Posted on 05/30/2002 11:46:13 AM PDT by kattracks
Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - In a memorandum written 91 days before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, an FBI agent warned that Americans would die as a result of the bureau's failure to adequately pursue investigations of terrorists living in the country.
FBI Special Agent Robert Wright, Jr, who wrote the memo, led a ten-year investigation into terrorist money laundering in the United States.
Wright began crying as he concluded his remarks at a Washington press conference Thursday. "To the families and victims of September 11th - on behalf of [FBI Special Agents] John Vincent, Barry Carmody, and myself -- we're sorry," Wright said before walking out of the room.
Vincent and Carmody have also expressed a desire to expose information regarding alleged FBI missteps prior to Sept. 11.
Wright's June 9, 2001 "Mission Statement" memo warned, "Knowing what I know, I can confidently say that until the investigative responsibilities for terrorism are transferred from the FBI, I will not feel safe.
"The FBI has proven for the past decade it cannot identify and prevent acts of terrorism against the United States and its citizens at home and abroad," Wright continued. "Even worse, there is virtually no effort on the part of the FBI's International Terrorism Unit to neutralize known and suspected international terrorists living in the United States."
The summary of Wright's attempts to expose the alleged failures of the FBI's anti-terrorism efforts ended with a solemn conclusion.
"Unfortunately, more terrorist attacks against American interests -- coupled with the loss of American lives -- will have to occur before those in power give this matter the urgent attention it deserves," he wrote.
More to come.
... "To the families and victims of September 11th - on behalf of [FBI Special Agents] John Vincent, Barry Carmody, and myself -- we're sorry," Wright said before walking out of the room ...Imagine, if you can, a state or nation or polity where every government official were so grimly honest, and so noble. What did we used to call it in more enlightened times? Honor, I think. But I forget.
Yep. Definitely more of the Clinton legacy.
But now our guys are in power, so that excuse won't hold up for very long.
I hope there are some serious reforms in the works.
Well, some major housecleaning needs to take place.
Bureaucracies stagnate, and the mission of "lifers" becomes to protect turf at all costs.
This kind of stuff happens in companies all the time. Cut several layers of management as a start, and lower the retirement age.
Sounds like Wright wants to write a book and make some money.
That will continue to be ignored, then "bang" they'll be back.
Try doing one on CIA, same thing happening to me. Those threads are probably "out for cleaning".
"We have failed the American people."
At that time (of broadcast), it seemed to imply, "forgive us...we have failed you". I have not seen this clip or references to it since. Has anyone else? The FBI has company on the current blame-gaming tables.
Finger pointing at this stage is kind of moot. We have 10 fingers. Let us use them all well. If we don't, our hands will be chopped off and nothing positive shall be accomplished.
It was the Bush administration that completely disregarded the Hart-Rudman report (commissioned under Clinton) that identified the the current problems with our anti-terrorist efforts. It was the Bush Administration that ignored the Gore Commission Report that discussed aviation safety and security. And it was the Bush administration that pulled surveillance off of the bin Laden family.
If maybe the FBI hadn't been so concerned with investigating Clinton's sexual escapades, and if the Bush administration had not come in with the ABC (Anything But Clinton) position, they would have recognized the threats earlier and been able to prevent it. In the military, the commanding officer is responsible for his men, and when something happens, that officer accepts responsibility and steps aside. It's time for Ashcroft to accept responsibility and step aside.
"This country has nothing to fear from the crooked man who fails. We put him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who is a threat to this country." [Teddy Roosevelt]
It's always easier here to just blame Clinton....forever.
The field agents aren't the problem; the problem lies with the leadership. They lie, they cover up, they ignore terrorists when they kill Americans. And when they aren't engage in any of that, they're incinerating people or shooting them in the back.
"Well, some major housecleaning needs to take place.
Bureaucracies stagnate, and the mission of "lifers" becomes to protect turf at all costs.
This kind of stuff happens in companies all the time. Cut several layers of management as a start, and lower the retirement age."
8 posted on 5/30/02 2:14 PM Central by sinkspur
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| Posted by rdavis84 to sinkspur On News/Activism ^ May 29 9:49 PM #66 of 133 ^ "Mueller and Ashcroft announced a reorganization today," I've seen plenty of "reorganizations" in the business world and for some reason what you're touting as positive smells of smokescreen and CYA. The incompetent usually get elevated, and the company fails anyway. |
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You mean this report?
Washington Times. EDITORIAL. May 18, 2002 "Nearly a decade ago, in 1995, an al Qaeda plot to use commercial airliners to blow up the CIA headquarters at Langley, among other targets, was uncovered in the Philippines. It was named "Operation Bojinka," or "the big bang." As a consequence, Vice President Al Gore was appointed to head an airport-security task force. Those recommendations were eventually rejected by the White House as "racial profiling." When the investigations begin, no question should go unasked and unanswered. The Democrats might wish they had never got what they asked for."
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