For a guy whose job is all about intelligence, FBI chief Robert Mueller showed a stunning lack of it Wednesday when he blithely told a Senate panel that he still hasn�t bothered calling NYPD�s top cop about the latest terror threat.

Never mind that New York lost thousands of people on 9/11 and the city remains the nation�s No. 1 terror target.

If Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly wanted to know more about the foiled Yemeni underwear bomb plot, he could have picked up the phone and called, Mueller sniffed.

�As I told Ray, he�s always welcome to call,� he said, repeatedly referring to the commissioner as �Ray.�

Mueller found himself being grilled by Sen. Chuck Schumer about his secret-hoarding after Kelly fumed Friday that the NYPD had been left in the dark on the details of the plot.

�That�s the type of information, quite frankly, that we need, deserve,� Kelly vented.

The FBI finally got around to briefing NYPD brass Monday � but Mueller made no effort to contact Kelly.

�I have not on this issue,� Mueller admitted. �I met with him about a month ago.�

That wasn�t good enough for Schumer. �Just a suggestion for the continued good operation, give him a call on this,� he said. �He didn�t ask me to ask you to, I am. Do that. Thanks.�

Mueller said he�d be happy to take Kelly�s call.

�I know,� Schumer quickly replied. �Let�s not get into who calls whom. I am asking you to call.�

Finally, a light bulb went on. �I�m happy to do it,� Mueller replied.

The NYPD declined to comment on Mueller�s appearance.

Schumer suggested Mueller�s failure to brief Kelly underscored a growing rift between the FBI and NYPD.

�No, no, no, no,� Mueller insisted. �There are always bumps in the road. And every six months or so, Ray Kelly and I get together and discuss those bumps in the road and move on.�

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