Senate OKs Intelligence Reorganization
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WASHINGTON - The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a massive reorganization of the United States intelligence community to address the Sept. 11 commission's complaints that the nation's spy agencies don't work together properly to deter terrorist attacks    The bill, approved on a 96-2 vote, would create a national counterterrorism center and also a position of national intelligence director who would coordinate most of the nation's nonmilitary intelligence agencies...
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A leading Republican senator on Sunday unveiled a plan to reform US intelligence operations, including giving increased budget and firing powers to a new director.
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Legislation to reorganize the US intelligence community has been approved by the US House of Representatives. The vote sets the stage for negotiations with the Senate on a final bill implementing recommendations
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WASHINGTON - The White House came out Tuesday against parts of a Senate intelligence reorganization bill, saying they would create "a cumbersome new bureaucracy" for coordinating the activities of 15 spy agencies under a national intelligence director.    Meanwhile, one of the leaders of the Sept...
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WASHINGTON The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to confirm the nomination of Representative Porter Goss, a Florida Republican, as director of central intelligence.
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The House of Representatives was poised Tuesday to pass a sweeping restructuring of the US intelligence community, removing the final obstacle to legislation that lawmakers say
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The Senate has passed by a vote of 96 to 2 a bill proposing reforms to the organization and activities of the federal intelligence effort.
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The US Senate confirmed Representative Porter Goss, who led efforts in Congress to reform intelligence-gathering, as head of the Central Intelligence Agency for which he once worked as a spy.
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The House of Representatives on  Tuesday approved a sweeping overhaul of U.S. intelligence  agencies, ending weeks of wrangling over the Pentagon's power  under the reforms demanded after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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The US Senate will pass legislation today to reorganize the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies and create a national director of intelligence to oversee efforts to prevent terrorist attacks, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said.
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The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has unanimously backed the nomination of retired vice admiral Michael McConnell as Director of National Intelligence.
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The biggest overhaul of US intelligence since World War II formally centralizes authority.
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The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday evening to approve a compromise bill overhauling the nation&#39;s intelligence programs -- despite persistent opposition from
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WASHINGTON - The committee writing the Senate's intelligence reorganization plan is recommending creation of a strong national intelligence director with spending power, while leaving the Pentagon in charge of some military spy agencies.    Sen...
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President Bush on Friday signed  legislation authorizing the biggest overhaul of U.S.  intelligence agencies in more than 50 years and creating a new  director of national intelligence demanded after the Sept. 11,  2001, attacks.
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday  approved a sweeping overhaul of U.S. spy agencies that would  establish a new powerful national intelligence director post in  response to the Sept. 11 commission report that cited major  failures leading to the attacks.
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The path to final passage appeared clear yesterday for the most extensive overhaul of the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies since