[Enlightiator]

I strongly agree that the emphasis on domestic terrorism has been politically biased during the Clinton adminsitration, at the expense of not indentifying foreign terrorists on United States soil. Even the INS has turned a blind eye to illegal aliens for political purposes. I do disagree with the claims that the FBI has ignored international terrorism. Read the FBI May 10, 2001 testimony on terrorism:

FBI Press Room - Congressional Statement - 2001 - Threat of Terrorism to the United States

Also interesting reading is the following 1998 report:

Foreign Terrorists in America: Five years after the World Trade Center An excerpt:
Presence of Foreign Terrorist Groups in the United States

Today, due to the foresight of the Congress and Executive Branch in the aftermath of the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City bombings, the FBI has an enhanced capability to track the activities of foreign terrorist organizations maintaining a presence in the United States.

There are obvious operational considerations that limit what we can discuss in an open forum about the presence of terrorist groups in the United States. I can tell you that the FBI has identified a significant and growing organizational presence here.

Palestinian Hamas, Iranian-backed Hizballah, and Egyptian-based al-Gama' at al Islamiyya each has established an active presence in the United States. The activities of the American wings of these organizations generally revolve around fund-raising and low-level intelligence gathering.

In addition, there are still significant numbers of Iranian students attending U.S. universities and technical institutions. In 1997, 419 student visas were issued to new and returning Iranian students. A significant number of these individuals are hardcore members of the pro-Iranian student organization known as the Anjoman Islamie, which is comprised almost exclusively of fanatical, anti-American, Iranian Shiite Muslims. The Iranian government relies heavily on these students studying in the United States for low-level intelligence and technical expertise. However, the Anjoman Islamie also provides a significant resource base which allows the government of Iran to maintain the capability to mount operations against the United States, if it so decided.

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For further reading (which I myself want to do more of) on the FBI's prior perspective on terrorism, check the FBI website. Here's the results of a search page:

Netscape Search on www.fbi.gov for "terrorism"

[Enlightiator]

I apologize, the FBI search link does not work. Type in "terrorism" in the search block at www.fbi.gov to get the results below:

Search query is "terrorism"

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1: FBI Press Room - Congressional Statement - 2001 - Threat of Terrorism to the United States freeh051001.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 40K, Create Date: May-15-01 14:19 http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress01/freeh051001.htm

2: FBI Press Room - Congressional Statement - 1997 - Counterterrorism terror.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 47K, Create Date: Mar-07-01 12:10 http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress97/terror.htm

3: FBI Press Room - Congressional Statement - 1998 - U.S. Government's Response to International Terrorism terror.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 34K, Create Date: Mar-07-01 12:12 http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress98/terror.htm

4: FBI Press Room - Congressional Statement - 1998 - Hearing on Threats to U.S. National Security threats.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 103K, Create Date: Mar-07-01 12:13 http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress98/threats.htm

5: FBI Press Room - Congressional Statement - 1998 - Foreign Terrorists in America: Five Years after the World Trade Center wtc.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 34K, Create Date: Mar-07-01 12:14 http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress98/wtc.htm

6: FBI Press Room - Congressional Statement - 1999 - The Threat to the United States Posed by Terrorists freehct2.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 85K, Create Date: Mar-07-01 12:16 http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress99/freehct2.htm

7: Denver FBI - International Terrorism Subpage from the NFIP Page inteterr.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 12K, Create Date: Jan-31-01 15:38 http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/denver/inteterr.htm

8: FBI Publications - A Report to the American People - Chapter 2: FBI Leadership in National Security report5.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 48K, Create Date: Mar-27-01 16:10 http://www.fbi.gov/publications/5-year/1993-98/report5.htm

9: Counterterrorism cntrterr.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 12K, Create Date: May-08-01 16:41 http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/jackson/cntrterr.htm

10: FBI's Investigative Programs investigate.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 5K, Create Date: Jan-19-01 12:13 http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/balt/investigate.htm

11: FBI's Investigative Programs domter.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 5K, Create Date: Jan-19-01 12:13 http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/balt/domter.htm

12: Seattle Field Office - Terrorism terrorism.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 6K, Create Date: May-31-01 15:49 http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/seattle/terrorism.htm

13: FBI Press Room - Congressional Statement - 1997 - FBI Oversight clear.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 39K, Create Date: Mar-07-01 12:03 http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress97/clear.htm

14: FBI Press Room - Congressional Statement - 1997 - Threat of International Organized Crime initiatives-int.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 28K, Create Date: Mar-07-01 12:04 http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress97/initiatives-int.htm

15: FBI Chat Archives chatinfo.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 4K, Create Date: Sep-06-01 19:55 http://www.fbi.gov/chat/chatinfo.htm

16: The Federal Bureau of Investigation - Indianapolis Division - Investigative Programs programs.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 33K, Create Date: May-10-01 17:22 http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/ip/programs.htm

17: National Security Programs sfnatsec.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 10K, Create Date: Jul-12-01 15:00 http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/sanfran/sfnatsec.htm

18: Scientific Support to Terrorism Investigations (Forensic Science Communications, July 1999) murchltr.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 14K, Create Date: Mar-20-01 13:07 http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/july1999/murchltr.htm

19: Jacksonville - Counterterrorism counter.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 7K, Create Date: Apr-25-01 14:46 http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/jacksonville/counter.htm

20: FBI Press Room - Press Release - 1998 - Director Statement africast.htm, Search in: FBI Web Site File size: 14K, Create Date: Mar-07-01 19:59 http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel98/africast.htm

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[robnoel]

His words not mine....Freeh told Congress that the main threat of terrorist violence comes not from foreign sources but from the overlapping constituencies of the far right: abortion-clinic assassins, Christian Identity militias and the like.

Don't get me wrong I have spoken with Gary Aldrich many times and he has stated in no uncertain terms that there are good God fearing patriot FBI agents still in the agency.. not many but a few are still there....however Freeh blew this one for political reasons....pure and simple....the problem when we talk about ..be it a government agency,race,sexual preference,religion,militia,christians etc most tend to think we always paint with a broad brush ..part of the group think mentality...which could not further from the truth...there is good and bad in everything,,,,group think is a tactic of the left Clinton used this to perfection....to the point of lumping Rush into my domain.....hate radio :-)