kmguru
05-27-02, 06:19 PM
News flash:
CIA is lending hand to FBI in the fight against terrorism. Is not that special...(church lady, SNL). Hope that works as long as there are real hands to lend out....
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The CIA is preparing to send more personnel to help the FBI analyze information relating to terrorism, a U.S. official said Sunday.
The move appears to be the latest indication of closer FBI-CIA cooperation following the September 11 attacks.
According to the official, who asked not to be identified, a senior manager and about 25 analysts will be detailed to FBI headquarters in Washington to help set up "a robust, analytical intelligence-gathering capability." The official called it a "temporary assignment" that would last "many months."
Another group of CIA analysts will fan out to U.S. cities to review FBI terrorism cases to see whether intelligence clues have been overlooked.
The goal, said the official, would be to search FBI field office files for information which "may not leap out at [FBI agents] as significant" but would stand out to CIA personnel studying "the overall terrorist threat picture."
CIA is lending hand to FBI in the fight against terrorism. Is not that special...(church lady, SNL). Hope that works as long as there are real hands to lend out....
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The CIA is preparing to send more personnel to help the FBI analyze information relating to terrorism, a U.S. official said Sunday.
The move appears to be the latest indication of closer FBI-CIA cooperation following the September 11 attacks.
According to the official, who asked not to be identified, a senior manager and about 25 analysts will be detailed to FBI headquarters in Washington to help set up "a robust, analytical intelligence-gathering capability." The official called it a "temporary assignment" that would last "many months."
Another group of CIA analysts will fan out to U.S. cities to review FBI terrorism cases to see whether intelligence clues have been overlooked.
The goal, said the official, would be to search FBI field office files for information which "may not leap out at [FBI agents] as significant" but would stand out to CIA personnel studying "the overall terrorist threat picture."