Senate Wants Intel Chief With Budget Say
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The committee writing the Senate's intelligence reorganization plan is recommending creation of a strong national intelligence director with spending power, while leaving the Pentagon in charge of some military spy agencies.
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ASHINGTON, Aug. 17  Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and a key Senate chairman signaled today that they favor a slower, more cautious approach to revamping the United States intelligence network than has been advocated by the Sept.
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For what could become the third year in a row, the Senate on Tuesday evening did not  pass an Intelligence Authorization Bill, over the objection of a lone Republican senator whose name is being protected by his colleagues.
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Bush's $46 billion request for Iraq and Afghanistan offers an opening, says the head of the Senate Armed Services committee.
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Draft Senate Intelligence Committee legislation would create a national intelligence director with authority over spending, hiring and firing, powers the White House has not explicitly endorsed but three former spymasters said Monday would be crucial to coordinating multiple agencies.
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A leading Republican senator on  Sunday unveiled a plan to reform U.S. intelligence operations,  including giving increased budget and firing powers to a new  director.
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The Senate prepared Wednesday to fulfill an election year promise by approving a massive reorganization of the U.S. intelligence network in line with some recommendations the Sept. 11 commission suggested after finding widespread failures.
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A U.S. senator plans to introduce a bill that seeks to increase funding for research and science education in an effort to kick start efforts to pass legislation to improve U.S. competitiveness.
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Description: Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) proposes a plan to dismantle the CIA and reorganize other intelligence agencies under a powerful intelligence director with vast control over budgets and personnel.
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The Republican chairman of the Senate intelligence committee unveiled a radical proposal yesterday to remove most of the nation's major intelligence-gathering operations from the CIA and Pentagon and place them directly under the control of a new national intelligence director.
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Congress detailed plans Wednesday to move quickly on reorganization of the nation's intelligence community, with House leaders promising action before the Nov. 2 election and Senate leaders saying they want a new intelligence director to control most of the nation's intelligence budget.
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The Bush administration has yet to name a new national intelligence director, and the Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat says he wants an explanation. The position, created in last year's intelligence reorganization bill, has been open for more than eight weeks.
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GOVERNMENT:The legislation, expected to pass the Senate today, creates a national intelligence director who will oversee more than a dozen agencies.
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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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A Senate famous for its "deliberative pace" is hoping to rush out bills this week bolstering pensions, raising the minimum wage and cutting taxes before departing the Capitol and shifting their re-election campaigns into high gear.
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Intelligence agencies are about to undergo a much-needed overhaul. To ensure success, the president will need to appoint a strong director.
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Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., is proposing legislation to overhaul the intelligence community, recreating it as a National Intelligence Service. Among changes he proposes: