Riebling 's analysis of security failures influenced post-911 intelligence reforms . Andrew C. McCarthy , the deputy U.S. attorney who prosecuted the 1993 World Trade Center bombing , wrote in '' The Wall Street Journal '' in 2006 that " Riebling ’s analysis has now become conventional wisdom , accepted on all sides . Such , indeed , is the reasoning behind virtually all of the proposals now under consideration by no fewer than seven assorted congressional committees , internal evaluators , and blue-ribbon panels charged with remedying the intelligence situation . " '' Wedge '' ( Knopf , 1994 ; Simon & Schuster , 2002 ) traces the conflict between U.S. law enforcement and intelligence , from World War II through the War on Terror . Using documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and interviews with former agents , Riebling presents FBI – CIA rivalry through the prism of national traumas — including the Kennedy assassination , Watergate , and 9/11 — and argues that the agencies ' failure to cooperate has seriously endangered U.S. national security
1993 World Trade Center bombing
1993 World Trade Center bombing
Mark Riebling