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investigative tools -- both crimial processes like search warrants and grand jury subpoenas and intelhgence authorities like FISA wiretap warrants -- to idennfy, iaveshigate, and neutralize terronst threats. With these changes, we im the Bureau can finally take full operational advantage of our dual role as both a law enforcement and an intelligence agency We are eliminating the wail that histencaily stood between us and the CLA The FBI and the CIA started exchanging senior personnel in 1996, and we have worked hard to build on that effort. Today, we and the CIA are integrated at virtually every jevel of our operations. From Director Mueller's daily meetings with George Tenet and with CLA officials at his bvice-daily threat briefings, to our joint efforts in transnational myestigat.ons, to our coordinated threat analysis at the Terrorist Threat Integration Center (TTTC), the FBI and the CTA have enhanced our uteraction at every level, This integration will be further enhanced later this year when the FBI's Counterterrorssm Division (CTD) collocates with the CLA's Counterterrorism Center (CTC) and the TTIC at a new facility in Virginia We have also worked hard to break down the walls that have, at times, hampered coordination with our 750,000 partners m state and local law enforcement. We have more than doubled the number of Joint Terrorism Task Forces (ITTFs) since Q/L1. We have processed thousands of security clearances to permit law 0s enforcement officers to share freely in our investigative mformation. We have created and refined new mformation shanng systems that electronically link us with our domestic partners And, we have brought on an experienced police chie? from North Carchina to serve as our State and Loca! Law Enforcement Coordinator 2. Given these lessons learned, what specific and concrete remedial measures is the FBI, working with Federal, State and local partners, taking to ensure that the organization has enhanced its capacity to prevent future such catastrophic terrorist attacks on the homeland? Respouse: MISC. REQ. #53 Since September 11, 2001, the FBI has undertaken a mimber of ininatives to imaprove information sharing and coordination with our national and mternaticnal partners. We began by quuckly mereasing the number of JTTFs across the country, bringmg the number up from 35S to $4 nationwide. The JTTFs partner FBI persomiel with hundreds of investigators from various federal, state, and local agencies and are umportant force mulupbers wn the fight agamst terrorism. We also established a Nahonai Jom Terrorism: Task Force (NITTF) at FRE Headquarters (FBIH(), staffed by representatives from 38 federal, state, and locai 2 900004669 + rensofaags ait BA aie