Bush commends Congress on intel reform
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President Bush Wednesday praised Congress for passing a massive intelligence reform bill after weeks of infighting to better protect the American people.
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President Bush called upon Congress Saturday to pass this week a wide-ranging intelligence-reform bill he believes will help &quot;to do everything necessary to confront and defeat the terrorist threat.
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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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WASHINGTON - Amid a heated election-year debate on intelligence reform, President Bush signed executive orders Friday strengthening the powers of the CIA director and establishing a new national counterterrorism center.    The moves will "improve our ability to find, track and stop terrorists," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said...
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President Bush, who had promised to  give a new national intelligence director "full budgetary  authority," submitted a plan to the U.S. Congress on Thursday  that stopped short of giving the director all of the powers  sought by the Sept. 11 commission, documents show.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Alex Chadwick talks to NPR&#39;s Andrea Seabrook for an update on the intelligence reform bill currently under consideration in Congress.
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President Bush said Wednesday he wants Congress to make permanent a law that temporarily gives the government more power to eavesdrop on suspected foreign terrorists
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President Bushâs remarks came after the Senate handed the White House a major victory in a vote on spy powers.
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President Bush yesterday signed legislation realigning the nation&#39;s spy agencies to meet the new terrorist threat, declaring the law represents the &quot;most dramatic reform&quot; of intelligence
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WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved landmark legislation to revamp Americaâs intelligence network, clearing the way for major reforms aimed at preventing a repeat of the September 11 attacks.
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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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In a decisive victory for President Bush and a bittersweet triumph for the families of Sept. 11 victims, the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a sweeping overhaul of the nationâs intelligence agencies.
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The chairman of the commission that investigated the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States says President Bush must pressure Congress to pass intelligence reform legislation.
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President Bush on Saturday stepped  up pressure on Congress to approve an overhaul of the nation's  intelligence operations, just two days before lawmakers return  to try again to pass the reforms.
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President Bush yesterday embraced the creation of a strong national intelligence director with &#39;&#39;full budgetary authority&quot; over America&#39;s spy
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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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President Bush on Friday signed legislation setting up the biggest overhaul of US intelligence agencies in a half century and creating a new director of national intelligence demanded after the Sept.