Bush signs executive orders to reform US intelligence
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President Bush on Friday signed executive orders designed to strengthen the CIA director&#39;s power over the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies and create a national counterterrorism center, responding to election-year pressures to enact changes called for by
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President Bush stepped up pressure  on Congress on Saturday to approve an overhaul of the nation's  intelligence operations, just two days before lawmakers return  to try again to approve the reforms.
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President Bush on Friday signed the largest overhaul of U.S. intelligence-gathering in a half century, aiming to transform a system designed for Cold War threats so it can deal effectively with the post-Sept. 11 scourge of terrorism.
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WASHINGTON - Amid a heated election-year debate on intelligence reform, the White House is expected to move soon on executive orders aimed at implementing 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 relevant agencies for approval...
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President Bush on Friday signed executive orders designed to strengthen the CIA director's power over the nation's intelligence agencies and create a national counterterrorism center, responding to election-year pressures to enact changes called for by the Sept. 11 commission.
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The US House of Representatives has approved legislation reorganizing the nation&#39;s intelligence system. The vote was 336 to 75.
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The Senate sent the restructuring bill to the White House on Wednesday, where President Bush is expected to sign it into law next week, setting in motion the first major changes in the U.S. intelligence community since the CIA was established in 1947.
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The US Senate passed legislation to reorganize the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies and create a national director of intelligence to oversee efforts to prevent terrorist attacks.
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President Bush said Saturday his newly enacted changes in the nation&#39;s intelligence community will &quot;improve America&#39;s ability to find, track and stop dangerous
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President George W. Bush issued Executive Orders and directives Friday to improve government counter-terrorism capabilities, the White House said.
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WASHINGTON -- US President George W. Bush signed executive orders yesterday designed to strengthen the CIA director&#39;s power over US intelligence agencies and create a national counter-terrorism centre, responding to election-year pressure to enact changes
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President George W. Bush signed into law a bill creating a director to oversee US intelligence gathering and making other changes the Sept.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to restructure the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies, sending the landmark legislation to the president&#39;s desk where it is slated to become law.
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The US Congress approved the biggest overhaul of US intelligence agencies in over 50 years on Wednesday, sending the bill that creates a new director of national intelligence demanded after Sept.
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President Bush on Friday signed the largest overhaul of US intelligence-gathering in a half century, aiming to transform a system designed for Cold War threats so it can deal effectively with the post-Sept.
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President Bush on Friday will sign a  series of executive orders giving the CIA director some of the  authority envisioned by the Sept. 11 commission for a new  national intelligence post, the White House said.
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WHITE HOUSE President Bush is cheering Congress for passing what he calls a &quot;historic&quot; intelligence overhaul. The president says intelligence is America&#39;s &quot;first line of defense&quot; against terrorists, and the overhaul bill includes important reforms.