Report: U.S. intelligence community inefficient, unmanageable

By the CNN Wire Staff

July 19, 2010 11:52 a.m. EDT

Washington (CNN) -- The September 11, 2001, attacks have led to an intelligence community so large and unwieldy that it's unmanageable and inefficient -- and no one knows how much it costs, according to a two-year investigation by the Washington Post.

Ahead of the publication, many in the intelligence community worried that the stories would disclose too much information about contractors and the classified tasks they handle.