Almost true, ABC: Bush Calls for New Intelligence Director

I never liked the term Czar to describe members of our government. It goes against my view of temporary government employees. So the Intelligence "Czar" envisioned by the amazingly-bright-after-the-fact 9/11 Commission was something I rejected out of hand, even without knowing the insane powers they proposed. Amost true, ABC. The important part:

"Bush rejected the panel's recommendation that the director control all intelligence budgets, and have the authority to choose who would lead the CIA, FBI, Defense Intelligence Agency and other intelligence agencies.

Come to think of it, they were envisoning a Czar.
NPR is happy to omit the good parts, too.
White House - the source without the media filter. Judge for yourself that and this paranoia found at the Los Angeles Times.

The intelligence director would be appointed by the president, with the consent of the Senate. The CIA would be managed by a separate director, while the new intelligence director would have the "broader responsibility of leading the intelligence community across our government," Bush said.

"President Bush wants to be able to hire and fire the intelligence czar so he can have this important position in his hip pocket," said Anthony D. Romero, ACLU executive director. "If we go down the road of creating an intelligence czar, that position must be insulated from political winds so that he won't feel pressure to please his boss at the expense of our civil liberties."

Any credible news organization that quotes the ACLU is, itself, seriously deluded. But that's been true of the LaLa Times since the 60s.