Congress Urged to Fix Terror Oversight
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Successful in pushing for restructuring of the nation's intelligence network, Sept. 11 families and investigators began pressing lawmakers on Monday to change the way Congress oversees the fight against terrorism.
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ARGUMENTS: The Bush administration told the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review that discrepancies between the nation's new terrorism law and the way it is being carried out should not stall one of the Pentagon's first terror trials.
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Three years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Department of Homeland Security still isn't doing enough to consolidate terrorist watch lists to help law enforcement authorities monitor and apprehend known terrorists, according to a new government report.
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Democrats are renewing calls for the declassification of a CIA report documenting the agencyâs mistakes in preventing the 2001 attacks.
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The US will be at a greater risk of a terrorist attack if Congress further delays legislation to reorganize the nation&#39;s intelligence services, said Thomas Kean, chairman of the commission that recommended the overhaul.
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Congress and federal regulators need to get with the times.
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Legislation to reform the US intelligence system after the September 11 attacks and failures in Iraq has fallen victim to partisan wrangling, endangering lawmakers' goal of sending a bill to the White House before the November 2 election.
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Governmental sites need to be revamped so people can find what they need, experts tell a Congressional committee.
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Two key congressional chairmen add their support to a measure embracing the Sept. 11 commission&#39;s recommendations. BY JESSE J. HOLLAND.
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WASHINGTON - The meeting had all the hallmarks of an ordinary congressional hearing. There was Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., discussing the problems faced by ordinary citizens mistakenly placed on terrorist watch lists. Then, to the ...
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President Bush will make a final appeal to Congress to find a way to pass legislation before the end of the year that would make the Sept. 11 commission's terror-fighting recommendations law, White House officials said Friday.
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President Bush should expect tougher oversight of the war on terrorism and a closer look at his administration's policies on torture and other human rights issues, the incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - House Republicans on Saturday blocked passage of legislation addressing the Sept. 11 Commissionâs terror-fighting recommendations to President Bush, but GOP leaders said they would con-tinue to press the effort this year.
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The United States must guard against a terrorist attack by tightening port security, with shippers paying fees to finance the increased scrutiny, a task force recommended on Monday.
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US lawmakers have introduced legislation that would implement recommendations of a bipartisan federal commission aimed at preventing another terrorist attack on the United States.
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ASHINGTON, Aug. 17 - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and the acting director of central intelligence urged Congress on Tuesday to move cautiously in adopting recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission. They also joined in opposing ...
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Sept. 11 commission members are unhappy with the way House Republicans are handling legislation needed to implement some of the commission's terror-fighting recommendations.