Top US senator slams 'dysfunctional' CIA
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Influential US Republican Senator John McCain blasted the Central Intelligence Agency as a &quot;dysfunctional&quot; and &quot;rogue&quot; organization that needs to be reformed.
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Rep. Porter Goss, who until recently led the House of Representatives' oversight of U.S. intelligence agencies, will be on the opposite side of the questioning on Tuesday as Senate colleagues judge his suitability to head the CIA.
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Congressional oversight of the Homeland Security Department is "dysfunctional" and must be fundamentally changed to ensure Americans are protected, according to a report issued Friday by former House Speaker Tom Foley and retired Sen. Warren Rudman.
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A Republican senator criticized the Bush administration Monday for failing to aggressively confront China over its test of a satellite-killing weapon, which he called a provocative militarization of space.
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Lawmakers and intelligence officials on Monday criticized Sen. Pat Roberts&#39; radical plan to break up the CIA and restructure national intelligence, but
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Former top US officials warn against election year rush to reform US intelligence agencies.
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The bill, which would establish the post of national intelligence director, has powerful critics in both parties.
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Leading senators expressed concern Sunday about a report that the CIA has secretly moved as many as a dozen unidentified prisoners out of Iraq in the past six months, a possible violation of international treaties.
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The CIA official who gave the command to destroy interrogation videotapes apparently acted against the direction of his superiors, the top Republican House Intelligence Committee member said Wednesday.
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November 15, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - Arizona Sen. John McCain yesterday slammed the CIA as a quasi &quot;rogue agency&quot; that bungled prewar intelligence and is in desperate need of the high-level purging believed to be under way.
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The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee sought to weaken support for a resolution opposing President Bush's Iraq war strategy, saying Sunday that supporters are intellectually dishonest.
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Senate Democrats on Monday attacked the House Republican plan to address the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations, with one senator calling its proposal for a national intelligence director "too weak."
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The senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee backed away Thursday from comments that a mysterious and expensive government spy project itself was dangerous to national security. But he pledged to continue efforts to kill the highly classified espionage program.
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President George W. Bush's pick for top CIA legal officer came under fire from Senate Democrats on Tuesday for his role in an interrogation and detention program that brought accusations of torture against the United States.
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A Democratic U.S. Senator on  Thursday accused a senior Pentagon official of distorting  intelligence information to back claims of links between Iraq  and al Qaeda in the run-up to last year's U.S.-led invasion.
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Top Republican lawmakers voiced support for new CIA Director Porter Goss on Sunday after the resignations of at least two top officials raised questions about a possible upheaval in the agency.
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US Rep. Bob Menendez, DN.J., Saturday castigated the Republican House of Representatives leadership for stalling passage of an intelligence reform bill.