To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (13132 ) 6/6/2002 3:08:23 AM From: jttmab Respond to There are some very excellent points made in the article...[not in order]The attorney general was obviously completely confident of the rightness of these changes, and their necessity in fighting terrorism, but it surely doesn't hurt that he can be equally confident of the overwhelming support of the U.S. public. And much of the reassignment of agents had been leaked and anticipated for weeks if not longer; my Gentle Readers have known for months that the bureau would be pulling out of most drug investigations, except for those of major organizations or where removing agents from multi-agency task forces would be detrimental to an investigation. In fact, in the past week to 10 days, the FBI's press coverage got so bad one almost would have thought that former Director Louis Freeh's chief of staff was again honchoing its public relations. But more than a few cynical reporters leapt to the assumption that since Mueller was being lauded so highly [by Ashcroft], it must mean he was in trouble.
