In a continuing example of changes in the FBI:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/02/politics/02TERR.html
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Two senior members of the Senate Judiciary Committee ... had serious concerns about the F.B.I.'s ability to lead the fight against terrorism and about its treatment of some agents who have voiced criticisms internally. The senators questioned whether the F.B.I. had been truthful about its progress in recasting its counterterrorism operation.
And two members of the Senate Intelligence Committee ... expressed concern today about the agency's ability to recast its mission from traditional law enforcement duties to intelligence functions.
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This is the part that would never end up in tabloids and yet tells us much about what is happening in the FBI:
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... a study by Syracuse University last spring suggesting that the F.B.I. was devoting as much attention to nonterrorism cases after the Sept. 11 attacks as before. They said internal frustrations at the F.B.I. appeared to echo the study's findings.
In addition, the senators disclosed that the Justice Department decided last month to cut the amount of information on F.B.I. cases that it would make available to researchers at Syracuse as part of their continuing study.
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Top management again fears facts? DOJ therefore has top management problems because Syracuse is not telling them what they want to hear.
More damning evidence typical of an organization with corrupt or incompetent top managment:
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Mr. Roberts said ... that there was a perceived double standard at the F.B.I. in its disciplining of senior officials versus rank-and-file agents, and Congressional officials say that soon after, supervisors upbraided him in front of other employees because of his comments. Supervisors also eliminated a position in the F.B.I.'s ethics units last month after two employees spoke with Congressional investigators about whether the agency had retaliated against Mr. Roberts, the senators said.
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Do we fix unethical top management or fire more little people? More symptoms of defective top management. 85% of all problems are directly traceable to top management.
Still want to defend the DOJ? It looks like the coverup at Ruby Ridge is just the tip of an iceberg. Now about that shootout out west on the Indian reservation? Forgot the name. But I see enough here and consistently into the past to even question FBI reports of that incident that got so little journalistic evaluation.