FBI derailed case against al Qaeda man http://www.examiner.com/printa-722189~FBI_derailed_case_against_al_Qaeda_man .html <javascript:popUpWinPP('ShowPhoto.cfm?filename=/images/newsroom/79850650-B8D B-1698-E5DBFE872EE1BA2B.jpg&caption=Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement executive Joe Webber says the FBI buried a terrorism investigation.','pp')> Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement executive Joe Webber says the FBI buried a terrorism investigation.
(AP) Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement executive Joe Webber says the FBI buried a terrorism investigation. Bill Myers and Scott McCabe, The Examiner 2007-05-11 12:26:00.0 Current rank: # 404 of 6,626 WASHINGTON - A turf battle between an immigration agency and the FBI nearly derailed a terrorism investigation, allowing a suspected al Qaeda fundraiser to continue his work, a former top immigration official alleged. Joe Webber, a former executive in Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told The Examiner that in late 2003, his agents developed information that a man in the Houston area was allegedly raising money for al Qaeda. But the FBI sat on applications for wiretaps of the suspect for months, letting evidence slip through the cracks, Webber said. Webber has accused top FBI officials, including former FBI task force leader Michael Morehart - the current special agent in charge of administration in the FBI's D.C. office - of burying the investigation. Morehart could not be reached for comment. But FBI officials insisted they handled the case properly. Director Robert Mueller addressed a media breakfast Wednesday and said he was "absolutely" sure the bureau was cooperating with other federal agencies. Webber said the delays in the Houston-area case could have deadly consequences. "I can't tell you how many dollars were actually collected, but if you look at an AK-47 round - that's about 13 cents in Iraq or Afghanistan," Webber said. "So if 13 cents left this country, it's significant." The man continues to raise money for al Qaeda, sources familiar with the investigation said. Webber's allegations raise the possibility that, nearly a decade after the Sept. 11 attacks, federal law enforcement agencies still aren't working together to root out terrorist cells in the U.S. "This is not an isolated incident as they would leave you to believe," Webber said. In a partially classified report by the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General, the FBI admitted the delays but blamed it on the local FBI office and Webber's agents. The inspector general agreed with the FBI in its report. Webber condemned the inspector general's report. He said the inspector general didn't put anyone under oath and did not require Morehart to take a lie detector test. Webber has the support of U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who has accused the FBI of worrying more about "who's getting the credit" than stopping terrorists. In 2005, as it was finishing its report on Webber's allegations, the Justice Department's inspector general office opened a review of 10 cases in which the FBI is alleged to have stalled investigations to protect its turf. "Where is that report?" Webber asked. "The bottom line is, the FBI is not going to let anyone else prosecute a counterterrorism case." 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