Posted on 12/08/2004 5:08:20 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
The intelligence-reform bill, which the House and Senate seem finally on the verge of passing, doesn't really reform much. Certainly it falls far short of the measures urged by the 9/11 commission, which set the legislative process in motion. The basic reason for this shortfall is simple: The Bush White House doesn't want reform...
The compromise bill that's about to pass—and that President Bush, at last, has endorsed—establishes a national intelligence director but one with scant authority.
The key passage in the bill making this so notes that this director will not "abrogate the statutory responsibilities" of the Department of Defense. A story in today's New York Times quotes a supporter of the bill who describes this language as "minor." In fact, it is anything but...
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
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The key passage in the bill making this so notes that this director will not "abrogate the statutory responsibilities" of the Department of Defense.Good! Then nothing in this stupid bill will impede commanders in the field getting the intelligence they need when they need it.
All's well that ends well. Bush wins again.
"All's well that ends well. Bush wins again."
Yup, Bush wins, America loses.
Buchanan lost many years ago. Get over it.
Montezuma lost...get over it!!
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