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The '''Gorelick memo''' of 1995 erected a "wall" between counter-intelligence and law enforcement, which impeded investigation of [[al Qaeda]] in the run-up to the [[9/11 attacks]]. Jamie Gorelick, then working as Deputy Attorney General under [[Janet Reno]] was author of the memo.

The '''Gorelick memo''' of 1995 erected a "wall" between counter-intelligence and law enforcement, which impeded investigation of [[al Qaeda]] in the run-up to the [[9/11 attacks]]. Jamie Gorelick, then working as Deputy Attorney General under [[Janet Reno]] was author of the memo.

The wall was nominally created in response to the "legitimate fear that agents denied criminal warrants would gain information through the backdoor from their buddies working under FISA." <ref>http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/rossi1.html</ref>

The wall was nominally created in response to the "legitimate fear that agents denied criminal warrants would gain information through the backdoor from their buddies working under FISA," <ref>http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/rossi1.html</ref> although evidence suggested that the wall was actually an attempt to stonewall then-ongoing investigations against Bill Clinton regarding the [[Chinagate fundraising scandal]].<ref>https://www.newsmax.com/Pre-2008/Gorelick-s-Memo-Impeded-Probe/2004/04/26/id/679464/</ref>

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