Bush Unveils Intel Plan, Falls Short of 9/11 Panel
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President Bush submitted a plan to  the U.S. Congress on Thursday that gives a new national  intelligence director authority over much of the intelligence  community, but not the full powers sought by the Sept. 11  commission and key lawmakers, documents show.
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President George W. Bush said on   Tuesday a secret intelligence report that concluded the Iraq   war had spread Islamic extremism would be made public and   accused opponents of leaking it for political purposes.
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The Pentagon is drawing up a plan that  would give the U.S. military a more prominent  intelligence-gathering role, including operations targeting  terror groups and those involved in weapons proliferation, The  New York Times reported in its Sunday edition.
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Terrorists today would have a tougher time plotting and carrying out attacks like the ones of Sept. 11 because of security improvements in the past five years, President Bush said Thursday.
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President Bush sought Thursday to defend his record on fighting terrorism in the wake of a bleak intelligence assessment as he flew South on a campaign outing with the midterm elections drawing near.
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THE BILL TO reform US intelligence operations only seems like itâs been around since the Cold War ended. It is a product of the 9/11 Commissionâs final report, incorporating many of its key recommendations.
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Five years after the September 11   attacks, the Bush administration still does not fully   understand the threat from al Qaeda, a congressional report   released on Wednesday said.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 26, 2004 - The White House has drafted executive orders aimed at implementing the Sept. 11 commission&#39;s recommendations for a more powerful intelligence director and a new national counterterrorism center.
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In response to recommendations by the 9/11 panel, President Bush signed executive orders Friday that sources say strengthen the hand of the CIA director and create a national counterrorism center.
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U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged on Thursday his Iraq strategy had made limited progress but said he would wait for a September security report before considering a change of course.
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President Bush stepped up pressure  on Congress on Wednesday to cut a deal to reform U.S. spy  agencies, and sources close to the negotiations said a new  national intelligence director appeared unlikely to get the  full powers sought by the Sept. 11 commission.
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The plan would give the proposed national director responsibility for intelligence-gathering of the C.I.A. and the Pentagon.
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President Bush on Friday signed the largest overhaul of U.S. intelligence-gathering in a half century, aiming to transform a system designed for Cold War threats so it can deal effectively with the post-Sept. 11 scourge of terrorism.
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President George W. Bush on Tuesday   said the U.S. government would declassify an intelligence   document that analyzes the Iraq war's effect on terrorism.
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President Bush said Saturday his newly enacted changes in the nation&#39;s intelligence community will &quot;improve America&#39;s ability to find, track and stop dangerous
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Despite its flaws, the intelligence reform bill awaiting the president&#39;s signature is a major step toward improving the nation&#39;s ability to prevent future terrorist attacks.
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The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency will have broad new powers under a plan by President Bush to streamline intelligence gathering in an era of terrorist threats.