Unfunded homeland security demands are taxing the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, which, along with its intelligence agency counterparts, is in the middle of a difficult balancing act to deal with the military's operational requirements, domestic concerns and the need to modernize. With the creation of the Homeland Security Dept. late last month, the intelligence agencies now have two large masters to serve, the new bureaucracy and their historic customer, the Defense Dept., notes NIMA director USAF Lt. Gen. (ret.) Tames R. Clapper. How that will affect the operations of the intelligence agencies isn't clear, he added, noting that there are policy and financial resource issues that have yet to be addressed.
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机译：没有资金的国土安全需求使国家图像和地图局（National Imagery and Mapping Agency）负担沉重，该局与情报机构的同行一起正处于艰难的平衡行动之中，以处理军方的作战需求，国内关注和现代化需求。 NIMA负责人美国空军中将（驯服）指出，随着上个月底国土安全部的建立，情报机构现在有两个主要的主人，即新官僚机构及其历史客户国防部。 R.克拉珀。他补充说，目前尚不清楚这将如何影响情报机构的运作，并指出仍有政策和财政资源问题尚待解决。
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