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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force and intelligence agency which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). Title 28, United States Code (U.S. Code), Section 533, which authorizes the Attorney General to "appoint officials to detect... crimes against the United States", and other federal statutes give the FBI the authority and responsibility to investigate specific crimes. At present, the FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes and thus has the broadest investigative authority of any federal law enforcement agency. The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list has been used since 1949 to notify the public of wanted fugitives. Image File history File links Federal Bureau of Investigation seal. ...
Image File history File links Federal Bureau of Investigation seal. ...
Federal police agencies are responsible for the enforcement of federal laws in countries with a federal constitution. ...
Justice Department redirects here. ...
In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ...
In the United States, a federal crime or federal offence is a crime that is either made illegal by U.S. federal legislation or a crime that occurs on U.S. federal property. ...
On March 14, 1950, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List to increase law enforcements ability to capture dangerous fugitives. ...
1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...
Mission
The mission of the FBI is to uphold the law through the investigation of violations of federal criminal law; to protect the United States from foreign intelligence and terrorist activities; to provide leadership and law enforcement assistance to federal, state, local, and international agencies; and to perform these responsibilities in a manner that is responsive to the needs of the public and is faithful to the United States Constitution. For the band, see The Police. ...
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. ...
Information obtained through an FBI investigation is presented to the appropriate U.S. Attorney or DOJ official, who decides if prosecution or other action is warranted. Top priority has been assigned to three areas: counterterrorism, foreign counterintelligence, and cyber crime. Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ...
Counterintelligence or counter-espionage is the act of seeking and indentifying espionage activities. ...
Personnel - Special Agents - The force of Special Agents has grown over the years, and now exceeds 11,000 out of a total workforce of 17,000. Some of these Special Agents are stationed in foreign countries and work in U.S. Embassies as "Legal Attaches", or as they are known in the FBI: LEGATS. Both new and veteran agents are routinely trained at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
- The FBI Police - The FBI also maintains a force of 1,000 uniformed Security police officers in the FBI Police for protecting the J. Edgar Hoover Building, FBI Academy at MCB Quantico, the Washington Field Office and the New York Field Office.
Special Agent is the United States governments title for a detective or investigator of the Series 0081 in the Office of Personnel Management or OPM handbook. ...
The FBI Academy is located in Quantico, Virginia. ...
Quantico, Virginia is in Prince William County, 23 miles north-northeast of Fredericksburg, Virginia, near Dumfries and Stafford along Highway 619. ...
Security police (also known as special police) are the special security officers employed by (usually governmental) organizations to protect their facilities, properties, personnel, users, visitors and operations from harm and who enforce laws and administrative regulations. ...
The J. Edgar Hoover Building is the headquarters for the FBI. It is named after the agencys long-time director, John Edgar Hoover. ...
The FBI Academy is located in Quantico, Virginia. ...
The Marine Corps Base Quantico, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, is one of the largest United States Marine Corps bases in the world. ...
Present mission of the FBI As of June 2002, the FBI's official top priority is counterterrorism. The USA PATRIOT Act granted the FBI increased powers, especially in wiretapping and monitoring of internet activity. One of the most controversial provisions of the act is the so-called "sneak and peek" provision, granting the FBI powers to search a house while the residents are away, and not requiring them to notify the residents for several weeks afterwards. Under the PATRIOT Act's provisions the FBI also resumed inquiring into the library records of those it suspected of terrorism, something it had supposedly not done since the 1970s. The bureau is also charged with the responsibility of enforcing compliance of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 and investigating violations of The Act in addition to prosecuting such violations with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The FBI also shares concurrent jurisdiction with the DEA in the enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 739 KB) Summary J Edgar Hoover Building, FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo taken by Kmf164 on October 15, 2005. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 739 KB) Summary J Edgar Hoover Building, FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo taken by Kmf164 on October 15, 2005. ...
The J. Edgar Hoover Building is the headquarters for the FBI. It is named after the agencys long-time director, John Edgar Hoover. ...
2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ...
President George W. Bush signing the Patriot Act in the White Houses East Room on October 26, 2001. ...
Telephone tapping or Wire tapping/ Wiretapping (in US) describes the monitoring of telephone conversations by a third party, often by covert means. ...
Modern-style library In the traditional sense of the word, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. ...
The exact definition of terrorism is highly controversial. ...
The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...
Justice Department redirects here. ...
Since 1973, the DEA has enforced the drug laws in the United States. ...
DONT DO DRUGS. The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) was enacted into law by the Congress of the United States as Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. ...
As of July 2005, the FBI's counterterrorism duties are to be consolidated in the new National Security Service, remotely similar to the UK's MI5. July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Current MI5 headquarters in Thames House, London MI5, officially called the Security Service, is a British counter-intelligence and security agency. ...
History of the FBI The FBI originated from a force of Special Agents created on July 26, 1908, by Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. At first it was named the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and it did not become the FBI until 1935. July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ...
1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Charles Joseph Bonaparte (June 9, 1851–June 28, 1921) was a grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte (the youngest brother of the French emperor Napoleon I), and a member of the United States Cabinet. ...
Theodore Roosevelt, formally Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ...
Under J. Edgar Hoover, who became director of the Bureau on May 10, 1924, the agency spent much of its energy investigating political activists who were not accused of any crime (e.g., Albert Einstein as a socialist). Hoover in 1961 John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was the founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in its present form and its director from May 10, 1924 until his death in 1972. ...
May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ...
1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Albert Einstein photographed by Oren J. Turner in 1947. ...
The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ...
The FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opened on November 24, 1932. November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. ...
