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 ...
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.
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