JESSE J. HOLLAND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON -- The White House came out Tuesday against parts of a Senate intelligence reorganization bill, saying they would create "a cumbersome new bureaucracy" for coordinating the activities of 15 spy agencies under a national intelligence director.
Meanwhile, one of the leaders of the Sept. 11 commission, whose report was the impetus for the legislation, gave a lukewarm endorsement to a House version that would make the head of the CIA the new national intelligence director and increase fines and jail time for terrorism hoaxes.
The Senate and House are trying to finish legislation before the November election.
While endorsing a Senate bill written by Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., the White House said it "is concerned about the excessive and unnecessary detail" in it.
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