On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:47:06 -0600, Ian B MacLure
wrote:

Funny you should mention that cause theres a PBS show on right
now about what was known about the 9/11 and how the FBI who had
agents assigned to the CIA unit tracking Bin Laden could not legally
be told what the CIA knew. So far all the narrative takes place
well prior to mid January 2001.

Ayup. The FBI and CIA always had separate spheres of influence but,
IIRC, the legal prohibition on sharing information dates to the '70s
when "anti-war activists" got the Congress to forbid exchanges of
information. I'm sure they thought they were dealing with an abuse of
power stemming from Viet Nam War era activities; just one more
demonstration of the Law of Unintended Consequences.

It remains to be seen what kind of "change" the new guy will put in
place in DC. So far he is a Master of the Media and Sultan of
Soundbites. The substance of anything is yet to be known.