The FBI’s new intelligence gathering
The FBI’s new intelligence gathering policies must be watched closely to prevent abuse. What shocked me was learning that agents couldn’t to go public places or search for counterterrorist information on the Internet unless they had approval. That means agents couldn’t even do a simple Google search on bin Laden links in the U.S.
These new policies don’t assure that the FBI will get and use the information it gathers correctly. Information from Arizona combined with that from Minnesota could have given officials more warning that a big terrorist attack was planned. 9.11 may or may not have been prevented. We will never know. What we do know is that the FBI must do a better job analyzing and acting on the information they already have. Internal change has to happen and heads should roll.
“FBI Gets More Freedom for Domestic Surveillance“
