Former CIA director criticizes idea of separate intelligence chief post

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Former CIA director criticizes idea of separate intelligence chief post

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former CIA Director George Tenet on Wednesday criticized proposals to create a national intelligence director, saying the position would lack authority unless the director also is charge of "leading men and women every day and taking risks."

Tenet: 'I don't believe that you should separate the leader of American intelligence from a line agency.'
By Eileen Blass, USA TODAY

Tenet, who left the CIA in July after seven years as director, offered his opinion to an audience of about 250 at a closed conference on homeland security and technology. At Tenet's insistence, national media, including The Associated Press, were kept out. Allowed in were some reporters for trade publications that cover the government's use of computers and the Internet.

Tenet said efforts to restructure intelligence-gathering have overlooked a more pressing issue — how to get threat information to the state and local authorities.

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