Now that the August 6th, 2001, PDB had made it to the light of day, the 9/11 commission is now setting their sights on the FBI. One of the highlights of the PDB had to do with terror investigations.
The memo, known as a PDB or President's Daily Brief, was a summary of the domestic terror threat posed by al-Qaida in August of 2001. The memo mentions that the FBI was conducting 70 field investigations involving suspected al-Qaida cells inside the United States.
I'm sure they are going to inquire about the outcome, if any, of those 70 field investigations. Why weren't investigators able to figure anything out? Why didn't the intelligence agencies share information that might have helped with terror investigations. One of the problems in the CIA & FBI is that they've fostered a culture of secrecy and being uncooperative with each other. No matter who's been president, this type of behavior was commonplace. Then 9/11 happened and changed everything. So now it's up to the intelligence community to answer some questions.
The 9-11 commission is expected to press the FBI and the CIA this week as to why the two agencies did not share more information with each other that could have exposed, at least in part, what the al-Qaida hijackers were up to before September 11.
Condi Rice declared that there was no "silver bullet", or something that could have stopped the terrorists. But if you have the abilities to connect (at least some of) the dots, it might help.