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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (30852)	5/27/2002 1:29:00 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

The Rowley memo is the lead story in the Washington Post today. You can read it on the Time.com site. This looks like it is going to blow the roof off (finally) of the FBI. Here are a couple of excerpts from the story. I said in a post about the FBI that the people who blew it would get promoted. Look at the sentence in her memo that I have highlighted! >>>In addition to criticizing the handling of the Moussaoui case, Rowley is blistering in her condemnation of FBI culture, which she portrays as dominated by careerists who are too afraid of internal discipline to be aggressive in their work. In addition, Rowley complains that headquarters staff involved in the Moussaoui case were central to the post-Sept. 11 probe and that the SSA most to blame was actually promoted. The FBI enforces a "double standard which results in those of lower rank being investigated more aggressively and dealt with more harshly for misconduct, while the misconduct of those at the top is often overlooked or results in minor disciplinary action." Rowley also takes aim at Mueller's plans to create an anti-terrorism "super squad" at FBI headquarters in Washington, which would control all terrorism cases and would rely heavily on a centralized Office of Intelligence. Rowley, a 21-year FBI veteran, argues in her letter that the Moussaoui and Phoenix incidents show that FBI headquarters is the problem, not the solution.<<<< REST OF STORY AT:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14516-2002May26.html