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The terrorist group [[al-Qaeda]] bombed the World Trade Center in 1993, simultaneous bombings of the US embassies in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] in 1998, and an attack on the [[USS Cole]] in [[Yemen]] in 2000.  

The terrorist group [[al-Qaeda]] bombed the World Trade Center in 1993, simultaneous bombings of the US embassies in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] in 1998, and an attack on the [[USS Cole]] in [[Yemen]] in 2000.  

[[Jamie S. Gorelick]], serving as Deputy Attorney General under [[Janet Reno]], authored the [[1995 Gorelick memo]], erecting a wall of separation between CIA intelligence gathering activities and FBI counterintelligence activities. The ''Wall Street Journal'' reported that "during the investigation of the first [[World Trade Center]] bombing, Gorelick instructed then-FBI Director Louis Freeh and United States Attorney Mary Jo White that for the sake of "appearances" they would be required to adhere to an interpretation of the wall far stricter than the law required. [http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004956] The ''Journal'' also noted, "the Mary Jo White prosecutions and the 2001 Moussaoui arrest were among our best chances to uncover and unravel the al Qaeda network before it struck the homeland. But thanks in part to the Clinton Administration's concern with appearances and in part to its legacy, these investigations were hamstrung. [http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004956]

[[Jamie S. Gorelick]] served as Deputy Attorney General under [[Janet Reno]] and authored the [[1995 Gorelick memo]], erecting a wall of separation between CIA intelligence gathering activities and FBI counterintelligence activities. The ''Wall Street Journal'' reported that "during the investigation of the first [[World Trade Center]] bombing, Gorelick instructed then-FBI Director Louis Freeh and United States Attorney Mary Jo White that for the sake of "appearances" they would be required to adhere to an interpretation of the wall far stricter than the law required. [http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004956] The ''Journal'' also noted, "the Mary Jo White prosecutions and the 2001 Moussaoui arrest were among our best chances to uncover and unravel the al Qaeda network before it struck the homeland. But thanks in part to the Clinton Administration's concern with appearances and in part to its legacy, these investigations were hamstrung. [http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004956]

Scott Wheeler observed, "Because the memo created a barrier for U.S. intelligence agencies to share information with the FBI, one of its unintended consequences might have been to prevent the FBI from receiving the necessary intelligence to stop the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the worst in American history. <ref>http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/4/26/153933.shtml</ref>

Scott Wheeler observed, "Because the memo created a barrier for U.S. intelligence agencies to share information with the FBI, one of its unintended consequences might have been to prevent the FBI from receiving the necessary intelligence to stop the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the worst in American history. <ref>http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/4/26/153933.shtml</ref>