On the recordNovember 30, 2011
I would say what has happened here since 9/11, and what we needed to have happen, is that the old stovepipes have dissolved and we have military, civilian, CIA, FBI, each with a focus, working together. For instance, the Army doctor who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, our committee did an investigation in that case. He was actually communicating with the radical cleric Awlaki in Yemen over the Internet. That was picked up by international intelligence operatives. Part of the story is it wasn't transferred effectively to the Army so they could grab him before he committed the mass murder at Fort Hood. But I have to say for the record, the primary responsibility for counterterrorism now in the United States is with the FBI that has developed an extraordinary capability since 9/11. But it works very closely with the CIA, gathering international intelligence, NSA, homeland security, and the military.
