 1992 legal drama A Few Good Men . “Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. … You don’t want the truth, because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall” [1].
One Team, One Fight
This article examines the relationship between the operations community and the intelligence community in the United States Coast Guard using the rules of marriage as a metaphor. Operations and intelligence are two strategic priorities of the Western Hemisphere Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime, and must collaborate in order to keep borders secure. A vital aspect of cooperation is effective communication, requiring operations and intelligence to share information and work together.