It reminds me of Chief Moose. It turned out that the Washington Snipers had turned up ten times on his computers, passing through roadblocks after shooting people.
But since they weren't white, and weren't driving a white van, he thought nothing about it. This only turned up after they were arrested, and needless to say the press never made much of it.
Bill Clinton, George Tenet, and Janet Reno were much like Chief Moose. Except they had a lot more help. Moose screwed up more or less singlehandedly. The rogue element in our intelligence agencies and senate is widespread and tenacious, and they seem to be screwing up on purpose, not through sheer stupidity.
It was worse than that. He knew these guys were the suspects, they were watching the ex-wife's house, but wouldn't let it go public. The only reason these terrorist got caught is some cops got fed up, went against Moose's orders and released the license plate number to the press. The whole thing was sickening.