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08-17-2004, 11:40 PM
Rumsfeld Cautions on Intelligence Reform
Jesse J. Holland
MyWay News
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld conceded Tuesday that a new, powerful intelligence director could bring "some modest" improvements to efforts to safeguard the nation but warned that any changes must not hurt the flow of information to military commanders.
"We need to remember that we are considering these important matters ... while we are waging a war," Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "If we move unwisely and get it wrong, the penalty would be great."
But the tide seemed to be turning against letting the Pentagon retain sole control of most of the nation's largest intelligence agencies and toward following the Sept. 11 commission's suggestion that the country create a position of intelligence director with near-Cabinet rank.
More (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040817/D84H9MSG1.html)
Jesse J. Holland
MyWay News
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld conceded Tuesday that a new, powerful intelligence director could bring "some modest" improvements to efforts to safeguard the nation but warned that any changes must not hurt the flow of information to military commanders.
"We need to remember that we are considering these important matters ... while we are waging a war," Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "If we move unwisely and get it wrong, the penalty would be great."
But the tide seemed to be turning against letting the Pentagon retain sole control of most of the nation's largest intelligence agencies and toward following the Sept. 11 commission's suggestion that the country create a position of intelligence director with near-Cabinet rank.
More (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040817/D84H9MSG1.html)