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| 2005-06-10 | |
| The U.S. Justice Department says a CIA official blocked a memo warning the FBI two Sept. 11 hijackers had entered the country before the attacks. The memo, prepared by an FBI agent on the CIA's special Osama bin Laden unit, was meant to be transmitted in January 2000, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. The information could have helped agents track down the al-Qaida operatives before the attacks took place, the Times quoted U.S. intelligence officials familiar with the Justice Department report as saying. Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine released the report after winning a court battle against officials involved with the case of alleged would-be hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui. The officials had attempted to block release of the report, claiming it could compromise the outcome of his case. The section on Moussaoui was deleted from the released report. The report said it was not known why the CIA official, identified by the fictitious name "John," put a hold on the warning.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 We musta save the historic Can I Lever bridge. The Levers have always been good citizens with superior dentistry. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-10 19:59 |
| #4 I've found that when writing reports, policy papers, etc for politicians, it's best to keep it really simple with few big words and small bite-sized concepts |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-06-10 11:21 |
| #3 Pretty much,BAR.While I haven't had to write many formal reports,I have taken a couple of college level technical writting course'.In essence(like a resumee)keep it as short,give the relavent facts and get to the point. |
| Posted by: raptor 2005-06-10 10:36 |
| #2 If I make the report too long and detailed, the client will be overwhelmed and will not benefit. If I make it too short, the client will lack some important basic background and will suffer for it. Almost like a resume.... ;) |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-10 09:48 |
| #1 In my job, the deliverable is the written report. If I make the report too long and detailed, the client will be overwhelmed and will not benefit. If I make it too short, the client will lack some important basic background and will suffer for it. I'm sure it works exactly the same way at the FBI and the CIA. I'm not perfect. They're not perfect. We are talking about fine judgements that were made four years ago and more without benefit of 9/11 for perspective. Can't we just all move along? |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-06-10 08:57 |