Congressional committees are demanding answers about the FBI’s response to the deadly Bourbon Street truck attack in New Orleans. They have raised questions about the absence of the bureau’s ranking official in New Orleans ahead of major events. They also asked about the initial, erroneous assertion that the rampage was “not a terrorist event.
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The additional scrutiny from Congress comes amid multiple investigations launched by the city and state into security lapses and law enforcement response. Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, and Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, said Congress intends to conduct “objective and independent oversight” into the attack.
“These are major public events that a SAC should be present for,” they wrote, adding the FBI failed to account for Myrthil’s absence “in any of the joint briefings it provided to Congress.”
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