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White House Drafts Intel Reform Orders

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By KATHERINE PFLEGER SHRADER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The White House has drafted executive orders aimed at implementing the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations for a more powerful intelligence director and a new national counterterrorism center.

Bush administration and congressional officials said Thursday drafts of executive orders are circulating among an interagency group for approval. One of the officials said the White House is floating three proposals, and asking for feedback by Friday. The orders would:

_ Enhance the powers of the government's intelligence chief and create a national intelligence director.

_ Form a national counterterrorism center, putting that office under the new intelligence director and giving the director the power to decide who runs it.

_ Improve information sharing with directions aimed at facilitating the exchange information among intelligence agencies.

One congressional official said an executive order being circulated would give the CIA (news - web sites) director the title of national intelligence director, a position recommended by the 9/11 commission. The CIA director currently oversees all 15 of the nation's intelligence agencies.

[arasina]

This gives me the heeby-jeebies for some reason.

[Joe Hadenuf]

As our borders now resemble a Boston Marathon of millions.

[joesnuffy]

At least the trains will run ontime...

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up on Drudge now...

[cjmae]

John Kerry said he would have done all three a long time ago, and then would have given everyone in the nation all the ice cream they could eat unless of course they didn't want ice cream then he would have given them a credit voucher good for what ever they wanted as a substitute for the ice cream because it would not be fair to those who do not like ice cream or in some cases are lactose intolerant (although Mr. Kerry does not approve of anyone being intolerant for any reason). But only if you make less than $200,000.00 a year. They would be limited to a ration of ice cream or substitute of their choice because they are greedy capitalistic pigs who can afford to by their own ice cream after they finish paying for everyone else's.

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Notice how the outrage over implementing the Commission's reccomendations has died ever since Bush cleared his throat and said, "We already have."

[japaneseghost]

This gives me the heeby-jeebies for some reason.

And like you think anything is going to change? Get real.

SOS in the federal government.