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Article: Interior Dept. Faulted On Sept. 11 Response; Senator Urges Law Enforcement Revamp
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- The Washington Post
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- May 8, 2002
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A senior Senate Republican yesterday called for an immediate shake-
up of Interior Department law enforcement operations in response to
findings that officials did little to meet requests for assistance
after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
According to a report by Interior Department Inspector General
Earl E. Devaney, law enforcement officials in the department were
unprepared to provide accurate and timely information on the number
and location of law enforcement personnel who could help investigate
and respond to the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and
on the Pentagon.
Later, when federal law enforcement organizations were asked to
supply officers for emergency training as ...