Competition of superiority is one area that hinders American security agencies from having an efficient and reliable cooperation.
This is not healthy for the nations safety. When the CIA compete with FBI on who can provide the accurate security intelligence cooperation is put at risk.
This makes vital information not to land on responsible security agency desk for action. The same with other security entities.
If DHS cannot work together as a team with U.S. Coast Guard, then responding to a disaster cannot be timely.