FBI Is Having Trouble In Paradise

The FBI agent who arrested and interrogated Zacarias Moussaoui just weeks before the September 11, 2001 attacks, told a jury today that his efforts to confirm his strong suspicions that Mr. Moussaoui was involved in a terrorist airline hijacking plot, were thwarted by senior bureau officials in Washington who acted out of negligence and a need to protect their careers. The agent, named Harry Samit, was upset that his numerous requests were ignored to look into what Mr. Moussaoui had been up to at the time of his arrest. During this time, Mr. Moussaoui was arrested on immigration violations in Minnesota, where he was learning to fly a jetliner. This clearly had a lot to do with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Samit felt that his fellow FBI members were practicing criminal negligence, and that "the wager was a national tragedy". It is truly a shame to know that the attacks of September 11 could have been foiled or atleast slowed for the time being. FBI agent Samit should have been listened to by the other FBI agents, instead of being ignorant and neglecting. Hopefully now, the people at fault here will be brought to justice, and the terrorist will also be punished. Also, hopefully the FBI will not make another major mistake such as this one again.
Another occurrence in American history involving the FBI making major mistakes which led to crime and problems is the corruption of several agents, who became involved with crime boss Whitey Bulger. During the 1970s and 1980s, John Connoly and John Morris were two agents who became very close with Whitey Bulger, and started to assist his crimes. They gave Bulger alot of information about his enemies and other crime families, and Bulger would use that information to eliminate his enemies. Eventually, the corruption of the agents was exposed, and the FBI gained a lot of heat. Bulger of course escaped, and is still on the run. In a perfect world, government agencies like the FBI would not become corrupted, but it is just impossible in this world.