“The Fall of the FBI” takes James Comey to task, and more

“The Fall of the FBI” takes James Comey to task, and more - the Aspen beat - Glenn K. Beaton.

"The Director at that time was Robert Mueller...and his counterpart at the CIA were summoned to the White House to brief President George W. Bush days after the 9/11 attack.
Mueller explained to the President what the Bureau was doing to identify the perpetrators – exactly what the Bureau was supposed to do. 

Frustrated with Mueller and understandably still upset by the horrific terrorism, Bush snapped that he just wanted to make sure it didn‘t happen again.

• The CIA Director then told Bush what his agency was doing to make sure it didn’t.
• Mueller left humiliated. His take-away was that the Bureau needed to shift focus toward intelligence-gathering even if it meant sacrificing resources for law enforcement. 
• The Bureau became less cops and more spies.