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Bush to Ignore Rule on Written Notices of Intelligence Actions By Heidi Przybyla Crawford, Texas, Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush said he'll use presidential authority to sidestep a rule requiring his administration to provide Congress with written notice of U.S. intelligence activities. Bush made the announcement in signing the intelligence authorization act for fiscal year 2002, which includes an amendment stating that reports to Congress should ``always be in written form.'' Requiring written notice of planned U.S. intelligence activities may ``impair foreign relations'' and national security, Bush said in a statement. The law also increases the overall intelligence budget 7 percent. The move follows a spat between the president and members of Congress over how much classified information he should provide Capitol Hill about U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. In October, Bush tried to limit access to such information to leaders of both parties and the chairmen of the congressional committees with jurisdiction over the military. Bush sent Congress a memo laying out the restrictions after leaks from an intelligence briefing produced stories that said administration officials told members of Congress there was a ``100 percent chance'' of retaliatory terrorist strikes should the U.S. attack Afghanistan over the Sept. 11 terrorist assaults in New York and Washington. After Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle and legislators of both parties argued that information-sharing is part of the process, Bush backed away from the restrictions on who would get intelligence briefings from the Defense and State departments. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com <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
