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Mission: Impossible?

By: J.J. BrazilWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:19 AM
Mission: Impossible?

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is battling to transform itself in an age of technology and terrorism. It may be the toughest, most important change effort of our time.

Mission: Impossible?


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In his Chicago speech last fall, Mueller seemed almost wistful when he referred to the days when the FBI took on infamous gangsters such as Bonnie and Clyde and John Dillinger--"G-men battling notorious criminals." Back then, the FBI's leaders more easily knew where they stood. Today, "it's difficult to measure progress in counterterrorism. We cannot post a profit. We cannot quantify freedoms protected and lives saved. We cannot measure the absence of damage."

Ultimately, it's not easy to gauge the pace or degree of cultural change, or the lack thereof. And the mechanics of that change are part science and part art. You have to know what to look for, what questions to ask, which answers are the telling ones. You can only hope that you're doing the right thing, and doing it in time.

J.J. Brazil is a Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist who lives in southern California.

From Issue 114 | March 2007

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