It is also updated to include the national intelligence director and two major defense spy agencies - the National Reconnaissance Office, which operates spy satellites, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which analyzes imagery. Bush signs new rules for spy agencies
Posted on Thu, Jul. 31, 2008
By PAMELA HESS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON -- President Bush has issued an executive order that revises the rules for intelligence agencies and
strengthens the authority of the national intelligence director, the White House said Thursday.
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Executive Order 12333
The new order gives the national intelligence director, a position created in 2005, new authority over any intelligence information collected that pertains to more than one agency - an attempt to force greater information exchange among agencies traditionally reluctant to share their most prized intelligence. The order directs the attorney general to develop guidelines to allow agencies access to information held by other agencies. That could potentially include the sharing of sensitive information about Americans.
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It was carried on in secret in the midst of pitched national debate about the appropriate balance between civil liberties and security, spurred by the president's warrantless wiretapping program.more at:
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/top-AP-stories/story/623906.html