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In Washington DC
442 Cannon House
Office Building
Washington, DC
20515
202-225-6316 Phone
202-225-4975 Fax
In Albuquerque
20 First Plaza NW
Suite 603
Albuquerque, NM
87102
505-346-6781 Phone
505-346-6723 Fax

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Congresswoman Heather Wilson, First Congressional District of New Mexico


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Wilson Supports National Intelligence Reform December 07, 2004
 
Improved Bill Ensures Soldiers Will Get Battlefield Intelligence
Washington – Congresswoman Heather Wilson today voted to support National Intelligence reform to improve our strategic warning of terrorist threats. The bill, implementing recommendations of the 9-11 Commission, passed overwhelmingly 336-75. The legislation creates a Director of National Intelligence to advise the President and oversee the intelligence community. It creates a National Counter Terrorism Center to establish a strong counterterrorism network and facilitate communications among agencies. Wilson, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, was one of eight Republicans to oppose an earlier version of the House bill because it included provisions on deportation without hearings of immigrants, including to countries that allow torture. The asylum and deportation provisions were dropped in negotiations with the Senate. Wilson also opposed a proposed conference agreement 17 days ago because it would not have protected clear chain of command for people in the military. “We needed to get it right,” Wilson said. “The final bill proved to be one I could support, one that protects the information pipeline to our soldiers in the field.” “We have moral obligations, as well as treaties, to allow people to seek asylum and have a chance to prove they are eligible,” Wilson said. “The final bill does not change asylum and deportation rules.” The bill contains provisions authored by Wilson and added to the legislation by amendments she offered in the House Armed Services Committee. Those provisions preserve the intelligence community’s access to science and technology developed at Sandia, Los Alamos and Air Force Research Lab.   “We wanted to create the authority and tools for the new Director of National Intelligence to succeed,” Wilson said. Wilson provisions include: · Creating a position within the National Intelligence Directorate for Science and Technology to advise the Director of National Intelligence on research and development issues and keep a strategic view of science and technology throughout the intelligence community. · Streamlining the Director of National Intelligence’s ability to easily tap into expertise at our DOD and DOE labs. · Creating an office of counter intelligence in the new agency to combat spying.
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