A discrimination lawsuit was filed against the Federal Bureau of Investigation?s New York field office---the Bureau?s largest field office and a key player in the 9/11 investigations--- by five highly regarded black and Hispanic agents. The agents have accused their supervisors of ongoing and pervasive discrimination including over supervision of minority agents, and posting of pictures of minority agents on bulletins of gang members and criminals. The seriousness of the charges is compounded by allegations that at least one supervisor?s continued disdain for minority agents and failure to take their recommendations seriously, may have directly led to a failure to prevent the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
See DAVID JOHNSTON, The New York Times, September 25, 2002