Recently surfaced 9/11 evidence was not shared with FBI field agents or top intelligence officials

[Earl_from_PA]

8. The "wall of separation"

That John Ashcroft famously blamed on Jamie Gorelick, that prevented the sharing of intelligence agency information with criminal investigation agencies and vice versa, was very real at the time.

However, Gorelick did not start the policy. It actually was a direct result of the Church Commission and the Pike Commission reports. And built upon considerably during the following 25 years.

At the time, there was no policy in place to provide for the sharing of the information. In fact it was discouraged, as a matter of policy.

But it should NOT have taken almost 24 years for this to become public knowledge.