Report blasts U.S. for failures in fighting terrorism

King Coal

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Wed Jun-27-07 11:03 AM
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Report blasts U.S. for failures in fighting terrorism

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A just-released report slams the federal government for failing to coordinate the work of U.S. law enforcement agencies overseas to fight terrorism.

The Government Accountability Office found that in one country a lack of clarity about the roles and responsibilities of the FBI and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency may have compromised several investigations intended to identify and disrupt potential terrorist activities.

The GAO did not name the country in its report.

The White House has long issued directives asking that U.S. law enforcement agencies assist foreign nations' anti-terrorism efforts.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/25/terror.report/index.html

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Wed Jun-27-07 11:15 AM
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1. Feeling safer now?

"Generally, embassies retain "pre-9/11 structures" for information-sharing and collaboration, the report said, and have not been reconfigured 'in a collective effort to prevent another terrorist attack on the United States or its interests.'"

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