Congress: Is FBI Up To Battling Terrorism?

By Larry Abramson

Published December 6, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Some FBI officials are privately upbraiding staff for moving too slowly on a reorganization following the Sept. 11 attacks. Meanwhile, Congress wants to know -- is the FBI ready to fight the war on terror? NPR's Larry Abramson reports.

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Larry Abramson is NPR's National Security Correspondent. He covers the Pentagon, as well as issues relating to the thousands of vets returning home from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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