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...he referred to Moussaoui in the context of terrorism some 70 times in communications with superiors after arresting him Aug. 16, 2001, but failed to get the FBI to conduct an all-out investigation."

Wonder if the FBI is still too busy (or lacking adequate investigatory personnel) to deal with such matters? It seems like a year or so ago someone posted an article concerning FBI agents who didn't even have PCs to work with.

Who killed the virtual case file?

Snip: Fine concluded that four years after terrorists crashed jetliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the FBI, which had been criticized for not "connecting the dots" in time to prevent the attacks, still did not have the software necessary to connect any new dots that might come along. And won't for years to come.

FBI field offices lack remote access to database

Snip: When a Phoenix FBI agent became suspicious of Middle Eastern men training at an Arizona flight school last summer, he wrote a now well-known memo suggesting a canvass of all U.S. aviation schools. FBI headquarters staff rejected the idea; the bureau didn't have the personnel to do it.

FBI policy office disciplines IT spending

Snip: In a February audit, Glenn Fine, the Justice Department’s inspector general, blamed VCF's meltdown on poor management and oversight, design modifications during the project, and bad IT investment practices. Fine warned that the FBI must improve its antiquated computer systems or risk being unable to do its job.

Bomb Found Near Railway Station in Istanbul
22 March 2006 | 21:21 | FOCUS News Agency

Istanbul. Bomb was found near railway station in Istanbul, RIA Novosti informs. The explosive device, which could have been detonated by remote control, was found near busy railway station. Sappers dismantled the explosive and the railway station was temporarily closed down.

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=127&newsid=84958&ch=0

Alex Alexiev: Muslim Population in Western Europe Totals about 20 Million People and Increased by 50% Every Decade 22 March 2006 | 10:46 | FOCUS News Agency

Sofia. The Muslim population in Western Europe totals about 20 Million people and increases by more than 50% every decade, Alex Alexiev, an adviser on national Security with the Pentagon and the CIA and also a Vice President for Research with the Center for Security Policy and leads the program on “Islamic Radicalism And International Terrorism” said in an interview for FOCUS News Agency and the Trud daily.

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http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=111&newsid=84913&ch=0

Thank you MamaDearest.
That is a good collection of links.
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OPINION from a Non-Geek computer
user:

I've watched some of the hearings on CSPAN regarding the FBI computer systems.

Simply put, the systems/programs need to talk to each other
or in other words -- be compatible.

Solution:

Start fresh.
Really.

Allow data entry operators to input all the new
info (reports, FI contacts, etc.) that occurs from day to day.

Hire a bunch of additional data input operators to add the info from all
the various old systems into your new, fresh computer system.

Now the FBI will have a workable system.

Will this be easy?
No.

Doable?
Probably.

Anyway, something to consider.