With Reforms Stalled, Bush Orders Steps by CIA, FBI
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - With fellow Republicans  blocking a sweeping overhaul of U.S. spy agencies, President  Bush issued orders for the CIA and the FBI to strengthen their  intelligence operations as recommended by the commission that  investigated the Sept. 11 attacks.
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President Bush issued a new order on Friday enhancing the powers of the director of central intelligence, but the White House said that new legislation was still needed
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Key senators of both parties yesterday proposed several steps to strengthen Senate oversight of intelligence and homeland security operations but stopped short of one of the most far-reaching
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Ever since the CIA was created in 1947 to spy on America&#39;s Cold War enemies, 38 government committees, commissions and conclaves have urged deep reforms of the long-troubled chief intelligence agency.
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A White House spokesman says President Bush will announce Friday significant reforms to the US intelligence apparatus. The spokesman says those reforms will include temporarily boosting the powers of the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Last week, Congress acted to reorganize the nation&#39;s spy agencies even as the top US arms inspector outlined massive intelligence failures about prewar Iraq.
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President Bush is trying to break an election-season deadlock with congressional Republicans over bills that would give the White House broad authority to monitor, interrogate and prosecute terrorism suspects.
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Talks over legislation to reform  U.S. spy agencies after the failures exposed by the Sept. 11  attacks stalled on Wednesday in acrimony, with Democrats  accusing President Bush of "failed leadership."
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WASHINGTON - President Bush on Friday signed executive orders designed to strengthen the CIA director's power over the nation's intelligence agencies and create a national counterterrorism center, responding to election-year pressures to enact changes called for by the Sept. 11 commission...
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In a defeat for President George W. Bush, rebellious Republicans in the House of Representatives derailed legislation Saturday to overhaul US intelligence agencies along lines recommended by the Sept.
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President Bush yesterday expanded the powers of the CIA director and established a National Counterterrorism Center, responding to recommendations
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U.S. President George W. Bush ratcheted up pressure on Congress on Thursday to pass new rules for his domestic spying program before it expires this weekend, saying he was prepared to delay a trip to Africa to help advance the measure.
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Congressional negotiators trying to  breathe new life into a stalled overhaul of U.S. spy agencies  said on Tuesday they hoped to reach agreement on post-Sept. 11  reforms before the current Congress ends.
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WASHINGTON - A bill making sweeping reforms to the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies that had appeared to be on track Saturday was derailed by House Republicans, handing president Bush his first legislative setback since his reelection.
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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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President Bush submitted a plan to Congress yesterday that gives a new national intelligence director authority over much of the intelligence community, but not the full powers sought by the Sept.
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President Bush yesterday urged Congress to pass legislation overhauling the nation&#39;s intelligence operations, saying the reform bill is necessary to &quot;strengthen the safety of our citizens and defend our nation from harm.