REPORT URGES U.S. CRUISE MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Former U.S. security officials are calling for adefense umbrella that would stop cruise missiles launched by terrorists andtheir government sponsors. The Washington-based Heritage Foundation, in a report, sent priorityrecommendations to the White House that called for changes in theintelligence, law enforcement and military commands. The 34-member panel washeaded by former State Department counter-terrorism chief L. Paul Bremer andformer Attorney General Edwin Meese.