Bush Order Extends CIA Director&#39;s Reach
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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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The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency will have broad new powers under a plan by President Bush to streamline intelligence gathering in an era of terrorist threats.
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WASHINGTON, Aug 27  - US President George W. Bush will issue executive orders Friday to establish a national counter-terrorism center and temporarily expand the CIA director&#39;s powers to oversee intelligence, his spokesman said.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush told members of Congress on Wednesday he supports giving a new national intelligence director strong budgetary authority over much of the nation's intelligence community, a key provision in the Sept. 11 commission's recommendations...
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President Bush on Friday signed legislation setting up the biggest overhaul of US intelligence agencies in a half century and creating a new director of national intelligence demanded after the Sept.
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President Bush submitted a plan to  the U.S. Congress on Thursday that gives a new national  intelligence director authority over much of the intelligence  community, but not the full powers sought by the Sept. 11  commission and key lawmakers, documents show.
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President Bush shifted his stance today on how much power a new national intelligence director should have.
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The White House warned Democratic leaders yesterday that President Bush would veto a proposal to extend an expiring surveillance law by 30 days, saying that Congress should quickly approve a Senate bill favored by the Bush administration.
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US President George W Bush has signed legislation setting up the biggest overhaul of US intelligence agencies in half a century and creating a new director of national intelligence
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The Republican congressman chosen by  President Bush to head the CIA sought on Tuesday to assure  Democrats that he would leave politics behind and lead the spy  agency in a nonpartisan manner.
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US President George W. Bush on Friday signed into law the biggest US intelligence overhaul in more than 50 years, including the creation of a new national intelligence chief to oversee the country&#39;s spy network.
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WASHINGTON -- Administration and congressional officials say George W. Bush&#39;s White House has drafted executive orders to implement two key recommendations of the 9/11 commission -- a more powerful intelligence director and a new national counterterrorism
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The CIA denied on Wednesday that its  new director had told the spy agency to shape intelligence to  support the policies of President Bush.
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U.S. President George W. Bush, under fire over the treatment of terrorism suspects, has issued new rules to ensure that detention and interrogation by the CIA comply with the Geneva Conventions' ban on torture.
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US President George W. Bush on Friday signed executive orders to strengthen the powers of the Central Intelligence Agency director and establish a new national counterterrorism center.
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Under election-year pressure, President Bush agreed on Wednesday to give a new national intelligence director what he called full budgetary authority over much of the intelligence community despite initial objections.
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With temporary spy law expansion set to expire Feb. 1, the Bush administration is ratcheting up pressure for a broader permanent replacement. Not so fast, say Democratic leaders.