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Agents have their reasons for being closemouthed--and not just, as their critics often suspect, so they can hog the credit and hype their conviction numbers. For one thing, agents are bound by stringent rules outlawing disclosure of grand-jury evidence. By late last week Mueller had met in Washington with representatives of local law-enforcement groups. He promised them that all 56 FBI field offices would establish joint terrorism task forces with local law enforcement. Just 35 offices have them now. He proposed allowing several members of local law-enforcement agencies access to the Strategic Information and Operations Center...
...breakneck passage in both houses marks the law as an unqualified success for the President, there was one glitch precluding total victory: The White House lobbied for stronger language than what?s contained in the final bill. House Republicans pushed hard to find a majority for the more stringent bill, but finally told the President they didn?t have the votes, and accepted the altered wording. One of the most significant changes: a clause that terminates the government?s wire-tapping powers in 2005 unless Congress approves them again...
...stringent security procedures followed by Israel's El Al airlines prompted you to ask, "Is This What We Really Want?" [AIRLINE SECURITY, Sept. 24]. Let me hasten to answer yes! That's exactly the kind of security I want from any airline I fly. Perhaps passengers who object to earlier check-in times and the bother of being searched and questioned can fly together on a separate plane. Please, don't let their reluctance to be inconvenienced endanger the rest of us. BETH JOHNSON Lederach...
...exposed the nation's lax, inadequate airline-safety net, one they say has broken down in every aspect: policy, personnel, technology and oversight from the Federal Aviation Administration and Congress. After years of foot dragging, only recently has the FAA started to put stronger rules into effect, requiring more stringent employee background checks and training as well as mandating that all checked baggage be scanned by sophisticated bomb-screening devices--by 2014. Two weeks before the tragedy, a veteran pilot told TIME: "It's absurd to think we're safe...
...despite the more stringent security measures, some regard the requirements as too little, too late—superficial changes that will not ultimately be effective...