In previous mergers, officials from different Pentagon agencies have sometimes taken conflicting positions on mergers.

But he has had a hand in budget issues and in setting intelligence-gathering priorities for the Pentagon agencies.

Adding a Pentagon agency could only make it harder to forestall another attack like the one on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Pentagon agencies produce two broad categories of intelligence information.

For most of its 30-year lifetime, the Pentagon agency has been known for supporting research whose military connections were often remote.

Defense Department officials said the Pentagon agency had been permitted to review the documents but not to take custody of them.

Pentagon agencies spend almost all the rest.

Until now, the Pentagon agencies have been oriented primarily to serving the needs of the military.

"Lightsats" are under study not only by Pentagon agency but the armed services.

Other Pentagon agencies said the company had paid tens of millions of dollars too much, without offering any justification for the payments.

In previous mergers, officials from different Pentagon agencies have sometimes taken conflicting positions on mergers.

But he has had a hand in budget issues and in setting intelligence-gathering priorities for the Pentagon agencies.

Adding a Pentagon agency could only make it harder to forestall another attack like the one on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Pentagon agencies produce two broad categories of intelligence information.

For most of its 30-year lifetime, the Pentagon agency has been known for supporting research whose military connections were often remote.

Defense Department officials said the Pentagon agency had been permitted to review the documents but not to take custody of them.

Pentagon agencies spend almost all the rest.

Until now, the Pentagon agencies have been oriented primarily to serving the needs of the military.

"Lightsats" are under study not only by Pentagon agency but the armed services.

Other Pentagon agencies said the company had paid tens of millions of dollars too much, without offering any justification for the payments.