Re: [CTRL] NYTimes.com Article: F.B.I. Director Rejects Agency for Intelligence in United States

[Jim Rarey]

-Caveat Lector- Mueller just wants exclusive jurisdiction over information so he can cover up what he is directed to do as in the BCCI case. Don't pin a medal on him, he belongs in jail.   This should not be construed as an endorsement of the new agency by me.   JR   ----- Original Message ----- From: Tenor Love To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 6:09 AM Subject: [CTRL] NYTimes.com Article: F.B.I. Director Rejects Agency for Intelligence in United States -Caveat Lector- This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Good for Mueller! Wonder how long it will be before he is "suicided"? [EMAIL PROTECTED] F.B.I. Director Rejects Agency for Intelligence in United States December 20, 2002 By DAVID JOHNSTON WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 - Director Robert S. Mueller III of the F.B.I. rejected the idea of a new domestic intelligence agency today, for the first time expressing explicit opposition to the proposal by lawmakers and others who have said the bureau should be stripped of its primary role in countering terrorism in the United States. Mr. Mueller said in a speech to a criminal research group in New York that a new domestic intelligence agency would be "a step backward in the war on terror" and that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was "uniquely situated for the counterterrorism mission." Mr. Mueller's defense of the F.B.I.'s authority was his most explicit statement on the subject and followed Congressional critics who have complained that the bureau failed to interpret warning signs that might have led authorities to prevent the Sept. 11 attacks. Some lawmakers have said a new agency should take over the bureau's intelligence gathering role, which would be turned over to the Department of Homeland Security. The joint House and Senate intelligence inquiry into lapses by the F.B.I. and C.I.A. before the attacks concluded this month that a cabinet level officer should oversee intelligence throughout the government, but the panel did not recommend a new intelligence agency. Last month, an advisory group led by James S. Gilmore III, a former governor of Virginia, said a new agency should take over intelligence gathering. The Bush administration has said it has no plans to recommend a new agency, but senior officials have considered the proposal, and the discussion continues to circulate in intelligence circles among officials who fear that the F.B.I. cannot collect intelligence about possible attacks while investigating terrorism. Mr. Mueller said the bureau had taken steps to improve intelligence analysis and had fixed problems that had hampered information sharing. "This crumbling of pre 9/11 walls brings us to the issue of whether America should create a new domestic intelligence agency similar to the British MI-5," Mr. Mueller said. "This idea is based on a faulty understanding of counterterrorism that sees a dichotomy between `intelligence operations' and `law enforcement operations.' This misunderstanding of counterterrorism has led some to conclude that we should separate these two functions and create a new domestic intelligence agency." But, Mr. Mueller said: "Building new walls is going in the wrong direction. There is no reason to separate the two functions." Mr. Mueller spoke on a day when European justice ministers agreed to allow the European Union's law enforcement agency, Europol, to share information with the F.B.I. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/20/politics/20BURE.html?ex=1041382543&ei=1&en=e76840c3955b4a10 HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company <A HREF="'http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.orghttp://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. 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