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Panelists to lobby Cheney for passage of intelligence reform bill
From Ed Henry
CNN Washington Bureau
Tuesday, November 30, 2004 Posted: 11:07 AM EST (1607 GMT)



Mary Fetchit, whose son was killed in the 9/11 attacks, says the time for debate is over.


SPECIAL REPORT

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In an effort to break a legislative deadlock, Vice President Cheney will meet with former 9/11 commission co-chairs Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton Tuesday afternoon.

Kean and Hamilton have launched a last-ditch lobbying blitz to pass legislation that would create a new director of national intelligence. They are warning of dire consequences if the bill is not passed next week when Congress returns to session.

"You go back to the drawing board, start all over again," Hamilton said on CNN's "American Morning." After this brief session, Congress will adjourn until January.

A delay at this point would be six to eight months long, Hamilton said, "all the time the terrorists will be planning another attack and we will be less secure."

more: http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/30/congress.intelligence/