Does the new intelligence chief have any power?

Read this Washington Post article with interviews with some current and former CIA officals discussing the new intelligence bill. Did we do the right thing in making this bill such a priority?

Director's Control Is a Concern : "The compromise legislation approved by the House yesterday in response to the Sept. 11 commission's findings represents a historic reordering of the $40 billion intelligence community.

But some experts say it is not at all evident how, or even if, the changes would help America's spies obtain secrets and aid analysts in determining the intentions of terrorists bent on striking again or worrisome nations developing weapons of mass destruction."

posted by Dan Flies @ 12/08/2004 09:42:00 AM