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02-08-2008, 12:27 AM
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Bush orders overhaul rules on intelligence agencies and draws fire
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WASHINGTON - President Bush's new executive order revising rules for intelligence agencies expands the national intelligence director's powers and may further erode the CIA's traditional autonomy.
The order, revised in secret and signed Wednesday, is drawing criticism from civil liberties groups and even legislators from the president's own party.
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee walked out of a Thursday morning briefing on the order by the national intelligence director, Mike McConnell.
The committee's members say they have not been consulted or informed about critical intelligence matters.
The revisions to Executive Order 12333, first issued by President Reagan in 1981, reflect organizational changes in the intelligence agencies after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Bush's order lays out the relationships among 16 agencies.
The American Civil Liberties Union quickly condemned the order after its release Thursday, saying it seems to authorize the intelligence agencies to focus more on domestic spying.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bush orders overhaul rules on intelligence agencies and draws fire
http://www.startribune.com/nation/26159824.html?location_refer=World:highlightModule s:3
WASHINGTON - President Bush's new executive order revising rules for intelligence agencies expands the national intelligence director's powers and may further erode the CIA's traditional autonomy.
The order, revised in secret and signed Wednesday, is drawing criticism from civil liberties groups and even legislators from the president's own party.
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee walked out of a Thursday morning briefing on the order by the national intelligence director, Mike McConnell.
The committee's members say they have not been consulted or informed about critical intelligence matters.
The revisions to Executive Order 12333, first issued by President Reagan in 1981, reflect organizational changes in the intelligence agencies after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Bush's order lays out the relationships among 16 agencies.
The American Civil Liberties Union quickly condemned the order after its release Thursday, saying it seems to authorize the intelligence agencies to focus more on domestic spying.
ASSOCIATED PRESS