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Louis Freeh

Collecting intelligence information is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You know, in hindsight It's great. The problem is there's a million dots at the time.

Louis Freeh

Intelligence

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Gathering intelligence involves receiving an overwhelming amount of information all at once, making it difficult to process or understand in real time. Only after the fact can you see how valuable the information was, but while it’s happening, it feels chaotic and confusing.

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