Bush presses intelligence reform
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US President George W Bush urges politicians to stop stalling and back a law to overhaul intelligence.
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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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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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WASHINGTON - President Bush signed into law Friday the most sweeping changes in US intelligence operations in five decades, aiming to overhaul a system built for the Cold War and adapt it to a new generation of threats brought home by the attacks of Sept
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President Bush signed into law yesterday the largest overhaul of US intelligence-gathering in 50 years in an effort to transform a system created for Cold War threats so it can deal effectively with post-Sept.
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President Bush on Friday signed  legislation authorizing the biggest overhaul of U.S.  intelligence agencies in more than 50 years and creating a new  director of national intelligence demanded after the Sept. 11,  2001, attacks.
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President Bush sought to stem a near-rebellion by members of his own party in Congress yesterday by describing a sweeping intelligence-overhaul bill they oppose as an effort &quot;to do everything
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President Bush signed executive orders and directives yesterday bolstering the authority of the CIA director over the nation's intelligence programs and budgets, signaling a renewed effort by the White House to shape the national security debate roiling Congress and the presidential campaign.
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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle called Monday for President Bush and his secretary of defense to personally reach out to opponents of intelligence reform.
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WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush on Friday signed into law the largest overhaul of US intelligence-gathering in 50 years, hoping to improve the spy network that failed to prevent the Sept.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - With fellow Republicans  blocking a sweeping overhaul of U.S. spy agencies, President  Bush issued orders for the CIA and the FBI to strengthen their  intelligence operations as recommended by the commission that  investigated the Sept. 11 attacks.
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President Bush stepped up pressure on Congress on Saturday to approve an overhaul of the nation&#39;s intelligence operations, just two days before lawmakers return to try again to approve the reforms.
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President Bush pressed Congress on   Thursday to approve new military tribunals to try terrorism   suspects, a day after he admitted the CIA ran secret prisons   overseas where accused militants were detained.
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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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With time running out for Congress  to overhaul U.S. spy agencies, Senate backers said on Thursday  they hoped President Bush could persuade House Republican  leaders to allow a vote next week on post-Sept. 11 reforms.
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President Bush signed executive orders and directives yesterday bolstering the authority of the CIA director over the nation&#39;s intelligence programs and budgets, signaling a renewed effort by
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President Bush, who opposed creation  of the Sept. 11 commission, may have to confront his own party  in Congress if he wants the panel's main intelligence reform  recommendation enacted this year, analysts and officials say.