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FBI performs a nasty little sequel to whistle-blower saga
Minneapolis Star-Tribune ^ | Dec. 22, 2002 | Doug Grow

Posted on 12/23/2002 12:37:23 AM PST by seamole

A nasty political sequel is being played out before our eyes. "The Bureaucracy Strikes Back" is the story flowing from the courageous saga of Minneapolis FBI agent Coleen Rowley, who blew the whistle on higher-ups in the FBI's bureaucracy.

Just seven months ago she was being heralded as a national hero for daring to testify that top-level FBI officials had stymied efforts by Minneapolis agents to search records of Zacarias Moussaoui before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A go-ahead from Washington for a search in Minneapolis might have yielded information that might have prevented the horrid attacks. A search of Moussaoui's belongings after 9/11 found clues to the plot.


(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 911; BUREAUCRACY; COLLEENROWLEY; FBI; MOUSSAOUI; NSLU; WHISTLEBLOWER
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1 posted on 12/23/2002 12:37:23 AM PST by seamole
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To: seamole
BTTT
2 posted on 12/23/2002 6:59:58 AM PST by Free the USA
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To: seamole
No surprises of course. That is standard operating procedure for the whole federal gov't. Incompetence is rewarded and if anyone points it out, they are attacked. None of them would last 5 minutes in a competitive corporate environment.

Sadly many people believe the gov't should be in charge of everything. When that happens, we might as well be living in the ex-Soviet Union. Russia will be more free than we will be then.

3 posted on 12/23/2002 8:04:05 PM PST by monday
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