FBI's Muller Won't Mandate Terror Expertise
NewsMax.com Wires
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
WASHINGTON -- FBI supervisors in the war on terror have acknowledged they lacked expertise, but Director Robert Mueller says he is unwilling to require such managers to have backgrounds in Arabic, the Middle East or international issues.
"Let me tell you that we want to develop that within the bureau, but making that an absolute requirement - if you do not have it you would be precluded from advancing in counterterrorism - no," Mueller testified recently.
Ok.... over ALL counterterrorism, a middle east based person shouldn't be a deal breaker
but you should have ya know more of them.
just a thought, I know its pretty craxy
Gary Bald, the bureau's executive assistant director in charge of terrorism, testified he had to get his terrorism training on the job when he came to headquarters two years ago. And when asked about his grasp of Middle Eastern culture and history, he replied: "I wish that I had it. It would be nice."
When shown Bald's statements, Mueller defended his selection by saying Bald had run the FBI's Baltimore office during the time of the Washington sniper shootings.
"Running the office gave him some exposure to terrorism," Mueller answered. "Yes, I think absolutely it would give, contribute to his ability to handle counterterrorism."
Vhat? No Heroism of Chief Moose and Squirell?
the DC snippers got busted because they were razy and like all crooks they slipped up. Many key facts about their shootings got lost on allot of folks in the FBI... but that doesn't make any of them good choices to lead the office on counter terrorism.
Now the guy running the office in NY, Ok... i can give you that one.
"Many field agents felt the supervisory agents in the counterterrorism division at headquarters lacked the necessary experience in counterterrorism to guide their work," the staff wrote in one report.
Mueller described his top anti-terror managers' knowledge of dealing with foreign governments, Middle East history, international terrorism and al-Qaida this way: "Helpful, not essential."
"Leadership ability is transferable," he said. "And often you can pick up the subject matter if you've got leadership skills."
Sounds like Point haired manager talk is ruling the roost at the FBI.
Lewis suggested it might take the FBI until 2020 to get the sort of top-level anti-terrorism experience it needs. "Hopefully, the bureau is putting forward its best managers today. In this business, we don't have anyone with 20 years experience who has worked counterterrorism to the extent we're working it today," he said. "I would dare say that some of the midlevel managers that we have today who have been willingly neck-deep in this problem for the last two years are probably among our most seasoned and experienced people."
that's right Bin Laden.. fear our vast managerial superiority
If we can avoid a major attack till 2020 i say ra ra thank you dumb luck, because it is obvious the FBI is clueless
but wait we have MORe
Youssef's lawyer, Steve Kohn, pressed further.
"What skill sets would they need to better identify, penetrate and/or prevent a future Osama bin Laden-style terrorist attack?" Kohn asked.
Watson answered: "They would need to understand the attorney general guidelines for counterterrorism and counterintelligence investigation."
"Anything else?" the lawyer inquired.
"No," Watson answered.
you know understanding the orginization wouldn't help i mean heck
look at the Mafia..oh wait we did learn about them
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