-Caveat Lector-
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.
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"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.
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February 11, 2001
Bush prefers CIA intelligence
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