Article: Intelligence reform too important for bickering ; Lawmakers also should keep provisions such as civil liberties oversight.


Portland Press Herald (Maine)
11-01-2004
Intelligence reform too important for bickering ; Lawmakers also should keep provisions such as civil liberties oversight.
Edition: FINAL
Section: Editorial
Column: OUR VIEWS

The good work accomplished by Sen. Susan Collins on national intelligence reform could get derailed by partisan wrangling.

Collins, as the chairwoman of the Governmental Affairs Committee, led the charge in developing the Senate version of a reform bill, along with ranking Democrat Sen. Joseph Lieberman.
Both the House and Senate versions of the bill would create a national intelligence director to oversee the nation's 15 intelligence agencies and create a National ...

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