| ID | 188272 |
| Title Proper | Botching Bio-Surveillance |
| Other Title Information | the Department of Homeland Security and COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Tromblay, Darren E |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The global COVID-19 pandemic was an intelligence failure, with a death toll orders of magnitude greater than the 11 September 2001 (9/11) attacks on the United States. Multiple factors—of both political and policy natures—contributed to the catastrophe. One area that warrants scrutiny is the United States’ capability for bio-surveillance: identifying the presence of a pathogen before it can take hold within a population. Since 2003, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has had a responsibility for one line of defense against biological disasters and yet has stumbled toward implementing that defense, while promising a sense of security that it cannot deliver. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence Vol. 35, No.1; Spring 2022: p.164-167 |
| Journal Source | International Journal of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence Vol: 35 No 1 |
| Key Words | Department of Homeland Security ; Covid-19 Pandemic ; Bio-Surveillance |