House Republican leaders introduced a long-awaited bill Friday that would grant more limited powers to a new national intelligence director than those recommended by the Sept. 11 commission or called for in a companion bill in the Senate. Speaker J. Dennis Hastert said that the bill “doesn’t do everything the commission wants.” But he said the legislation, which would also grant a host of new powers to law enforcement agencies that the Sept. 11 commission had not specifically sought, “reflects the good work of the 9/11 commission and it will make America safer.”Full Story