Bush's four D's

Inside the Ring via Drudge ^ | April 26, 2002 | Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough

[vannrox]

President Bush has adopted a catchy slogan for defeating terrorism, says Linda Flohr, the deputy national coordinator for terrorism on the White House National Security Council.

Miss Flohr told a classified conference of intelligence officials last month that the president is focused on the "Four D's" of counterterrorism: Defend the United States; Diminish the causes of terrorism; Deny sanctuary for terrorists; and Defeat terrorism. The biggest problem for U.S. intelligence today, she said, is figuring out how to convert intelligence obtained overseas into action that will allow federal authorities to catch foreign terrorists operating in the United States.

[serinde]

the administration is also considering creation of another bureaucratic intelligence structure, a national threat assessment center.

Another bureaucratic agency, from someone who campaigned on a pledge of smaller govt. How many does this make, now, 4? 5? This is really getting ridiculous.

[Enlightiator]

Another bureaucratic agency, from someone who campaigned on a pledge of smaller govt. How many does this make, now, 4? 5? This is really getting ridiculous.

Thats the typical true blood politician's response - got a problem? Create another department/agency/commission. INS totally incompetent? Split it in two, and get TWO incompetent agencies for the price of ....well, two...