Without adequate intelligence, the United States has a hard time isolating the guerrillas who stalk its troops, plant bombs on the roads and launch mortars at its bases.
"Having previously served on active duty, I am highly disturbed by reports that the American President sent our troops into harm's way without adequate intelligence or adequate ground support," Lieu said in a statement about his letter to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.
As a result of the Police Commissioner's orders, the three officers responsible for developing the tactical plan did so hastily and without sufficient information or adequate intelligence.
When Tim Russert on "Meet the Press" gave her the opening to say she had been misled when she voted for the Senate resolution authorizing war, Senator Clinton countered with a hard line: "There was certainly adequate intelligence without it being gilded and exaggerated by the administration to raise questions about chemical and biological programs and a continuing effort to obtain nuclear power".
By military analogy, adequate intelligence of enemy plans can, in principle, help to construct appropriate countermeasures.
Without adequate background checks, the report says, the program exposes Department of Homeland Security intelligence systems to "inappropriate or unauthorized access".
The public deserves a full accounting (backed by subpoenas, if necessary) of how prewar intelligence was cooked, why American troops were sent to war without adequate armor, and where billions of dollars in reconstruction aid disappeared to.
The Financial Conduct Authority said that developments, which include artificial intelligence and blockchain technology for financial transactions, could race ahead without adequate regulations in place, potentially undermining the strength of London as a financial centre.
Instead, Congress is headed toward renewing the provisions — including expanded authority to search financial records, conduct roving wiretaps and track "lone wolf" terrorist suspects — without adequate oversight or safeguards or touching other problematic areas of the new surveillance and intelligence framework.
But, the FCO note, continued: "The security service have told us that there was a small number of isolated cases in 1983 when the CIA approached British individuals with a view to seeking information about cases in which hostile intelligence services were involved in attempts to acquire illegally western technology, without adequate consultation in advance with the British authorities.
In the first ruling expected next month the IPT will rule on whether the intelligence services have routinely intercepting legally privileged communications in sensitive security cases without adequate safeguards.
