Why the FBI can not protect us from Terrorism ...

... or, the Best Defense is a Good Offense. The FBI is the most renowned investigative agency in the world, the Canadian Mounties, New Scotland Yard and the NYC PD notwithstanding. So, why do the fibbies suck so bad? Let me count the ways. NAH, instead I'll address just the most egregious example of its ineptitude. And no, its not the Bureau's failure to act professionally on the ample evidence of the intentions of the Fort Hood mass murderer, Major Nidal Malik Hasan. In that instance, the FBI was not incompetent; instead, it was unwilling to intervene solely because of political correctness, the lives of our military service men and women being a secondary concern.

The anthrax mail attacks in the weeks after 911, left five dead, dozens made sick, the nation traumatized and its mail system crippled, but no one brought to justice and held accountable in a Court of Law. Regrettably, the fibbies first publicly named anthrax culprit, Steven Hatfill, was paid $5,800,000.00 in taxpayer dollars in settlement of his federal suit, claiming gross FBI intentional harassment. Caveat: this payment was made w/o. any admission of liability.

Seeking to avoid a second such "hit" on our deficit ridden federal Treasury, the fibbies came down so hard on named culprit number two, Bruce Ivins, that he committed suicide.

Accordingly, two mysteries remain unsolved - (1) Who terrorized America with anthrax in 2001?; (2) After spending untold millions of dollars on a decade long investigation - IN WHICH NO MORE THAN FIFTEEN INDIVIDUALS WORLDWIDE HAVE THE NECESSARY EXPERTISE TO HAVE MANUFACTURED THE WEAPONIZED ANTHRAX SPORES - why does Mystery No. One remain unsolved?

So, let me put this debacle into its wider context -why is this law enforcement failure relevant to winning the War on Terror? Arrests, and even more obviously, non-arrests are inadequate outcomes to protect us from mass carnage. We will be safe only when the Nation's anti-terrorism forces are freed to seek out the terrorists in their hidden redoubts to stop them from making their weapons of mass destruction in advance of mailing these deadly agents to our homes and offices.

SIDE NOTE: Friday's Blog Post demanded that the President make an Oval Office speech to the Nation, explaining the kinetic military action in Libya. Twenty-four hours later, the White House announced that that very TV event has been scheduled for Monday nite. Now Loyal Listeners, that bowing to Your humble Blogger's clarion call for Presidential leadership embodies the exercise of raw, but responsible, power; Just admitting ...