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Reno & Freeh Warn Against Domestic Spy Agency

HeadlineApr 14, 2004

9/11 commission chair Thomas Kean hinted that his commission may recommend the formation of a new domestic spy service. He told reporters “We can’t continue in this country with an intelligence agency with the record the FBI has. You have a record of an agency that’s failed, and it’s failed again and again and again.” Kean estimated two-thirds of the bureau’s analysts weren’t qualified for their jobs and said his committee’s staff report is a “indictment of the FBI for over a long period of time.” But former FBI Director Louis Freeh and former attorney general Janet Reno both argued against the creation of a new domestic spy service. Freeh said it would be a “huge mistake for the country.” He went on to say “I don’t think in the United States we will tolerate very well what in effect is a state secret police.” Today, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and CIA Director George J. Tenet are set to testify before the panel.

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