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1、AFightAgainstTerrorism--andDisorganizationByKarenDeYoungWashingtonPostStaffWriterWednesday,August9,2006;A01Earlythissummer,anewstrategyforcombatingterrorism,describedbyitsauthorsas"revolutionary"inconcept,arrivedonPresidentBush'sdesk.ThehighlyclassifiedNationalImplementationPlanforthefirsttimesetgov
2、ernment-widegoalsandassignedresponsibilityforachievingthemtospecificdepartmentsandagencies.WrittenbyofficialsattheNationalCounterterrorismCenter,underadirectivesignedbythepresidentlastwinter,the160-pageplanaspirestoachievewhathaseludedtheBushadministrationinthefiveyearssincetheSept.11,2001,attacks:b
3、ringingorderanddirectiontothefightagainstterrorism.IntheyearssinceBushstoodatopthesmolderingruinsoftheWorldTradeCenterandpledgedretaliationagainst"thepeoplewhoknockeddownthesebuildings,"thefederalgovernmenthasundergoneanunprecedentedexpansionandreorganization.Yetthecounterterrorisminfrastructurethat
4、resultedhasbecomesoimmenseandunwieldythatmanylookingatitfromtheoutside,andevensomeontheinside,havetroubleunderstandinghowitworksorhowmuchsaferithasmadethecountry.Hugeamountsofmoneyhavebeenspent--$430billionsofaronoverseasmilitaryanddiplomaticcounterterrorismoperations,accordingtotheU.S.comptrollerge
5、neral,atriplingofpre-9/11expendituresfordomesticsecurityprogramstoanestimated$50billionto$60billionthisyear,anduntalliedbillionsmoreinstateandlocalmoney.Institutionshistoricallychargedwithprotectingthenationhaveproducedanewgenerationofbureaucraticoffspring--thePentagon'sCounterintelligenceFieldActiv
6、ity(CIFA)andJointIntelligenceTaskForceforCombatingTerrorism(JITF-CT),theTreasuryDepartment'sOfficeofIntelligenceandAnalysis(OIA),andtheFBI'sNationalSecurityService(NSS),tonameafew--manywithseeminglyoverlappingmissions.Newlawshavebroadeneddomesticenforcementpowers,andtheJusticeDepartmenthasbeenradica
7、llyrestructuredtoemphasizecounterterrorism.TheFBI,wherecounterterrorismnowaccountsforhalfofallinvestigations,hasnearlydoubleditsbudgetto$6billionsince2001andadded7,000employees.Twenty-twodomesticagenc