CIA and DIA in conflict?

[ishtat]

The CIA exists for all sorts of reasons and roles. The DIA's role is less clear to me as an outsider, but it appears that its advice is sometimes sought by military brass because it is more palatable than that given by the CIA. Is the DIA more inclined to tell the brass what they want to hear?

The US military, especially army, has a history of ignoring CIA advice from at least Korea (Yalu river advance) onwards. Has this issue become institutionalized with an expanded DIA, and particularly following weak CIA leadership in recent years? Does anything need to be fixed?

 

[Rightguide]

The CIA exists for all sorts of reasons and roles. The DIA's role is less clear to me as an outsider, but it appears that its advice is sometimes sought by military brass because it is more palatable than that given by the CIA. Is the DIA more inclined to tell the brass what they want to hear?

The US military, especially army, has a history of ignoring CIA advice from at least Korea (Yalu river advance) onwards. Has this issue become institutionalized with an expanded DIA, and particularly following weak CIA leadership in recent years? Does anything need to be fixed?

Here ya go:

"DIA and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) are distinct organizations with different functions. DIA focuses on national level defense-military topics, while CIA is concentrated on broader, more general intelligence needs of the President and Cabinet. Additionally, due to DIA's designation as a combat support agency, it has special responsibilities in meeting intelligence requirements specifically for the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Combatant Commanders, both in peace and at war. Although there are misconceptions in the media and public about the DIA–CIA rivalry, the two agencies have a mutually beneficial relationship and division of labor. According to a former senior U.S official who worked with both agencies, "the CIA doesn't want to be looking for surface-to-air missiles in Libya" while it is also tasked with evaluating the Syrian opposition.[8] CIA and DIA Operations Officers all go through the same type of clandestine training at an interagency Defense installation under CIA administration, best known in popular culture by its CIA nickname "The Farm"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Intelligence_Agency

 

[pecksniff]

Don't see why we need more than one intelligence agency anyway.

 

[Dribble]

Whoever gave the info on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq should be disbanded. Total fucked up