'We've Hit The Targets'

Sen. Jon Kyl, a member of the Intelligence Committee, says he's been pushing for years for more intelligence money and less red tape--and for dropping concerns about recruiting human-rights violators as infiltrators into terror groups. "My first reaction was that my knees were weak," he said. "But frankly, my second reaction was that all of the things we've been saying we have to do--maybe through this disaster they'll get more attention." No doubt they will.

MARK HOSENBALL, DANIEL KLAIDMAN AND DONATELLA LORCH IN WASHINGTON AND PEG TYRE, CHRISTOPHER DICKEY AND ANDREW NAGORSKI IN NEW YORK

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