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...even some fans of the Agency have credited Roberts with ensuring that meaningful intelligence reform - going well beyond President Bush's convention-eve executive orders - will at least be seriously debated. And some were willing to ask, rhetorically anyway, whether it may indeed be time to put a new face on U.S. intelligence. "I think many of Roberts' proposals make some sense," said Richard Kerr, a respected former career CIA official who ultimately served as acting director. Kerr concurred with many of Roberts' ideas for strengthening the powers of the head of the U.S. intelligence community, adding that...
...brand-name to which they have become accustomed. But they could take comfort in the fact that at least that part of Roberts' bill seemed to generate little immediate enthusiasm. By week's end, members of the September 11 commission were still studying the various intelligence reform proposals emanating from Congress. Commissioners largely reserved final judgment but praised Roberts for saying that "the present situation is not acceptable" and backing the commission's insistence on "putting someone in charge, truly in charge," as commission vice chairman Lee Hamilton put it. But should the CIA be renamed? "I'm just...
Goss recognizes now that the intelligence community must be overhauled. He concluded in a committee report two months ago that the CIA was in "dysfunctional denial" about the need for reform. If Bush is re-elected, Goss should have at least four years to prove he can transform the agency. If Kerry wins, Goss will probably have only enough time at Langley to get his desk set up. --By Douglas Waller. With reporting by Timothy J. Burger/Washington
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...imperative that President Bush and his staff members lead the country's effort to quickly implement the 9/11 commission's recommendations to reform U.S. intelligence operations. The President faces what is probably the most difficult task since World War II in revamping the intelligence agencies. I know the Administration is up to the task. The creation of a National Intelligence Director will send a clear message to the American people, Congress and intelligence officials that Bush is a strong and foresighted leader who should be re-elected for his courage in tackling the problem. Strength in action is all that...