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KSFO's Rodgers, Sussman repeated false claim that Gorelick prevented FBI and CIA from coordinating to prevent 9-11 attacks

Summary: KSFO radio hosts Lee Rodgers and Brian Sussman repeated the falsehood that a 1995 memo written by then-deputy attorney general Jamie Gorelick prohibited intelligence-sharing between the FBI and the CIA, thereby causing the intelligence failures that led to the 9-11 attacks. In fact, the Gorelick memo merely clarified long-unwritten restrictions on the sharing of information between the FBI's intelligence arm and the Justice Department's criminal division, and had no impact on communications between the FBI and the CIA, Department of Defense, or any other agencies.
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Posted by JLyons

It seems open season on Jamie Gorelick, these right wingers are lying about her again.

Posted by NiceguyEddie

I'm sure I could find it if I wiki'd/googled it (maybe not) but a link to, or a copy of the memo, or at least the relevant text might strangthen the argument a little. 

Posted by SueEld in reply to NiceguyEddie

Eddie

Can you explain more?

Posted by wesley in reply to NiceguyEddie

Why waste your time with a google/wiki? mmfa links to it in the story. It's easy to find if one reads more than the headline.

Posted by mefirst

hello?  except for the fact that it was an fbi agent who produced the "phoenix memo" in june of 2001 and who hoped to get the attention of higherups.  that was the memo that warned of the foreign students who were reported by the owners of the flight school, and they said that the students wanted licenses but did not want to learn to take off and land.   note that's the fbi.  but was the cia unaware?  this from the 9-11 report page 275: 

"on august 23, 2001, director of central intelligence tenet was briefed about the moussaoui case in a briefing titled 'islamic extremist learns how to fly'."  no "wall" there.

the simple fact is that no matter how many times it's spun, it was bush who set the tone for the first eight months of 2001.  as the commission wrote page 256:  "threat reports surged in june and july..".   bush's response was nothing, no meetings on counterterrorism, no orders issued.  he ignored the threat.  as he told bob woodward, he was "not on point" about bin laden prior to 9-11.  he admits it, take his word.