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U.S. Intelligence Panel to Recommend Creating National WMD Nonproliferation Center
A presidential commission that studied intelligence failures in the buildup to the Iraq war is expected to recommend establishing a national nonproliferation center to coordinate efforts to stem the spread of weapons of mass destruction, the Washington Post reported today (see GSN, March 28). The 700-page classified report, scheduled to be released tomorrow, will also propose heightened competitive analysis and information-sharing by U.S. intelligence agencies, creation of an intelligence ombudsman position to deal with analysts’ concerns and encouraging more dissenting views in formation of national intelligence estimates, officials said. White House press secretary Scott McClellan suggested that U.S. President George W. Bush would adopt many of the commission’s suggestions. “We will carefully consider the recommendations and act quickly on the recommendations, as well,” he said yesterday. “They build upon the steps we’ve already taken to improve our intelligence sharing and gathering” (Pincus/Baker, Washington Post, March 30). The report is expected to recommend that the FBI establish a semi-autonomous service to identify and halt nuclear, chemical and biological threats, the New York Times reported today. Incorporating the commission’s recommendations into reforms already initiated as the result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, however, will be complicated, officials told the Times yesterday The commission also found no evidence that faulty pre-Iraq war intelligence was the result of political pressure from the White House or the Defense Department, according to the Times (Sanger/Johnston, New York Times, March 29).
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