Speaking Out

Rowley became the center of attention about questions regarding the government's handling of intelligence after her memo became public. She alleged that the FBI refused to permit her to seek a warrant to examine the contents of terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui's computer. The Director of the FBI was forced to concede to a Congressional oversight committee that the FBI did not adequately respond to internal memos and strong evidence about a potential terrorist attack prior to September 11, 2001 (Carter, 2005).

According to an article by Janet Wiscombe in Workforce Management (2002), Rowley became a whistleblower when she wrote her memo to the Director accusing certain headquarters officials of trying to preserve their careers rather than getting out the truth before the attack and covering up their mistakes after the fact. She suggested that the Director of the FBI and other senior officials of "a delicate and subtle shading/skewing of facts."

Wiscombe also writes about Jeff Wigand. In 1995, Wiga

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