ALERT!!! Watch out for the "Intelligence Reform Bill"!!!

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Well, the news tonight is about trying to shove through the "Intelligence Reform Bill"... watch out for what Tenet is wanting to do (will it be stuffed in or is it already stuffed in- one of those last minute items??) -- they are reportedly doing some of their final styling of this bill next week and shrub wants it pushed through. Wouldn't be surprised to see something like Tenet's agenda get pushed into it (the timing of the below article yesterday). Wouldn't they just love to take over, own, and control the internet (in the name of homeland security and "terrorist attacks")?!?!?! Read this article in full and note who was allowed in to do the reporting of his speech at this conference! He even used the shrubs' Texas slang "...the Wild West must give way to governance and control."

Tenet warns of terrorists combining physical, telecommunications attacks

By Chris Strohm, Dec. 1, 2004

http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1204/120104c1.htm

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Former CIA Director George Tenet on Wednesday said greater government regulation of the Internet and telecommunications networks is needed in order to guard against terrorist attacks.

The U.S. intelligence community needs to consider how terrorists might attempt to couple an attack on telecommunication networks with a physical attack, Tenet said during a keynote speech at the E-Gov Institute's homeland security conference in Washington.
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"I know that these actions would be controversial in this age where we still think the Internet is a free and open society with no control or accountability," he added. "But, ultimately, the Wild West must give way to governance and control."
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Many national media outlets were not allowed to attend Tenet's speech. The Associated Press reported that Tenet insisted that natoinal media be kept out, only allowing in reporters for trade publications that cover the government.
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