Legal Commentary

FBI Keeping Lid on 9-11 Complaints

By Professor University of Miami School of Law

CQ Politics | SpyTalk - FBI Prevents Agents from Telling ‘Truth’ About 9/11 on PBS

The FBI has blocked two of its veteran counterterrorism agents from going public with accusations that the CIA deliberately withheld crucial intelligence before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

FBI Special Agents Mark Rossini and Douglas Miller have asked for permission to appear in an upcoming public television documentary, scheduled to air in January, on pre-9/11 rivalries between the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency.

I have no idea how significant this is, if it all. Given that Bush ignored a report saying bin Laden was ready to strike at the US, you have to wonder whether live action movies of the strike teams doing a dress rehearsal would have done any good.

Full post as published by Discourse.net on October 02, 2008 (boomark / email).