On 03 Aug, 2004, at 14:52, Pete Coyle wrote:
Wow. Is this true?
Do you have a link to back that up?
Pete
On Tuesday, August 3, 2004, at 01:38 PM, William H. Magill wrote:
Kerry wants to strip all authority and funding for Intelligence from
every other branch of government to concentrate it in this one
person.
That is the position of the 9/11 Commission, which Kerry supports, so
far unequivocally.
You have to read all of Chapter 13, "How to do it," for all the gory
details.
But one relevant passage is (pg 405 if you want to follow along):
"To avoid the fate of other entities with great nominal authority and
little real power, the head of the NCTC [National Counterterrorism
Center] must have the right to concur in the choices of personnel to
lead the operating entities of the departments and agencies focused on
counterterrorism ... The head of the NCTC should also work with the
director of the Office of Management and Budget in developing the
president's counterterrorism budget."
Then on the following page:
"The most serious disadvantage of the NCTC is the reverse of its
greatest virtue. The struggle against Islamist terrorism is so
important that any clear-cut centralization of authority to manage and
be accountable for it may concentrate too much power in one place. The
proposed NCTC would be given the authority of planning the activities
of other agencies. Law or executive order must define the scope of such
line authority."
This issue was discussed at length by reporters at a White House press
conference yesterday afternoon. Bush is opposing this idea, but Kerry,
at least so far, has simply called for the implementation of every
recommendation as outlined in the report.
In defense of the Commission, their position is quite "equivocating."
[For a Congressional report, it is AMAZINGLY academic.] They do
indicate the pros and cons of their recommendations, expecting Congress
to do the public debating and to strike a meaningful common ground
based on the body politic.
T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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