Significantly, the FBI witness, Counterterrorism Division Assistant Director Larry A. Mefford, avoided mentioning Wahhabi influence in his testimony.

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So have several senior Justice Department officials, including the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division and the Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs.

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Mr Chaney, 48, who was in the international programmes division, will be allowed to retire, but Mr Stokes, an assistant special agent in charge of the K9 division, has been told he will be fired, US media report.

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