US set to overhaul intelligence network

Four months after the September 11 commission urged drastic changes to protect the United States from another terror attack, Congress today neared final passage of far-reaching legislation overhauling the US intelligence network and instituting new border and aviation security safeguards.

“We have walked a long and winding road to get to this day, but ultimately we’ve got to exactly where we wanted to be, which is on the verge of adopting legislation that will reform America’s intelligence assets,” said Senator Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut Democrat, one of the lead Senate negotiators on the bill.