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Criminal

Jun. 2, 2001

Political Protection Shields The FBI From Rigid Scrutiny

A day after FBI Director Louis Freeh admitted to the House Appropriations Subcommittee that the FBI had screwed up in not coughing up all documents in the case of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Shelby indignantly blamed the FBI for lack of diligence.

        By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
        
        A day after FBI Director Louis Freeh admitted to the House Appropriations Subcommittee that the FBI had screwed up in not coughing up all documents in the case of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Shelby indignantly blamed the FBI for lack...

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