What Was Coleen Rowley's Whistle Blower?
8 September 2013
Whistle Blower Essay How would you feel if you knew a crisis was going to happen? What if you knew that a piece of information could save thousands of lives, and all of it went to waste because no one took action on the information being provided? One would seem to have a feeling of guilt within their conscience, or a feeling of suspicion due to the mishandled conduct of information. Nevertheless, a country had been so violently disturbed and the small shed of light that a terrorist attack could have been stopped seems to bring everyone to the question: Why did the United States not take those reports seriously? Coleen Rowley was a Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Rowley was assigned to different divisions within the country of the United States including Omaha, Nebraska and Jackson, Mississippi. She also spent time over seas in the U.S. Embassy in Paris, France and came back to North America to the consulate in Montreal, Canada. Needless to say, she has been around the world and was a big part of the FBI. Finally, Rowley was assigned to Minneapolis, Minnesota where she became the Chief Legal Adviser. (Coleen Rowley) In …show more content…
Why would Washington D.C. disregard information about terrorist attacks, especially on United States soil? Could someone be working for Osama Bin Laden? Would all the lives of those in the towers and those on the planes be saved had the FBI been keeping an eye on these organized terrorists? The questions keep coming and the country of the United States want to know. However, it may never truly come out why the information was disregarded. There is always that sense of gratitude toward Coleen Rowley that the citizens of the United States of America will have to pay. In contrast, there will always be a sense of skepticism and hatred towards the immaturity of a counterterrorism program and the potential it had to save thousands of
Whistle Blower Essay How would you feel if you knew a crisis was going to happen? What if you knew that a piece of information could save thousands of lives, and all of it went to waste because no one took action on the information being provided? One would seem to have a feeling of guilt within their conscience, or a feeling of suspicion due to the mishandled conduct of information. Nevertheless, a country had been so violently disturbed and the small shed of light that a terrorist attack could have been stopped seems to bring everyone to the question: Why did the United States not take those reports seriously? Coleen Rowley was a Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Rowley was assigned to different divisions within the country of the United States including Omaha, Nebraska and Jackson, Mississippi. She also spent time over seas in the U.S. Embassy in Paris, France and came back to North America to the consulate in Montreal, Canada. Needless to say, she has been around the world and was a big part of the FBI. Finally, Rowley was assigned to Minneapolis, Minnesota where she became the Chief Legal Adviser. (Coleen Rowley) In …show more content…
Why would Washington D.C. disregard information about terrorist attacks, especially on United States soil? Could someone be working for Osama Bin Laden? Would all the lives of those in the towers and those on the planes be saved had the FBI been keeping an eye on these organized terrorists? The questions keep coming and the country of the United States want to know. However, it may never truly come out why the information was disregarded. There is always that sense of gratitude toward Coleen Rowley that the citizens of the United States of America will have to pay. In contrast, there will always be a sense of skepticism and hatred towards the immaturity of a counterterrorism program and the potential it had to save thousands of