FBI failed to respond to terror threat - Commission

The FBI failed miserably over several years to reorganise and respond to a steadily growing threat of terrorism, the commission investigating the September 11 attacks said today.

FBI failed to respond to terror threat - Commission
Tue, 13 Apr, 2004 - 16:32

The FBI failed miserably over several years to reorganise and respond to a steadily growing threat of terrorism, the commission investigating the September 11 attacks said today.

It revealed that Attorney General John Ashcroft rejected an appeal from the agency for more funding on the day before al-Qaida struck,

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