JOINT INQUIRY FINDING 12

I wonder if any of the media watchdogs howling at the moon about the smooth and efficient FISA process will go back to December 20, 2002---exactly three years ago today---to examine some of the 800-odd pages of the
REPORT OF THE JOINT INQUIRY INTO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF 9/11 by the House Permanent Select and Senate Select Intelligence Ctes.


Among the systemic weaknesses that hindered the Intelligence Community’s counter terrorism effortsbefore September 11th are:

Finding 12: In the summer of 2001, when the Intelligence Community was bracing for an imminent Al-Qa’ida attack, difficulties with FBI applications for Foreign Intelligence Act surveillance and the FISA process led to a diminished level of coverage of suspected Al-Qa’ida representatives in the United States. The effect of these difficulties was compounded by the perception that spread among FBI personnel at Headquarters and the field offices that the FISA process was lengthy and fraught with peril. [xvii]

If not addressed, these weaknesses will continue to undercut U.S. counter terrorist efforts. [xvi]

All emphasis mine.

Here is the raw link if mine doesn't operate.

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/24jul20031400/www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/pdf/fullreport_errata.pdf

Some interesting reading, I imagine.

Porter Goss chaired the House Cte and Nancy Pelosi was Vice Chair. Wonder if she bothered to read it. Or if she remembers it at all.