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How the FBI let 9/11 happen.


Thank you for "How the FBI Let 9/11 Happen" (June June: see month. ). The Federal Bureau of Investigation's reputation in the media has always been mythic myth·i·cal   also myth·ic
adj.
1. Of or existing in myth: the mythical unicorn.

2. Imaginary; fictitious.

3.
, but in the law enforcement community it is not that great. As a retired New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
 detective I can tell you, if you ask a lot of police investigators, they'll tell you FBI stands for Fools, Boobs, and Idiots. It's a shame that 3,000 people had to die to show they need to be reformed. We can only hope that change will occur before something worse happens. Unfortunately, I doubt it will.

John Curry For the hockey player named John Curry, see .

John Curry (1949-1994) was a British figure skater. He was the 1976 Olympic and World Champion. He was famous for combining ballet and modern dance influences into his skating.
 

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Title Annotation:Letters
Author:Curry, John
Publication:Reason
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:Oct 1, 2006
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