What's at the heart of FBI failures? Experts contend an FBI culture epitomized by a lack of accountability and risk aversion must be overhauled before the bureau truly can help win the war on terror. (Nation: the FBI).

From: Insight on the News | Date: July 1, 2002| Author: Andersen, Martin Edwin | Copyright information

The announcement came as FBI Director Robert Mueller III appeared to have little room to maneuver and even less margin for error. By mid-May even some of the bureau's best friends on Capitol Hill, in the media and in other Washington power precincts where the FBI always had commanded respect and even affection, were chafing at a stream of stunning revelations that painted a picture in clear 20/20 hindsight of high-level bumbling by the bureau in the opening battles with terrorists....

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