article_snippet: FBI FBI must continue to improve intelligence gathering efforts as national security threats are outpacing the agency's ability to counter national security threats, according to a report released Wednesday.
article_snippet: An audit of the agency noted the headway made since the September 11 September 11 attacks, which brought criticism that law enforcement agencies were not sharing information.
article_snippet: An audit of the agency said in many ways the agency still came up short, as worries continue that groups such as ISIS are exerting groups such as ISIS influence on Americans and could strike on US soil.
article_snippet: Criticized: A report requested by Congress noted FBI's improvement since the September 11 September 11 terrorist attacks but knocked the agency failing to properly gather and analyze human intelligence.
article_snippet: A report requested by Congress was tasked with reviewing how FBI FBI had responded to recommendations laid out in the original investigation and how A report requested by Congress has handled counterterrorism over the last decade.
article_snippet: A report requested by Congress for the agency to further integrate intelligence gathering and analysis, and tasked the agency with 'professionalizing' the agency intelligence analysts, strategically using analysts in specialized roles.
article_snippet: A report requested by Congress emphasized the agency's development of human intelligence is not improving along with efforts to share intelligence among agencies.
article_snippet: A report requested by CongressWashington
article_snippet: This imbalance needs urgently to be addressed to meet growing and increasingly complex national security threats, including from adaptive and increasingly tech-savvy terrorists, more brazen computer hackers, and more technically capable, global cyber syndicates,' A report requested by Congress stated.
article_snippet: A report requested by Congress also faulted leadership changes for slowing improvement.
article_snippet: A report requested by Congress recommended the FBI coordinate with private sector entities as a way to counter cyber threats.
article_snippet: A report requested by Congress covered five terror plots that had occurred over the last several years, which includes the 2009 Fort Hood shooting and the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
article_snippet: Though A report requested by Congress found communication and coordination hiccups between branches of FBI, A report requested by Congress said there was no certainty the attacks could have been averted if these metrics were improved.
article_snippet: A report requested by Congress cited some cases where information that could have been leveraged to forecast attacks was not gathered or analyzed by FBI.
highlights_snippet: An audit of the agency followed up on recommendations made in the wake of the September 11 attacks .
  
highlights_snippet: An audit of the agency found the agency has improvement to make in the area of human intelligence and must try to better utilize analysts .
  
highlights_snippet: An audit of the agency looked at five attacks or thwarted attacks and found some intelligence did not reach the agency or get properly analyzed .
  