Our Intelligence Community OUGHT NOT Outsource It's Intelligence Gathering to Non-Government Third Parties. That's Asking For Trouble. // Open Letter to President Trump Dear President Trump, I want to see a Presidential Directive / Executive Order that compels ALL independent agencies to acquire their information ("intelligence") exclusively from the US Government agencies and personnel.  In other words, ALL intelligence must be gathered by US employees as the primary source.    I want your order to DISALLOW outsourcing of intelligence to third parties that are NOT the US Government In other words, the OPM can gather information for the CIA.  The CIA can gather information for the NSA and vice versa; with redactions and secrecy protections that exist already (CIA cannot spy on US citizens, for example, but NSA can; I'm saying "without compromising privacy and secrecy protections that already exist") What I no longer want to see is the CIA outsourcing to FUSION GPS.  Even if there were a group that is apolitical in nature, I would still find it wholly unacceptable even with some kind of 'certification' process.  I'm saying that we cannot tolerate outsourcing intelligence to ANY entity other than the US government itself.   If it cannot gather the necessary intelliigenc, then it must propose legislation.  I posit that if it cannot gather what they believe "is necessary" then they should consider WHY THEY CANNOT--for example, their inability to gather the intelligence should spur the question of why they need that information in the first place and also the question of whether there is a reason they don't have access to that information; a reason such as having that information is against the law, or there is a culural or value-judgment based reason why they should NOT have that information (for example: we think it's unamerican for the government to spy on citizens for no good reason) Thank you for your consideration