Feathers fly as CIA breakup plan triggers partisan brawl
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WASHINGTON : A Republican plan to break up the CIA as part of a general intelligence overhaul touched off a major partisan brawl as the head of the US spy agency joined outmaneuvered Democrats in describing the proposal as &quot;a step backward.
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The moves send tremors through CIA headquarters, where officers fret Goss is acting too hastily to bring in potentially partisan members of GOP-run House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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The acting director of the Central  Intelligence Agency said on Monday he would resist a lawmaker's  proposal to dismantle the agency, joining other opponents who  labeled the plan a mistake.
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Former CIA director George J. Tenet Wednesday criticized an intelligence restructuring bill's plan to create a director of national intelligence, saying it would separate the new intelligence chief from direct control over the case officers and analysts who are overseas and "taking risks."
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WASHINGTON, Nov 15  - The shakeup of the CIA under its new director Porter Goss has led to an &quot;implosion&quot; at the US intelligence agency, a top Democrat in Congress charged Monday, as two officials in the agency`s clandestine service joined an exodus
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Washington -- A fierce dispute over the powers of a new national intelligence director threatened Friday to derail congressional negotiations aimed at completing an intelligence reform bill before the Nov. 2 elections.
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The departure of senior personnel from the CIA continued yesterday with the resignation of two leading spymasters, deepening fears of low morale in the agency, and a backlash against the ambitious reform agenda of its new director.
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The new proposal by eight Republican senators to break up the CIA and the Pentagon&#39;s virtual lock on intelligence met with sharp opposition yesterday
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Around 50 key members quit to set up rival faction after accusations of theft and spying
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A plan to overhaul U.S. spy agencies  died on Saturday in the face of opposition from key Republicans  just hours after congressional negotiators thought they had  clinched a deal backed by the White House on the post-Sept. 11  reforms.
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Washington -- Congressional Democrats on Monday blasted the Senate Intelligence Committee chairman&#39;s proposal for breaking up the CIA and Defense Department spying operations, while the party&#39;s presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry, praised it.
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Nov. 15, 2004 - The high-level resignations at the CIA create an opportunity for it to refocus its anti-terrorism efforts, but there is a danger that the troubled spy agency could revert to outdated methods
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Countering severe criticism of the CIA, the agency's departing deputy director called for an end to the "tirades and hyperbole" that he said are hampering constructive debate about needed intelligence reform.
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A far-reaching proposal by Senate Republicans to dismantle the CIA and remove key intelligence agencies from the Pentagon ran into heavy political opposition
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Democrats and Republicans may clash over who did what when they put on military uniforms. But they are all but united in their taste in neckties.
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The long-simmering tensions between the White House and CIA are erupting into recriminations and resignations.
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REPUBLICANS have scuttled a bipartisan effort to reform the US intelligence community in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks.