to meet the expectations of Attorney General Reno and Director Freeh.

It's a pretty disappointing number, much below market expectations and our own. Exports were particularly disappointing.

After those several years of great growth, people's expectations have been very high - probably too high. And at the first sign of a slowdown they react they other way.

A review such as this presents the public with a clearer understanding of the facts, which is critical in maintaining public confidence in law enforcement's ability to effectively investigate and prevent serious crimes,

We are pleased with the findings and the constructive recommendations made in today's draft report,

While the FBI has always, as a first instinct, sought to work cooperatively and closely with computer network service providers, software and equipment manufacturers and many others to fight these crimes, it also became obvious that the FBI needed its own tools to fight this battle,