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Thread #53449   Message #824446
Posted By: GUEST
12-Nov-02 - 03:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: Courage of Your Convictions
Subject: RE: BS: Courage of Your Convictions
This one is for you Amos, from MSNBC:

Not Even the FBI Can Protect Us
Updated Tuesday, November 12, 2002, at 7:21 AM PT

Lawmakers and experts doubt that the FBI can prevent the terrorist attacks that the invasion of Iraq might trigger, the Washington Post reports. The C.I.A. believes that Saddam Hussein will help terrorists attack the U.S. as his last chance for revenge. Iraq is meanwhile ordering vast supplies of an antidote against nerve gas from Turkey, probably to protect Iraqi soldiers during gas attacks on U.S. troops.

The FBI hasn't penetrated domestic terror networks that might carry out attacks in retaliation for a U.S. invasion of Iraq and hasn't made much progress in identifying Iraqi agents and émigrés loyal to Saddam. Testifying to Congress in October, FBI Director Robert Mueller conceded as much, saying, "I would be uncomfortable in saying that you should relax and say, 'The FBI or the CIA is taking care of that issue.' "