Pentagon blocking plan for intelligence director From: International Herald Tribune | Date: October 27, 2004| Author: Philip Shenon | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

International Herald Tribune

10-27-2004

A months-long, behind-the-scenes lobbying effort by the Pentagon to water down the powers of a new national intelligence director is largely responsible for a stalemate that is threatening to derail congressional efforts to enact the major recommendations of the independent Sept. 11 commission, congressional officials and commission members said. The Pentagon's continuing effort to influence the negotiations on Capitol Hill became...

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