Panel Focuses on FBI's Pre-Sept. 11 Actions

By Cokie Roberts

Published April 12, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

This week, the Sept. 11 panel hears testimony from former FBI Director Louis Freeh, former Attorney General Janet Reno, Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller. Their testimony comes as representatives of several other agencies have blamed the FBI for not alerting the government to the possibility of attack. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and NPR News Analyst Cokie Roberts.

Tags

NPR National News NPR Top Stories

Cokie Roberts

Cokie Roberts was one of the 'Founding Mothers' of NPR who helped make that network one of the premier sources of news and information in this country. She served as a congressional correspondent at NPR for more than 10 years and later appeared as a commentator on Morning Edition. In addition to her work for NPR, Roberts was a political commentator for ABC News, providing analysis for all network news programming.

See stories by Cokie Roberts

What exactly is driving the conspiracy theories about Sean 'Diddy' Combs?

Sidney Madden

A growing list of lawsuits, shadowy figures, a splintered media environment and prejudice towards hip-hop make Diddy's downfall the "perfect storm."
Billie Eilish: Tiny Desk Concert

Anamaria Artemisa Sayre

The pop star effortlessly illustrates in her music what it means to love and lose simultaneously.
FAA chief Mike Whitaker announces that he will step down in January

Joel Rose

Mike Whitaker says he will step down as head of the Federal Aviation Administration on Jan. 20. It's not unusual for FAA administrators to resign at the change of administration, though some have stayed longer.