Ashcroft Rejected FBI Counterterrorism Funds Request on Sept. 10, 2001

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Commission Report Says Ashcroft Rejected FBI Counterterrorism Funds Request on Sept. 10, 2001

WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI failed miserably over several years to reorganize and respond to a steadily growing threat of terrorism, and Attorney General John Ashcroft rejected an agency appeal for more funding on the day before al-Qaida struck, the commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks said Tuesday.

"On Sept. 11, the FBI was limited in several areas," the commission said in a staff report. It cited "limited intelligence collection and strategic analysis capabilities, a limited capacity to share information both internally and externally, insufficient training, an overly complex legal regime and inadequate resources."

The commission released its unflinchingly critical report - which chairman Thomas Kean described as an "indictment' - at the outset of two days of hearings from several current and former officials at the Justice Department and FBI.

Former FBI Director Louis J. Freeh, the first to take the witness chair, politely and firmly took issue with the findings.

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[Zeke]

1. The Truth...

Louis Freeh's FBI made hundreds of agents waste thousands of man hours investigating a blow-job, allowing terrorists to live in the USA, have their names in the phonebook, and get flight lessons, allowing for the day when they'd fly planes into three buildings.

That's what happened and I hear no media types mentioning it at all.

That's what happened.

[sniffa]

2. weLL to be fair

he didn't caLL john the next day to say, "i toLd you so."