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Intelligence Agency Critics Call for Reforms

As George Tenet prepares to leave his post as CIA director, critics call for reforms that would give the position greater direct oversight over all U.S. intelligence agencies, including the FBI. FBI Director Robert Mueller is also resisting a reform initiative that would create a domestic spying agency. Hear NPR's Larry Abramson.

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Larry Abramson
Larry Abramson is NPR's National Security Correspondent. He covers the Pentagon, as well as issues relating to the thousands of vets returning home from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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