[IP] Newsweek on Rep. Porter Goss' domestic spying dreams [priv]

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: August 17, 2004 10:28:18 AM EDT
To: politech@politechbot.com
Subject: [Politech] Newsweek on Rep. Porter Goss' domestic spying 
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http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_5040.shtml

New CIA Director Wants Power to Spy On, Arrest, U.S. Citizens
By MICHAEL ISIKOFF & MARK HOSENBALL
Newsweek
Aug 16, 2004, 07:20

Rep. Porter Goss, President Bush.s nominee to head the CIA, recently
introduced legislation that would give the president new authority to
direct CIA agents to conduct law-enforcement operations inside the
United States -- including arresting American citizens.

The legislation, introduced by Goss on June 16 and touted as an
.intelligence reform. bill, would substantially restructure the
U.S. intelligence community by giving the director of Central
Intelligence (DCI) broad new powers to oversee its various components
scattered throughout the government.

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