Bush Backs Budget Authority for New Intelligence Post
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President Bush told members of Congress on today that he supports a key provision in the 9/11 report.
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President Bush is urging Congress to create a strong national intelligence director to control the nonmilitary portions of the nation's intelligence community, a position similar to what was envisioned by the Sept. 11 commission.
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President Bush said Saturday his newly enacted changes in the nation&#39;s intelligence community will &quot;improve America&#39;s ability to find, track and stop dangerous terrorists
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Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed the idea Monday of a new national intelligence director with budget authority over the nation's nonmilitary intelligence agencies, noting that authority comes with the power to control money.
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President Bush said Saturday his newly enacted changes in the nation&#39;s intelligence community will &quot;improve America&#39;s ability to find, track and stop dangerous
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A Senate committee chairman accused the Bush administration on Monday of undercutting open government with a budget proposal that would have the Justice Department oversee a new office devoted to promoting greater freedom of information.
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President Bush yesterday signed executive orders expanding the authority of the CIA director in what aides said was a first step toward enacting the intelligence reforms recommended by the bipartisan Sept.
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President Bush has ordered up new measures to bolster the CIA in combating weapons of mass destruction and other threats, directing an agency that lawmakers have accused of engaging in "group think" to present "diverse views" to policy-makers.
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The U.S. Congress approved the  biggest overhaul of U.S. intelligence agencies in over 50 years  on Wednesday, sending the bill that creates a new director of  national intelligence demanded after Sept. 11 to President  Bush.
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday  approved an overhaul of U.S. spy agencies that would establish  a new powerful national intelligence director post in response  to the Sept. 11 commission report that cited major failures  leading to the attacks.
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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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President Bush submitted a plan to  the U.S. Congress on Thursday that gives a new national  intelligence director authority over much of the intelligence  community, but not the full powers sought by the Sept. 11  commission and key lawmakers, documents show.
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US President George W Bush has signed legislation setting up the biggest overhaul of US intelligence agencies in half a century and creating a new director of national intelligence
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President Bush shifted his stance today on how much power a new national intelligence director should have.
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Under election-year pressure, President Bush agreed on Wednesday to give a new national intelligence director what he called full budgetary authority over much of the intelligence community despite initial objections.
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President Bush&#39;s support of the massive intelligence reform bill is key to ensuring that the legislation passes. Last week in a visit to Canada, the president said he was in favor of the bill, which will create
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In signing the bill last week to restructure the intelligence community and create the job of national intelligence director, President Bush vowed that the government&#39;s new superspy would have real power.