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Whistleblowers Bill Binney and Thomas Drake recount that high-ranking NSA officials described the 9/11 attacks as a "gift" that would ensure unlimited congressional funding. The agency subsequently prioritized mass data collection over the targeted, encrypted analysis methods previously developed by the ThinThread team.
Maureen Baginski, FBI Intelligence History
The history of the FBI's intelligence efforts is traced back to Maureen "Moe" Baginski, a former NSA official who served as the Bureau's intelligence czar in 2004. Baginski was tasked with overcoming interagency friction to establish a functional intelligence network. James Comey's current restructuring is seen as a revival of Baginski's earlier, largely unsuccessful attempts to modernize the Bureau's capabilities.
