But a final agreement is not expected until the Bush administration appoints a director of national intelligence.

"I generally support the concept of a director of national intelligence."

No doubt, Congress would quickly pass a bill creating a director of national intelligence.

Mi-jung does not meet the expected conventions of someone involved in national intelligence.

But questions remain over just how powerful a new director of national intelligence would really be.

Then he said, "Men too deep in national intelligence can often become outcasts, because, finally, they just have no one to talk to."

"You got a hint of something going down anywhere in national intelligence?"

Individual authors could write on the decline of national intelligence but public debate did not necessarily lead to action.

In short, the director of national intelligence can issue policies and guidelines to his heart's content.

We are dealing here with the area of activity of national intelligence and security services.