Strategy was being co-ordinated across Whitehall, she added, while the proposed new National Crime Agency would, for the first time, "pull together the complete intelligence picture" and work with the police and other law enforcement agencies to co-ordinate a national response.

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But the congressmen's letter is especially troubling because it relates to the broader picture of America's intelligence over Iraq rather than just picking over bits and pieces.

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Mr. STEPHEN HADLEY (National Security Adviser): It is this intelligence and the picture it paints that caused the president to conclude and then develop a new strategy or a new approach.

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