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FBI Responses to Questions Posed By Letter Dated March 18, 2004 1, What were the major lessons the PBI learned from 9/11/2007 Response: Today's terrorists The terrorist threat of today presents pusine challeness operate seamlessly across borders and continents wanded by sophisticated communications technologies, tbe fi finance their operations with elaborate fandine schemes, and they petiently and methodheaily pian ard prepare thelr attacks To meet and defeat this threat, the FRI must have several ontical capabilities First, we must be intellgence-dnven. To defeat the terrorists, we muist be able to develop intelligence about they plans and use that intelligence to disrupt those plans. We must be global. We mnust continue our efforts to s develop Quroverseas operations, Gur partnersbios with farsign services, and our knowledge and expertise about foreign cultures and our terrorist adversaries overseas. We must have networked information technology syatems. We need the capacity to manage and share our informabon effechvely Fimally, we must remam accountable under the Constiuhon and the cule of law. We must respeci.civil liberties ag we seek to protect the American people. Prior to September 11, 2001, vanous wails & sted that prevented the FBI form sharing not only with other members of the Onl d States Intelligence Community fUSIO), but witun the FBlatself Legal walls -- real and perceived -~ prevented the integration of intelligence and criminal tools in terrorism invest gatlons Cuftural walls -- real aid perceived -- contmued to hamper coordination between the PRI, the CLA, and other members of the USIC. Operatianal walls «- real. and percerved — between the SB! and our partners in state and Local law enforcerment contmued to be achallenge Since the Septernber 11th attacks, we and our partners have been breaking down each of these walls The legal walls between in tel] een sy and law enforcement operations that handicapped us before 0/12 have been shmunated. The PATRIOT ct, the Attorney General's intelligence sharing procedurss, and the opinion from the c Foreign intelligence Sun veallance Court of Review tore down the legal wmpediments fo coordination and infonmahon-sharing ‘ between criminal investigators and fitelhgence agents We can now Fai jy.coardinate operations within the Bureau and with the USIC Wecan also deploy the Adil range of MISC. REQ. #53 900004668 ‘nD Ri . se a SSN MR wets