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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpled313948566aug31,0,3650409.story?coll=ny- editorials-headlines Bush's politics show with unwise rush to give CIA director wider authority NewsdayAugust 31, 2004 Is it reform or is it politics? When President George W. Bush picked the weekend before the Republican National Convention to announce changes in the nation's intelligence community, he made that question unavoidable. Reorganization of the intelligence bureaucracy should not be driven by the election-year political calendar. The risk is too great that the effort to improve intelligence collection, analysis and coordination will be undermined by haste and distorted by maneuvering for partisan advantage. Bush should have waited until after Nov. 2 to make changes. Same for Congress. But that's not going to happen. Bush signed executive orders Friday giving the director of central intelligence additional authority to perform the function of a proposed national intelligence director. He created a National Counterterrorism Center and set new guidelines for information-sharing among agencies. The orders signaled the president's intent to give the director of central intelligence more muscle, including more influence in determining the budgets of the nation's 15 intelligence agencies. While the changes appear more form than substance, a senior White House official said it's as far as Bush can go in implementing changes urged by the 9/11 Commission without congressional action. Congress is sprinting to enact legislation before Election Day. As it moves down that road, there are things Washington should keep in mind. A national intelligence director must control all intelligence-agency budgets. Without that authority the director would be a figurehead, with little more power than the current director of central intelligence to coordinate the nation's spy effort. A national intelligence director should not be a member of the cabinet and should not operate out of the White House. He or she must be free from political pressure, free to tell the president hard truths, even when they conflict with the White House political agenda. A national intelligence director should not wear two hats, as does the CIA director, who is, on paper, atop all 15 agencies. The dual job is too big and leads to a pro-CIA bias. That still leaves tough questions for Congress, particularly how to integrate the FBI's domestic counterterrorism operation into a new structure while ensuring respect for the Constitution, which doesn't apply abroad. This is a job that must be done with deliberation. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! 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