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Good post.

There has been virtually no discussion of the Wall of Separation between the CIA and the FBI, which was strengthened by the clinton administration. Too bad, because it ought to be talked about out in the open.

I can remember all the way back to the 50s that people who believed in American freedom supported the separation of these two agencies, and for good reason. The Soviet Union, like the Nazis, had its secret police, who spied on its own citizens and arrested them at the drop of a hat. The US, in contrast, spied on its enemies abroad, but not its citizens at home.

That was the theory, and it’s hard to argue with. BUT . . . the WTC bombing and 9/11 revealed the dangers. Not the the CIA and the FBI should merge, but that they should talk to each other and warn each other of potential threats.

Also, of course, something we are now confronting: should alient terrorists and illegals have the same rights as US citizens? I think not. They should be watched, and regretably citizens who are too cozy with them and arouse suspicition should be watched as well. That of course, means we need to keep an eye out for Muslims, just as we used to keep an eye out for Communists—or at least should have done. It means we should PROFILE. A Muslim citizen who cozies up with foreign terrorists, or a radical of some kind, is obviously more of a potential threat than a non-Muslim or a non-radical.

Unfortunately, we all know that the FBI and the CIA are still badly broken, and that President Bush has done little or nothing to fix the mess he inherited, other than add more bureaucratic layers at the top.

There has been virtually no discussion of the Wall of Separation between the CIA and the FBI, which was strengthened by the clinton administration...Unfortunately, we all know that the FBI and the CIA are still badly broken, and that President Bush has done little or nothing to fix the mess he inherited, other than add more bureaucratic layers at the top.

Both true, though the first bombing preceded Clinton's wall, and the FBI was "on the job", looking the other way.

It's been my experience in dealing with the FBI in a professional capacity, they are a collection of men and women with high intelligence - ethics - morals, the whole enchilada ..... but their political masters in D.C. could use a enema.

The CIA is a whole 'nother matter. Look how many people Aldrich Ames got killed before they realized he was poison?

And the whole time that POS was driving a Jaguar ... which is telling the world you have far more money that brains and no one picked up on that? Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?

If it wasn't so tragic, it would have made a good Sam Kennison routine; " Okay, 8 informants have died on his watch, let's see if it goes to ten before we take him out...."