Posted on 05/30/2002 9:10:36 PM PDT by Pokey78
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:04:32 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
In the wake of September 11, the public can be forgiven for thinking that America's intelligence agencies are more Maxwell Smart than James Bond. The issue now is whether, and how, the CIA and FBI can regain public confidence and deter future attacks.
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Mueller needs to go.
I don't know why these people aren't on trial for some kind of felony negligence, if not outright manslaughter. The muckety-mucks at Justice who refused to pursue the subpoena to search Moussaoui's computer should be shot.
Yeah that's the ticket. Who is his replacement?
It's because some people need a scapegoat. Fortunately, President Bush doesn't seem to be among them. Mueller needs to be given a chance to show what he can do. He's put his proposal on the table; let's see what happens.
It was more like 3-4 days before 9/11. Even more of a reason to give the guy a break.
At last! A serious proposal to make the FBI accountable. It is clear that while this guy wasn't responsible for the 9/11 screw-up, he has shown by his unwillingness to take effective "kick-butt" action that he is NOT the man who should be left in charge of this agency.
The man did the harm to himself it appears. Tis better to say we are in the process of investigating our records, files, & procedures, to see if we overlooked anything, than to continue peddling a backwards bicycle and retracting your words which bring the integrity of your office and the FBI into question. Mueller knew better than this he was career FBI. Even the word "No Comment" would not have been as damaging.
For the record Freeh was more at fault along with several other directors past in the FBI's gross mismanagement. The Bush SR / Reno FBI needs a big shake up and some lessons on just what their job actually is. It's not to go and arrest a two bit cult leader with a full scale tactical invasion when a county deputy could have done it safely likely without inicident at another location and saved innocent lives. I want to see change in the FBI and this is not a good start.
As I recall, that was actually ATF.
Donald Rumsfeld?
Yeah, we don't need Rumsfeld in that worthless position he is occupying. Look, what in the heck has Mueller done to deserve this derision?
Just a bit of history. The "scapegoat" is the Church Commission of the 70's. That is when the FBI and the CIA were relegated to little more than beat cops. What Mueller has done is put the prime mission of Hoovers FBI back into play. He has shifted the focus from investigating crimes after they have been committed back to preventing crimes in the planning stages.
Now, however, you can be guilty of being totally asleep at the switch, just as long as you cry on camera and say you're sorry. Preferably do an "Oprah" interview (beginning and ending by kissing her), and all is forgiven.
You may continue your not-fit-for-anything-else-but-public "service" without further ado.
Oh, and anyone who brings it up again afterward is "insensitive" and needs to be hounded into an early grave.
RUDY, RUDY, RUDY !
If not for skills then for the morale of the country !
I agree. Why should he be made a scapegoat? Seems to me he's been working overtime to get a handle on what has gone wrong. He should be given a chance.
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