1. This memo is a case of a middle-level manager (not in possesion of all the facts on 9/11), who finally pieced together a self-serving memo that showed that she would have handled this whole "situation" in a better way than her superiors. It was her way to get her "15 minutes of fame" (and maybe more if everyone keeps fawning over her).
2. She was covering her a$$, Big Time. Read this paragraph (which rambles on and on with no punctuation so I'll only quote a small portion):
In one of my peripheral roles on the Moussaoui matter, I answered an e-mail message on August 22, 2001, from an attorney at the National Security Law Unit (NSLU). Of course, with (ever important!) 20-20 hindsight, I now wish I had taken more time and care to compose my response.
She goes on to state:
Leaked news accounts which said the Minneapolis Legal Counsel (referring to me) concurred with the FBIHQ that probable cause was lacking to search Moussaoui's computer are in error. (or possibly the leak was deliberately skewed in this fashion?)
3. This woman can neither write nor speak. The memo that appeared in Time was edited and still looks like what my kids produced in the grade English.