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2003-08-15 Home Front

F.B.I. Failed to Act on Spy [Robert P Hanssen] Despite Signals, Report Says

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Posted by Tresho 2003-08-15 12:02:15 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 We already know there are Islamist sympathizers in the FBI. Gamal Abdel-Hafiz refused to tape record "fellow Muslims", was sent to Riyadh(!), then got called back to the US and put on administrative leave. Last I heard, he was under review by the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility.

I've also heard of a translator being put in charge of intercepts relating to a group a spouse belonged to.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-8-15 12:35:51 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-8-15 12:35:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The other thing we have the remember is that the Bureau was busily tracking down spies elsewhere in the government (aldrich Ames etc...), and rebuilding itself as the next Interpol. The problems isnide the Bureau are so deeply ingrained that perhaps the only way to fix it is to shut it down and start over.

Posted by Douglas De Bono 2003-8-15 12:52:39 PM|| [http://www.douglasdebono.com] 2003-8-15 12:52:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 And, for those who might dismiss some of these points as exceptions, what we (the public) hear about is only the tip of the bureaucratic Bureau's iceberg of flaws. The FBI is almost worthless as a preventative component in the WoT. Thier current "culture" is pure sycophantism and nepotism. Re: Starting over, if you mean firing all personnel above Supervisor, then I absolutely agree. When it comes to populating the structure again, I'd suggest a much flatter org (Read: Stop creating BS slots to hide your friends in!) and consider filling the slots with those who have been repeatedly passed over - if not incompetent, this indicates they were NOT kissing ass - and with promising Field Agents who show initiative and guts, such as Colleen Rowley in the Minneapolis office. Yeah, the one who wanted to get into Zacarius Moussaoui's computer - prior to 9/11.

Posted by .com 2003-8-15 5:19:05 PM|| 2003-8-15 5:19:05 PM|| Front Page Top

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