Obama: How to improve

January 8, 2010 at 3:02AM

President Obama ordered a raft of measures meant to close gaps in the U.S. intelligence system. Among them are:

• Strengthen criteria used to add individuals to the nation's terrorist watch lists, especially the no-fly list.

• Increase the use of explosive detection technology, including imaging technology, at airports. Strengthen international partnerships to improve screening and security at airports around the world.

• Direct intelligence community to assign specific responsibility for investigating all leads on high-priority threats.

• Distribute intelligence reports more rapidly and widely. Strengthen how analysts process and integrate the reports.

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