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Much of intelligence remains understandably focused on external terror threats, reports Homeland Security Today. DHS’s own Charlie Allen is quoted in the piece from the stage of the GEOINT Symposium urging for a more “all-hazards approach” to intel:

“Terrorism is not the only threat we face that approaches from afar,” Allen said. “Drug traffickers and alien smugglers attempt to evade our border security procedures daily. As DHS intelligence analysts monitor the activities of international terrorists, we remain on guard against the possibility that Latin American drug trafficking organizations, which have long successfully penetrated our borders and have extensive logistics networks, might support such a terrorist undertaking.”

Here are some other interesting entries we’ve found on the internet about the GEOINT Symposium:

Geospatial Solutions says attending GEOINT 2008 was like drinking from a fire hose.

A personal blog from one exhibitor puts into perspective some of the duties of working the show floor at the symposium.

“It’s having the ability, once you know who you’re after, to study and watch very steadily and consistently — persistently,” said retired Lt. Gen. James Clapper of the recent Predator capabilities in an Washington Post article about the tacit deal on airstrikes the U.S. and Pakistan apparently has reached.

Tags: Charles Allen, Clapper, DHS, GEOINT, Pakistan, Terrorism, USDI