Sept. 11 Panel Weighs MI5-Like Agency

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON -- Advocates of major changes to the U.S. intelligence establishment are making their case to the independent commission studying the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

James B. Steinberg, deputy national security adviser in the Clinton administration, said Monday that he supports making two new entities: an independent director of national intelligence and a domestic security service modeled after Britain's MI5.

In an interview, Steinberg said U.S. counterterror efforts remain hampered by decades-old walls separating by law the work of the FBI and CIA. The FBI operates domestically and traditionally focuses on catching people who break laws, while the CIA works abroad and focuses on learning secrets.

"The beauty of the MI5 model is it breaks down both those walls," said Steinberg, director of foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution.

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[onehandle]

1. I'm stumped...

In the Bushistas' hands, "Fatherland" turned into "Homeland".

This will obviously be the:
State Secret Police (Geheime Staatspolizei shortened to Gestapo)

What will they rename this group?

[emad]

2. Stasi 2?

??