CIA director: US government will need to ‘overhaul’ how it engages with partners

Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan used his appearance at Global Partnerships Week in Washington, D.C. on Monday to make the case for broader cooperation between security agencies and the aid and development community, both within government and among nongovernmental organizations and the private sector.

“If we’re going to address the horrific horrific challenges that are out there associated with terrorism, if we are going to address the devastating humanitarian disasters, I really do believe that our government needs to find mechanisms that are able to tap more effectively into the various capabilities that are represented here today,” he told the audience of government, NGO and private sector professionals who work on partnerships.

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