September 8, 2002

Special section, Unseen: War of Secrets; US intelligence agencies, harshly criticized after Sept 11 terrorist attacks, have had surprisingly little restructuring in months since; broad debate has begun on reorganizing domestic and foreign intelligence in face of supple, unfamiliar and suicidal new form of threat; CIA and FBI prove resilient in defending turf, although some legal restrictions on information sharing have been lifted and senior officials can now work more closely together; other proposals working way through bureaucracy are certain to be altered or quashed by interagency battles; one that would give defense secretary more authority over major military intelligence agencies might diminish CIA director's role; CIA Dir George Tenet's close ties with Pres Bush clearly helps him withstand crisis and FBI Dir Robert Mueller has become strong advocate of keeping FBI intact; Congress looks to incremental changes because committee structures mirror turf of executive branch agencies (M)

Interview with Secretary of State Colin L Powell, fifth in series, Perspectives, in which national and world leaders reflect on Sept 11 terrorist attacks and their effect on year of public life and policy; Powell defends Pres Bush's policy of pre-emption against countries that threaten United States, and plays down talk of tensions with American allies in Europe as squabbling among friends; argues that US has been unfairly characterized as unilateralist and opposed to treaties; disputes those who say Bush's embrace of idea of pre-emptive strikes against enemy threats is departure from traditional policy; says that because of devastating threats posed by terrorists, policy of pre-emption has 'risen in the hierarchy of options a bit' since Sept 11; says he does not feel isolated within administration for encouraging Bush to build international support for campaign against terrorism; says Sept 11 changed nature of American diplomacy, shattering cold-war assumptions and opening door to cooperation among nuclear rivals against shared enemy: stateless terrorists who seek their own biological and nuclear weapons; photo; biographical data (L)

Article on 2003 Nissan 350Z automobile; photos (M)

Anemona Hartocollis Coping column descibes some voters' recollections of Primary Day in New York City, when terrorists attacked World Trade Center; drawing (M)

A special issue of The Times Magazine today takes two long looks at Lower Manhattan. The first is a biography of the World Trade Center towers: the dizzying ambition that led to their rise and ultimately figured in their fall. The second is a series of blueprints for the future, dreamed up by a panel of architects that includes Peter Eisenman, Charles Gwathmey, Zaha Hadid, Steven Holl, Rem Koolhaas, Maya Lin, Richard Meier, David Rockwell, Frederic Schwartz and Rafael Viñoly, moderated by The Times's architecture critic, Herbert Muschamp. 9/11/02 IN NEW YORK -- Changes in the city and the region, in the words of the clergy and in the economic fallout. With Portraits of Grief. METRO SECTION WAR OF SECRETS -- American intelligence agencies have undergone surprisingly little change since 9/11. Are they better prepared now? WEEK IN REVIEW