Post by Mech on Feb 3, 2004 11:00:27 GMT -5
Internal spy agency will watch Americans for their own safety while the borders remain wide open and Bush announces blanket amnesty.
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More Rumblings on Domestic Intelligence Move
Washington Post
www.prisonplanet.com/020204domesticintel.html
After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a growing number of lawmakers, not to mention a few officials within the administration, began to argue that the United States might benefit from having its own domestic intelligence service, like Great Britain's famous MI5. At the very least, they said, a new full-blown intelligence agency should be included as part of the new Department of Homeland Security.
Folks at the FBI were not amused. The powerful bureau succeeded in quashing such talk rather quickly. The Bush administration came up with its own hybrid -- the Terrorist Threat Integration Center -- and that was that.
Until last week, that is, when Homeland Security Deputy Secretary James M. Loy gave a candid assessment to a member of the Sept. 11 commission, former Navy secretary John F. Lehman, who asked him, "Where do you think domestic intelligence should reside?" "My thought is that eventually, in a perfect system, domestic intelligence probably ought to be internalized in the department," Loy responded, although he conceded "that may be a while coming."
Said Lehman: "Thank you for your surprising frankness." The FBI doubtless is not so thankful.
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More Rumblings on Domestic Intelligence Move
Washington Post
www.prisonplanet.com/020204domesticintel.html
After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a growing number of lawmakers, not to mention a few officials within the administration, began to argue that the United States might benefit from having its own domestic intelligence service, like Great Britain's famous MI5. At the very least, they said, a new full-blown intelligence agency should be included as part of the new Department of Homeland Security.
Folks at the FBI were not amused. The powerful bureau succeeded in quashing such talk rather quickly. The Bush administration came up with its own hybrid -- the Terrorist Threat Integration Center -- and that was that.
Until last week, that is, when Homeland Security Deputy Secretary James M. Loy gave a candid assessment to a member of the Sept. 11 commission, former Navy secretary John F. Lehman, who asked him, "Where do you think domestic intelligence should reside?" "My thought is that eventually, in a perfect system, domestic intelligence probably ought to be internalized in the department," Loy responded, although he conceded "that may be a while coming."
Said Lehman: "Thank you for your surprising frankness." The FBI doubtless is not so thankful.