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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2002

President Bush on Monday admitted for the first time there was a failure to share information prior to September 11's terrorist attacks but that the problem has now been corrected.

He was specifically referring to lack of communication between the FBI and the CIA. Both agencies had pieces of information about potential airline hijackings and some of the suicide bombers who participated on the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

A joint House-Senate commission began looking into the broad issue of intelligence failures yesterday dating as far back as 1986. The sessions are taking place behind closed doors.

In related news, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), chairman of the House panel that oversees the FBI budget, asked the General Accounting Office and the National Academy of Public Administration to study whether the FBI's latest reorganization effort makes sense. He is opposing the reprogramming of $200 million in existing funds until the independent assessment is completed.

Get the Story:
Bush Cites CIA-FBI Breakdown (The Washington Post 6/5)
Panel Chairman Seeks Study of FBI Reorganization (The Washington Post 6/5)
Congressional Inquiry Into 9/11 Will Look Back as Far as 1986 (The New York Times 6/5)
Sept. 11 Suspect May Be Relative of '93 Plot Leader (The New York Times 6/5)
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