A Network That Guarantees Scoops

By Janice Castro

What's the value of secrets if nobody asks you for them? Fresh, reliable information is the measure of an intelligence czar. But new CIA director ROBERT GATES has noted that whenever something big happens, everybody from the President on down turns to CNN for up-to-the-minute reports. Gates is considering going CNN one better by creating his own private news program. Available on an encrypted computer system, the central intelligence network would distribute instant analysis and scoops to about 200 top Administration officials. Film at 11.

With reporting by Sidney Urquhart