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To: kumar who wrote (35932)	3/21/2004 4:05:21 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793731

The courts were all over the FBI about wiretapping terrorists. PC. NEWSWEEK: In the Months Before 9/11, Justice Department Curtailed Highly Classified Program to Monitor Al Qaeda Suspects in the U.S. Sunday March 21, 10:51 am ET 'They Came in There With Their Agenda and [Al Qaeda] was not on it,' Says Former Counterterrorism Chief Clarke of Bush Administration NEW YORK, March 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Newsweek has learned that in the months before 9/11, the U.S. Justice Department curtailed a highly classified program called "Catcher's Mitt" to monitor Al Qaeda suspects in the United States, after a federal judge severely chastised the FBI for improperly seeking permission to wiretap terrorists. During the Bush administration's first few months in office, Attorney General John Ashcroft downgraded terrorism as a priority, choosing to place more emphasis on drug trafficking and gun violence, report Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff and Assistant Managing Editor Evan Thomas in the March 29 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, March 22).

To: kumar who wrote (35932)	3/21/2004 5:14:16 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793731

Clarke can sever twenty presidents but what did he contribute in the Clinton administration to get Al Q. we had a lot of american assest bombed under clinton and one of our ships. Clarke ,, what was his recommendations then. If full fledge attack , did clinton follow up.. I guess we will find out. I think Democrats come out worse on this issue than Bush. But we need to find out what happen leading up to 9/11.