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CIA Head Rejects Call for Overseeing Authority

Acting CIA chief John McLaughlin rejects the idea of creating an intelligence czar that would oversee the nation's intelligence efforts. Creation of the post is one of the recommendations expected to come out this week in the report by the bipartisan commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks. NPR's Susan Stamberg reports.

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Nationally renowned broadcast journalist Susan Stamberg is a special correspondent for NPR.