Pentagon Called Major Factor in Defeat of Intelligence Bill
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Lawmakers of both parties said today that the Pentagon played a clear role in the defeat of compromise legislation aimed at remaking U.S. intelligence.
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Washington -- Lawmakers Wednesday abandoned efforts to pass legislation restructuring the US intelligence system before Tuesday&#39;s election, with some warning that it may be impossible to reach an agreement even in time for a lame-duck session in mid
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The U.S. Congress on Saturday gave  final approval to a $422 billion bill for defense programs that  backs next year's round of military base closings and kills a  proposed $23.5 billion Air Force deal with Boeing Co. .
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Intelsat loses a satellite, which could mean lost millions for the defense contractor.
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Leading Republican and Democratic lawmakers continue to press for passage of a landmark bill to reform US intelligence agencies. The fate of the legislation appears to hinge on a few key
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The Senate Intelligence Committee rejected by one vote a proposal that would have cut money for the C.I.A.âs secret interrogation program for terrorism suspects.
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Sweeping plans to reform America&#39;s intelligence network have run into trouble after key Republicans in Congress objected to the legislation.
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The Senate intelligence committee yesterday produced a new bipartisan bill governing foreign intelligence surveillance conducted inside the United States, but objections by several Democratic lawmakers to some of its provisions raised questions about how quickly it might gain passage.
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Intel czar Mike McConnell told Congress a new law helped bring down a terror plot. The facts say otherwise.
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The House of Representatives on  Thursday rejected a Senate-passed spy agency overhaul clearing  the way for passage of a Republican-written measure that  critics said includes controversial provisions that could snarl  the bill in congressional wrangling.
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House Republicans who blocked the intelligence legislation said that the defense secretary's comments Tuesday bolster their claim that the administration's support of the measure has been tepid at best.
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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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WASHINGTON - A key Republican's proposal to break up the CIA and rearrange the Pentagon's spy agencies under a national intelligence director met immediate and broad resistance Monday. A top Senate Democrat called it a "severe mistake" and the agency's former director said it showed a "dangerous misunderstanding of the business of intelligence."   Critics began aligning to fight the proposal that would represent the most significant overhaul of U.S...
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Sweeping plans to reform the US spy network run into trouble after key Republicans in Congress object to the bill.
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_ Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld says accusations by some in Congress that he lobbied to kill an intelligence reform bill supported by President Bush are ``nonsense.
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The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to   reinstate a special CIA unit hunting for Osama bin Laden as it   passed a $469 billion Pentagon funding bill.
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With House-Senate negotiators scheduled to start resolving major differences in two bills to restructure the nation's intelligence community, the White House has criticized key portions of each plan.