WP: New Director Might Prepare Bush's Daily Intelligence Brief

[kskiska]

By Walter Pincus

The White House is considering giving to the new director of national intelligence and his staff the task of preparing the daily, highly classified intelligence material presented to President Bush each morning, a task now handled by the CIA, according to present and former senior administration officials and sources on Capitol Hill.

Called the President's Daily Brief, or PDB, the approximately 20-page, loose-leaf collection of short, often page-long, intelligence items is central to Bush's national security meeting. If presented in the future by the director of national intelligence (DNI) -- a position created in legislation Bush is scheduled to sign today -- it would reinforce that individual's position as the nation's premier intelligence official, according to those who support the idea.

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The PDB is now given to Bush six days a week by CIA Director Porter J. Goss or his deputy, and one of two CIA briefers who accompany him to the Oval Office meeting. Vice President Cheney and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice often also attend, sources said.

Congressional and administration sources said that Goss has not achieved the personal rapport with Bush enjoyed by former CIA director George J. Tenet, which they said is a factor in the White House's consideration of assigning the morning briefing to the DNI.

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[Nikepallas]

1. Will they make them coloraful Pop-ups with one syllable words?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. Uhoh...

Goss on the way out the door. Mark that.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. It won't matter who prepares the PDB

if the dumbass won't read it cuz he's too busy cutting brush or falling off his tricycle or choking on a pretzel or whacking off to ladies' underwear pictures in the Sears catalog.

[napi21]

4. I thought I once heard shrub only wanted a 1 page summary.

I know I heard that somewhere. That the PDB was more than he wanted to sift through everyday, so he demanded just a one page summary. Am I crazy, or have you heard that too?

[shraby]

5. Intelligence

and Bush don't belong in the same sentence.

[Nikepallas]

7. hell be honest they don't belong side by side.

:hi:

[jmowreader]

11. I haven't heard it, but it makes sense

Bush likes one-page summaries of the things people tell him.

I know what I'd rather have. It's called a read file and they're usually about an inch thick. And if some shit was going down, I'd want field reports and raw transcripts.

[Mokito]

14. What he really wants is a one sentence summary

"All is fine."

[laheina]

15. I wouldn't be surprised.

Maybe they can make it a read along format. He can play the audio tape and turn the page when he hears the beep.

[Hosnon]

6. Holy crap - is this a small sign of intelligence in this administration?

[Erika]

8. Cheney will decide and edit

before the intellectually challenged W gets the briefing.

[ScrewyRabbit]

9. Maybe they could circle in red the bits

...about terrorists attacking with airplanes. Maybe they could even extend it to other vehicles, too!

[laheina]

16. Well...

First someone would have to decide that it was important. (Or that they gave a shite.)I don't think any of them is capable of doing that.

[DeepModem Mom]

10. Does this mean the CIA continues to lose its struggle with this WH?

Not only is it being purged of personnel, but now stripped of influence?

[muse]

12. Aug. 6, 2001 PDB warned Bush that bin Laden was determined to

attack America and possibly by hijacking a plane. After 9/11, Bush fought to keep this PDB classified and out of the hands of every commission that investigated 9/11. He didn't want anyone to know he had prior warning.

Just an interesting tidbit about the PDBs.

[radfringe]

13. prepare briefs?

Thought he wore boxers?

will it come with a connect-the-dots puzzel and pictures suitable for coloring?