September 16, 2001

People are urged to stop sending food, clothing and supplies to New York City's relief effort because much of what has been sent cannot be used and is being dumped; volunteers are told that there is not much they can do for now; only big-ticket need mentioned by any official is warehouse space; photo (M)

Congressional leaders who oversee nation's intelligence system conclude that America's spy agencies should be allowed to combat terrorism with more aggressive tactics, including hiring of unsavory foreign agents; are discussing reversing nation's 25-year ban on using covert agents to assassinate foreigners; some also say terrorist assault on New York and Pentagon represents colossal failure of American intelligence; New York Times/CBS News poll finds that 65 percent of Americans favor assassination of people in foreign countries who commit terrorist acts against Americans (M)

To accommodate readers who could not obtain today's complete issue, The Times has printed added copies of the news sections and The Week in Review. (Press runs for The Times Magazine and other feature sections were completed earlier in the week and could not be extended.) This limited version is being sold for a reduced price.

Linda Greenhouse article says balance in American life between security and personal liberty is sure to be recalibrated in wake of terrorist attacks of Sept 11 and there is danger that security measures will at some point begin to corrode very society they are designed to protect; American history is replete with examples of overreaction to perceived threats; photos; drawing (M)

Article describes 2-story log house built by Tim and Mary Cleary in High Falls, NY; photo (M)