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Thank you for your report on Coleen Rowley's important memo about the FBI's obstructing measures that could have helped disrupt the Sept. 11 attacks [THE WHISTLE-BLOWER, June 3]. Her letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller told of the bureaucratic culture that stifled and frustrated the Minneapolis field office's investigation of alleged terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui. Though perhaps troubling to many Americans, Rowley's letter resonates with those of us who have worked in the federal bureaucracy. We understand that the present system rewards the naysayers and consummate bureaucrats within the career civil service...
...took some courage for TIME to publish this story, and especially Rowley's memo, which the FBI attempted to deep-six by classifying it. This is yet another reminder of how important a free press is when we are facing unprecedented dangers. Reporting like TIME's and courageous people like Rowley make it impossible for the Washington crowd to cover up its failures. DON ALLEN Carlisle, Mass...
...Coleen Rowley's explosive memo to FBI Director Mueller an act of selflessness, or was it self-serving? Many readers weren't all that quick to call her a hero. "True whistle-blowers try to expose their organization's shortcomings before they cause problems, not after," argued a Californian. "Why didn't Rowley put her job on the line back in August, before the attacks? That would've taken real guts." A Floridian dismissed Rowley as "a woman in a midlife crisis trying to get some attention," and another Sunshine Stater derided the memo as "a bid for publicity...
...LATEST COVER STORY Being Tom Cruise Minority Report: The review Philip K. Dick: The future is now July 1, 2002 Past Issues Asia's World Cup Jun. 24, 2002 ----------------- China's Labor Lost Jun. 17, 2002 ----------------- Asian Medicine Jun. 10, 2002 ----------------- A Bombshell Memo Jun. 3, 2002 ----------------- World Cup 2002 May 27, 2002 ----------------- China's Dope May 20, 2002 ----------------- Saddam's World May 13, 2002 ----------------- Star Wars May 6, 2002 ----------------- Asian Heroes...
...LATEST COVER STORY Being Tom Cruise Minority Report: The review Philip K. Dick: The future is now July 1, 2002 Past Issues Asia's World Cup Jun. 24, 2002 ----------------- China's Labor Lost Jun. 17, 2002 ----------------- Asian Medicine Jun. 10, 2002 ----------------- A Bombshell Memo Jun. 3, 2002 ----------------- World Cup 2002 May 27, 2002 ----------------- China's Dope May 20, 2002 ----------------- Saddam's World May 13, 2002 ----------------- Star Wars May 6, 2002 ----------------- Asian Heroes...