] The Bush reelection campaign has been blasting Democratic
] presidential nominee John F. Kerry as deeply
] irresponsible for proposing intelligence cuts at the same
] time. A Bush campaign ad released on Aug. 13 carried a
] headline: "John Kerry . . . proposed slashing
] Intelligence Budget 6 Billion Dollars."
]
] But the cuts Goss supported are larger than those
] proposed by Kerry and specifically targeted the "human
] intelligence" that has recently been found lacking. The
] recent report by the commission probing the Sept. 11,
] 2001, attacks called for more spending on human
] intelligence.