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The report outlines 70 recommendations for the new US director of national intelligence, John Negroponte, who will oversee all 15 US spy agencies. President George Bush ordered the study after the controversy over Iraq. It says dramatic changes are needed to prevent future failures similar to the fiasco over Iraq's missing weapons. Several independent inquiries have already examined the role intelligence played in the run-up to the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
But the current commission, led by Judge Laurence Silberman and former Senator Charles Robb, is the only inquiry ordered directly by the president. New CIA chief Porter Goss reportedly sent an e-mail to staff last week in an effort to boost morale ahead of the commission's findings. Previous inquiries into US intelligence capabilities, including the 9/11 Commission, led to widespread reform of the intelligence services, including the creation of a new post, national director of intelligence. President Bush chose Mr Negroponte, an experienced diplomat, for the role, but the appointee has yet to take up his position. In addition, long-serving CIA chief George Tenet stepped down. Mr Goss took up the post promising large-scale internal reform. | |||
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