-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Bush orders review of intelligence -gathering operations May 12, 2001 Posted: 5:22 PM EDT (2122 GMT) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush has ordered a review of U.S. intelligence-gathering operations and has tapped CIA Director George Tenet to supervise the comprehensive survey. Tenet will oversee the review of the Central Intelligence Agency operations, as well as other intelligence-gathering entities. The order places Tenet, the last CIA director under former President Bill Clinton, in charge of appointing members of two commissions to study all U.S. intelligence-gathering operations. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the president's review is a sign that he believes neither Tenet nor Clinton thoroughly evaluated the effectiveness or organizational structure of the U.S. intelligence apparatus. "The world has changed," one official said. "There are new challenges for U.S. intelligence-gathering and this is an attempt to see that U.S. intelligence is up to the task." The officials said Bush's review is similar in spirit to the review he has requested of U.S. defense systems and spending. The review will be carried out in two parts. One panel of government officials and one panel of non-government officials will scrutinize virtually every aspect of U.S. intelligence gathering, including the following: intelligence capabilities, the science and technology of spying, the fusion of multi-source data, new ways of approaching human intelligence and the consolidating of CIA activities and budgets. Bush's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State Colin Powell and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be consulted on the findings of the intelligence review, the officials said. Congress has been consulted about the president's plan and has responded approvingly, the officials said. Congress has long sought more accountability from the U.S. intelligence community, particularly when it comes to developing better ways to synthesize data collected by the CIA and other agencies, such as the National Security Agency. The officials said Tenet will report back to the president at an undisclosed date this summer. At that time, an unclassified report on some of Tenet's findings is scheduled to be released. Bush is expected to receive a more comprehensive classified report. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
