Summary
The FBI has not had a substantial intelligence-gathering role since the implementation of the Attorney General's Guidelines in 1976. Unless the FBI's function and role is fundamentally changed, there will continue to be only a limited intelligence capability with possible disastrous consequences.
Richard H. Pashley of Portland is a corporate security consultant who retired from the FBI in 1996.
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