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>>> AS WE KNOW, THE TENTH
ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 IS NEXT
MONTH AND ONE BIG REASON THERE
HASN'T BEEN ANOTHER MAKEARY TACK
ON THE U.S. SINCE THEN IS A
SERIES OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES
TAKEN BY THE FBI.
"NEW YORK TIMES" BEST-SELLING
AUTHOR RONALD KESSLER REVEALS
SOME OF THEM IN HIS LATEST BOOK,
"THE SECRETS OF THE FBI."
MR. KESSLER, GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
>> FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT MULLEN
DOESN'T GIVE MANY INTERVIEWS.
HE SPOKE WITH YOU ON THE RECORD.
WHAT DOES HE ATTRIBUTE THE LACK
OF ANY MAJOR ATTACK SINCE 9/11
TO?
>> A WHOLE CHANGE IN THE
DIRECTION OF THE FBI TO MAKE IT
A PREVENTION AGENCY, RATHER THAN
ONE THAT EMPHASIZES PROSECUTION,
AND PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL.
OF COURSE, THE CIA ALSO HAS BEEN
VERY IMPORTANT.
WHAT HE SAYS, EVEN THOUGH AL
QAEDA HAS BEEN DEGRADED, WHAT
KEEPS HIM UP AT NIGHT IS STILL
THE POSSIBILITY OF A WMD ATTACK
OR ATTACK ON AIRPLANES, BECAUSE
IT REALLY DOESN'T TAKE A WHOLE
LOT TO PULL OFF ONE OF THESE
ATTACKS.
>> YOU'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT A
GROUP KNOWN AS TAC OPS, TACTICAL
OPERATIONS.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THEY DO?
>> THIS IS A TOP-SECRET --
ACTUALLY SEVEN TEAMS OF TEN
AGENTS EACH, WHO ARE ESSENTIALLY
COURT SANCTIONED BURGLARS AS
THEY DESCRIBE THEMSELVES.
THEY BREAK INTO HOMES, OFFICES,
EVEN EMBASSIES, TO PLANT BUGGING
DEVICES AND SNOOP INTO
COMPUTERS.
COULD BE TERRORISTS, COULD BE
MAFIA FIGURES, AND ALL SECRET,
OF COURSE.
THEY WILL CHECK OUT THE PREMISES
FOR WEEKS.
THEY'LL FIND OUT IF THERE ARE
ANY DOGS.
IF THERE ARE, THEY'LL HAVE A
VETERINARIAN PRESCRIBE THE RIGHT
AMOUNT OF TRANQUILIZER BASED ON
A PHOTOGRAPH.
THEY'LL SHOOT THE DOG WITH A
DART GUN WITH A TRANQUILIZER AND
PUT HIM OUT.
AND THEN AT THE END THEY'LL WAKE
HIM UP.
THEY WILL ACTUALLY CREATE FALSE
FRONTS TO HOMES OR OFFICES, AND
THEN BEHIND THOSE FALSE FRONTS,
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THEY
WILL PICK THE LOCKS.
>> THAT'S HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO
BRING DOWN JOHN GOTTI, TOO,
USING SOME OF THOSE FALSE
FRONTS, CORRECT?
>> THEY, IN THAT CASE, THEY
INSTALLED ELECTRICAL OUTLETS
THAT ACTUALLY WERE BUGGING
DEVICES.
THE FBI ACTUALLY SHOWED ME A
REAL BUG.
IT'S THE SIZE OF A POSTAGE
STAMP, AND WHEN THIS PARTICULAR
AGENT, WHOSE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR OF THE FBI AND USED TO
BE ON TAC OPS, LUIS GRIEBER WAS
BEGINNING TO TELL ME SOME OF
THESE SECRETS, I ACTUALLY
THOUGHT TO MYSELF, AM I GOING TO
BE ARRESTED?
OR IS HE GOING TO BE ARRESTED?
ACTUALLY THE AGENT WHO IS THE
PUBLIC AFFAIRS PERSON SITTING IN
INTERJECTED AND SAID, IS THIS
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE TELLING
HIM?
SO, REALLY, UNPRECEDENTED THAT