You know...part of the reason we didn't have any actionable intelligence before 9/11 was the "wall" between the different agencies, like the CIA and FBI...
I think that the wall and other policies, especially in the Clinton Administration had created such a friction between the different agencies...that when the 9/11 Commission and Congress steps in to create this NEW all encompassing agency...
that pretty much dilutes certain power from some agencies, while giving more to others...etc., has probably caused a LOT more harm, at least in this short term, while we are war, than it has helped.
I think it would have been so much better to just "tear down that wall"..have all of the agencies start sharing information, have them all report directely to President Bush, daily...
Then, after more time, and perhaps more of the "bad guys" were caught..THEN, they could think about how best to set up all the agencies for the BEST intelligence...not, to stroke the most egos..
The walls were WITHIN agencies. FBI investigations could not share info with FBI counterterrorism. THat is why no one inside the FBI would give permission to look at Moussaoui's laptop in August 2001.