Counterterrorism information sharing among agencies remains fragmented and haphazard, according to a new Government Accountability Office report. And as an emblem of the institutional turf battles that worsen the problem, the government’s top intelligence official has rejected the auditors’ authority to analyze the problem. John Negroponte, director of national intelligence, declined to comment directly on GAO’s report, saying that the review of intelligence activities is “beyond GAO’s purview.” GAO rejected that assessment. Full Story