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July 31st, 2008
Posted: 05:10 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush this week ordered the most sweeping changes to the structure of the U.S. intelligence community in decades, the White House announced Thursday. The amendments to the Reagan-era Executive Order 12333 clarify and strengthen the powers of the director of national intelligence, a position that was created in 2004. The current DNI, Mike McConnell, had sought the changes, which include giving him access to all national security intelligence and information no matter what department or agency it might come from. Agencies have been criticized by the 9/11 commission, among others, for holding on to valued information. The new rules lay out guidelines for how information will be used and shared within the intelligence community, as the constellation of 16 different agencies reporting to the director of national intelligence is known. |
 
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