3-5-96. TWP: "Untangling the Spy Network's Webs." Chairman Combest of the House intelligence committee yesterday proposed making the CIA's DO into a separate service and splitting the NRO into two giant technical agencies to handle satellites. The CIA would control most long-range intelligence work, some of which is now handled by the CIO and some by the NSA. The biggest change in terms of size would put the NSA, which has more than 25,000 analysts, in a new Technical Collection Agency that would also take in the managerial functions of NRO and parts of imagery analysis from CIO. 3-5-96. NYT: "Proposal Would Reorganize U.S. Intelligence Agencies." The intelligence services are held in low regard by the public and some leaders -- State complains about the quality of analytical papers; Defense bad-mouths the quantity of intelligence; and Congress gripes about too many secrets and not enough accountability. Rep. Goss, a former member of the CIA's DO, said the proposal aimed to rebuild the credibility of the agency's spies: "The whole exercise we're going through is meant to restore that." EXR_ciz