Nation Can't Wait for Real Change to Intelligence System ; the President Should Make Sure Lawmakers Fix Weaknesses in the Nation's Spy Agencies.

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When lawmakers left the Capitol last week, they believed they had finally reached an agreement on major intelligence reform that would make the nation safer.

The legislation, which was developed under the leadership of Sen. Susan Collins and co-authored by her, would have created a new national director to oversee the nation's 15 intelligence agencies. The bill also would have created a national counterterrorism center where experts from different agencies would work together under one roof.

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Nation Can't Wait for Real Change to Intelligence System ; the President Should Make Sure Lawmakers Fix Weaknesses in the Nation's Spy Agencies.

On Saturday morning, though, those prospects were dashed when House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., decided not to bring the bill to a vote because of the Pentagon's concerns that troops in battle won't get the i...

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