WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush approved dozens of changes at U.S. spy agencies on Wednesday to better combat weapons of mass destruction, including creating a new center and moving FBI counterterrorism and intelligence operations into a new unit.
Acting in the face of sharp criticism since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Bush signed off on 70 of 74 recommendations from a special presidential commission and gave U.S. authorities new powers to freeze assets of companies believed to be helping North Korea, Iran and Syria pursue nuclear, biological and chemical arms.
