Reagan Official Against Intelligence Czar Idea

By Melissa Block

Published July 20, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Frank Gaffney, former assistant Defense secretary in the Reagan administration, about the Sept. 11 Commission's purported recommendation to create a cabinet-level director of national intelligence. Gaffney is opposed to the idea.

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As special correspondent and guest host of NPR's news programs, Melissa Block brings her signature combination of warmth and incisive reporting. Her work over the decades has earned her journalism's highest honors, and has made her one of NPR's most familiar and beloved voices.

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