Democrat warns on CIA changes
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A Democratic senator warned CIA director Porter Goss yesterday that his efforts to make major changes could have &#39;&#39;a significant and negative effect on the agency.
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President Bush's nominee to head the CIA promised Tuesday to shed his political past and provide precise, objective and independent intelligence to the president and Congress. But after a 4 1/2-hour confirmation hearing, some Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee were not convinced.
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WASHINGTON - The breakup of the CIA proposed by the Republican chairman of the Senate intelligence committee could create &quot;chaos in the intelligence community&quot; as the nation seeks to prevent additional terrorist attacks, Sen.
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The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee questioned on Tuesday whether President Bush&#39;s choice to head the CIA was too partisan to be able to restore credibility to US intelligence services.
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The Republican congressman chosen by  President Bush to head the CIA said on Tuesday his Democratic  Party critics were wrong to say he was too partisan to take the  job.
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Democratic lawmakers yesterday seized on elements of a new classified intelligence assessment as validation of their long-standing position that the Iraq war has been a distraction from the broader war against terrorists, seeing the new study as an opportunity to undermine President Bush's...
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WASHINGTON  The nation&#39;s top military and intelligence officials warned senators yesterday against a rapid restructuring of spy agencies during a hearing that exposed fault lines within the Bush administration over whether the Pentagon ...
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The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee urged fellow lawmakers not to allow confirmation hearings on a new CIA director to derail efforts to overhaul US spy agencies.
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WASHINGTON - Sen. Pat Roberts&#39; sweeping proposal for overhauling the US intelligence system was met with harsh criticism yesterday from the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence committee, who faulted
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With temporary spy law expansion set to expire Feb. 1, the Bush administration is ratcheting up pressure for a broader permanent replacement. Not so fast, say Democratic leaders.
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As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, a congressional report recommends that lawmakers re-examine U.S. policy in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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A top House Democrat yesterday criticized the Department of Homeland Security for not working aggressively enough to gather fingerprints of foreigners as they leave the country.
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Republicans warn that the law's expiration over the weekend diminishes the ability to conduct terrorist surveillance, but the Democrats call those statements misleading.
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A Democratic US 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&#39;s US-led invasion.
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WASHINGTON - Former CIA Director George Tenet on Monday attacked a Republican senator&#39;s proposal to reorganize the CIA, calling it &quot;a dangerous misunderstanding of the business of intelligence.
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Many lawmakers are uneasy about creating a powerful intelligence director.
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Some Democratic senators suggested for the first time that they might oppose Michael B. Mukasey if he does not make clear that he opposes harsh interrogation techniques.