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Date Posted: 09:02:22 01/03/02 Thu
Author: Heidi Przybyla
Subject: Bush to Ignore Rule on Written Notices of Intelligence Actions

Bush to Ignore Rule on Written Notices of Intelligence Actions
By Heidi Przybyla | Bloomberg
Crawford, Texas, Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush said he'll use presidential authority to sidestep a rule requiring his administration to provide Congress with written notice of U.S. intelligence activities.

Bush made the announcement in signing the intelligence authorization act for fiscal year 2002, which includes an amendment stating that reports to Congress should ``always be in written form.''

Requiring written notice of planned U.S. intelligence activities may ``impair foreign relations'' and national security, Bush said in a statement. The law also increases the overall intelligence budget 7 percent.

The move follows a spat between the president and members of Congress over how much classified information he should provide Capitol Hill about U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. In October, Bush tried to limit access to such information to leaders of both parties and the chairmen of the congressional committees with jurisdiction over the military.

Bush sent Congress a memo laying out the restrictions after leaks from an intelligence briefing produced stories that said administration officials told members of Congress there was a ``100 percent chance'' of retaliatory terrorist strikes should the U.S. attack Afghanistan over the Sept. 11 terrorist assaults in New York and Washington.

After Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle and legislators of both parties argued that information-sharing is part of the process, Bush backed away from the restrictions on who would get intelligence briefings from the Defense and State departments.

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