Intelligence officials' lack of business expertise jeopardizing America's economic security

The intelligence community lacks the business knowledge needed to provide Americans with economic security from foreign theft, coercion and competition, current and former U.S. intelligence officials say.

The officials see gaps in their ability to detect technological surprises and threats to national security emerging in the private sector, where adversaries such as China look to undermine and steal U.S. innovation.

Efforts to remedy the problems include changes to the spy agencies’ structure and new tools created in the private sector that can assist the government in analyzing America’s adversaries.