U.S. weighs new agency based on British model

[RoyGBiv]

U.S. weighs new agency based on British model
2 hours, 41 minutes ago
By Frank James Washington Bureau

Does the Federal Bureau of Investigation's alleged weaknesses in gathering, sharing and acting on information about terrorist suspects in the United States require the creation of a new domestic intelligence agency based on the British model?

That question, which has circulated in the nation's capital since the Sept. 11 attacks revealed serious flaws in the FBI (news - web sites)'s intelligence capabilities, arose again Thursday during National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites)'s testimony before the blue-ribbon panel investigating the terrorist attacks.

Fred Fielding, a commission member and a lawyer in two Republican administrations, asked Rice to provide at a later date her analysis of whether such a new domestic intelligence agency is needed. Based on comments by some of the panel's members, it's widely thought that one of their final recommendations will be to establish such an agency.

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Just a note that several people in DU watching Rice's testimony yesterday said that this is what it was designed to suggest.

[bobthedrummer]

1. That would be a good place for Dennis Kucinich to head

if President Kerry would authorize such an agency.

[Caution]

2. Hmm a domestic spy agency..

that doesn't sound orwellian or anything now does it?

[ixion]

3. great. yeah, that'll fix it... more domestic spying

These people are the greatest affront to democracy in the history of the US.