Giuliani, following logically on his earlier comments, specifically

opined that separating the law enforcement and intelligence gathering

functions of the FBI by creating a new domestic intelligence agency was

not a good idea. The chance of getting the maximum amount of good intel

is a combination of the law enforcement and intel functions with all the

walls and legal information sharing barriers down — as they have been

since passage of the Patriot Act. A domestic intel agency would be

“isolated” and probably less effective than the FBI was when burdened by

obstructions to information sharing. Far more important, Rudy

reiterated, was increasing the information flow between the federal and

local law enforcement agencies.