I also agree that's part of the problem, things are so secret that each agency doesn't know what the other is doing and probably doesn't trust them, you know what I mean?
That would be interesting, but kind of leads to some sort of segregation, after all we should look at it that we are all in this together. So let's abolish the blue thingies instead
I don't think anyone can guarentee anything with it comes to security, the government is purposely ambiguous about this so people can't figure it out. Also one check could refer to a whole process and not just an individual act.