Key senators back idea of spy agency overlord

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 9/28/02 | Greg Miller

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The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Friday they favor creating a new Cabinet-level position with authority over the nation's spy agencies, stripping that control away from the CIA director.

The proposal -- almost certain to face major resistance from Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld -- has emerged as one of the major recommendations lawmakers are likely to make at the culmination of their investigation into the intelligence failures surrounding Sept. 11. A final report from lawmakers is due early next year.

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Spy overlord=leaker,

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When the CIA was set up the idea was that it coordinate the entire community. ie: the "Central" Intelligence Agency.

This proves that nothing Washington sets uop ever works except to soak money from the public.

Shut the whole deal down and rely on CNN. They knew about the Russian Revolution and the collapse of communism before any the the "spy" agencies.