Bush Calls for New Intelligence Director(and counterterrorism center

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Bush Calls for New Intelligence Director(and counterterrorism center

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) on Monday endorsed creation of a national intelligence czar and counterterrorism center — his first steps in revamping the nation's intelligence-gathering system to help prevent a repeat of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

"We are a nation in danger," Bush said as he announced his position during an appearance with top administration national security figures in the White House Rose Garden.


Bush thus embraced, with some changes, two key recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission, which outlined lapses in intelligence that left America vulnerable to the attacks.


The bipartisan panel's most overarching recommendations in a 567-page report were for creation of a counterterrorism center, which the commission envisions as a joint operational planning and intelligence center staffed by personnel from all the spy agencies, and a national intelligence czar.
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Bush Backs Creation of U.S. Intelligence Director

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under election-year pressure, President Bush (news - web sites) on Monday endorsed the creation of a national intelligence director and backed other intelligence reforms recommended by the commission that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. <snip>

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