Bush signs executive orders to reform US intelligence
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President Bush on Friday signed executive orders designed to strengthen the CIA director&#39;s power over the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies and create a national counterterrorism center, responding to election-year pressures to enact changes called for by
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WASHINGTON, Aug 27  - US President George W. Bush will issue executive orders Friday to establish a national counter-terrorism center and temporarily expand the CIA director&#39;s powers to oversee intelligence, his spokesman said.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush said Saturday his newly enacted changes in the nation's intelligence community will "improve America's ability to find, track and stop dangerous terrorists," while Democratic critics said the election-season moves fall short of what is needed.    The president said the four executive orders he signed Friday, which give the CIA director additional power over the intelligence community until a new post of national intelligence director is created, establish a national counterterrorism center and promote intelligence-sharing across the government, "reflect specific recommendations" of an independent commission that investigated the Sept...
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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.
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The Senate sent the restructuring bill to the White House on Wednesday, where President Bush is expected to sign it into law next week, setting in motion the first major changes in the U.S. intelligence community since the CIA was established in 1947.
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President Bush on Friday signed the largest overhaul of US 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.
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President George W. Bush yesterday signed the largest overhaul of US 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.
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Congress has passed â-nd President Bush will sign â -istoric piece of legislation that will revamp the nation&#39;s intelligence system.
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President George W. Bush issued Executive Orders and directives Friday to improve government counter-terrorism capabilities, the White House said.
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President George W. Bush signed into law a bill creating a director to oversee US intelligence gathering and making other changes the Sept.
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President Bush today signed an executive order governing the interrogation of terrorism suspects by the CIA and barring torture, degrading treatment and serious acts of violence, the White House announced.
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US President George W Bush says his Government is heeding the September 11 commission&#39;s call to reform US intelligence and will take measures to improve its ability &quot;to find, track and stop dangerous terrorists&quot;.
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The US Congress on Wednesday gave final approval to the biggest overhaul of US spy agencies in more than 50 years, sending the bill to President Bush for his signature.
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WASHINGTON - Amid a heated election-year debate on intelligence reform, President Bush signed executive orders Friday strengthening the powers of the CIA director and establishing a new national counterterrorism center.    The moves will "improve our ability to find, track and stop terrorists," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said...
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The US Congress approved the biggest overhaul of US intelligence agencies in over 50 years on Wednesday, sending the bill that creates a new director of national intelligence demanded after Sept.
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President Bush is signing into law the largest overhaul of U.S. intelligence gathering in 50 years, hoping to improve the spy network that failed to prevent the Sept. 11 attacks.
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After false starts and stops, the largest overhaul of the US intelligence-gathering system in 50 years was signed into law by President Bush yesterday.