I don't buy the OKC story any more. I think the FBI under Clinton adopted a policy of "protecting" the public from what was known middle eastern terrorism. And this is more such "protection". I just don't think there is or ever has been a "right wing hate group" that would send anthrax letters praising Allah. Bush has to decide if he is going to differentiate himself from Clinton.Surely this is a joke. Obviously Clinton made a lot of screwups on his own. But people on these boards insisted for years that Louis Freeh wore a white hat at the FBI and kept it independent from Clinton. Now it is Clinton's FBI? Even months after Freeh left and Bush's own man took over? How long are we going to hear this excuse that every bad decision is because of Clinton? Maybe Bush's people should learn that old saying of Truman's: "the buck stops here."
But I think it is quite likely that there has been more middle eastern involvement in terrorism here than the public has been led to believe, and I don't think the FBI's tactics have changed recently.