During the 1930s, the agency played a prominent role in apprehending a number of well-known criminals who had conducted kidnappings, robberies and murders throughout the nation. These included John Dillinger, "Baby Face" Nelson, Kate "Ma" Barker, Alvin Karpis and George "Machine Gun" Kelly. It also played a decisive role in reducing the scope and influence of the Ku Klux Klan. Through the work of Edwin Atherton, the FBI claimed success in apprehending an entire army of Mexican neo-revolutionaries along the California border in the 1920's. John Dillinger John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American bank robber, considered by some to be a notorious and dangerous criminal, while others considered him a Robin Hood-like hero. ...
Lester M. Gillis, a. ...
Kate Ma Barker (birth name Arizona Clark) ( c. ...
Alvin Karpis Alvin Karpis (August 10, 1907-August 26, 1979, born Alvin Karpowicz), nickname Creepy , was a noted criminal in the United States known for his alliance with the Barker gang in the 1930s. ...
1933 Memphis Police Department booking photo of Kelly George Machine Gun Kelly Barnes (July 18, 1895 - July 18, 1954) was a notorious American gangster during the prohibition era. ...
Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ...
Beginning with the 1940s and continuing into the 1970s, the agency investigated cases of espionage against the United States and its allies. Eight Nazi agents who had planned sabotage operations against American targets were arrested. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ...
Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction. ...
Although Hoover initially doubted the existence of a close-knit organized crime network in the United States, the bureau later conducted operations against known organized crime syndicates and families, including those headed by Sam Giancana and John Gotti. Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. ...
Salvatore Sam Mo Momo Mooney Giancana (June 15, 1908 — June 19, 1975) was a famous and powerful mafioso and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957-66. ...
John Gotti John Gotti (October 27, 1940 – June 10, 2002) (also known as The Dapper Don and The Teflon Don) was the boss of the Gambino crime family, one of the most feared of New Yorks mafia families. ...
Hoover's investigation of Martin Luther King was also notorious. The FBI found no evidence of any crime, but attempted to use tapes of King involved in sexual activity for blackmail. Further, the FBI sent anonymous letters to King encouraging him to commit suicide. The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr, Ph. ...
Also in the 1960s, the FBI carried out domestic surveillance against anti-war acticvists and black leaders. The work, dubbed Cointelpro, led to the destruction of lives and careers of persons involved in first amendement protected activities who somehow ran afoul of the FBI's widespread net. COINTELPRO is an acronym (Counter Intelligence Program) for a program of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation aimed at investigating and disrupting dissident political organizations within the United States. ...
Crime Lab Scandal In the 1990s, it turned out that the fingerprint unit of the FBI's crime lab had repeatedly done shoddy work. In some cases, the technicians, given evidence that actually cleared a suspect, reported instead that it proved the suspect guilty. Many cases had to be reopened when this pattern of errors was discovered. It should be noted that the FBI Lab is considered to be among the premiere forensic laboratories in the world. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ...
Bureau of Investigation (BOI) Directors (1908–35) Stanley W. Finch, first Director of the FBI Stanley W. Finch (July 20, 1872–1951) was the first director of the Bureau of Investigation, which would eventually become the FBI. Finch was born in Monticello, New York, in 1872. ...
Alexander Bruce Bielaski (1884–February, American lawyer and director of the Bureau of Investigation (now the FBI). ...
On February 10, 1919, William E. Allen of Texas began serving as Acting Director of the US Bureau of Investigation (BOI), a predecessor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ...
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Hoover in 1961 John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was the founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in its present form and its director from May 10, 1924 until his death in 1972. ...
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Directors (1936–present) On July 1, 1932, the Bureau was renamed the United States Bureau of Investigation. One year later on July 1, 1933, it was linked with the Bureau of Prohibition and became known as the Division of Investigation. Finally, in 1935, the bureau was renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). After J. Edgar Hoover's death, the FBI imposed a policy limiting the tenure of future FBI directors to a maximum of ten years. July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. ...
July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The U.S Bureau of Prohibition or the Prohibition Service was a part of the Federal Government of the United States formed in 1927 to enforce the National Prohibition Act of 1919, commonly known as the Volstead Act, which enforced the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by enforcing...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The FBI Directors from this period on are:
Hoover in 1961 John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was the founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in its present form and its director from May 10, 1924 until his death in 1972. ...
Clyde Anderson Tolson (May 22, 1900 - April 14, 1975) was associate director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ...
Louis Patrick Gray III (July 18, 1916 – July 6, 2005) was acting director of the FBI from 1972-73. ...
William Doyle Ruckelshaus (born July 24, 1932) is an attorney and civil servant in the United States. ...
Clarence M. Kelley (October 24, 1911 - August 5, 1997) was a public servant and former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ...
James Blackburn Adams (born December 21, 1926) was an attorney, Texas legislator, and former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ...
William Hedgcock Webster (born March 6, 1924) was the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1978 to 1987 and director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1987 to 1991. ...
John Otto was the acting director of the FBI in 1987. ...
William Steele Sessions (b. ...
Floyd I. Clarke was a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ...
Louis Joseph Freeh (born January 6, 1950 in Jersey City, New Jersey of German and Italian extraction) was nominated by President Clinton to be the Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ...
SALUT Jaimerais devenir agent de la FBI au togo,car je veux servir lamerique et le monde entier. ...
Robert Swan Mueller III (born August 7, 1944) is the current Director of the FBI. Mueller was born in New York City and grew up outside of Philadelphia. ...
Publications of the FBI The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) are crime indexes, published annually by the FBI, which summarize the incidence and rate of reported crimes within the US. The report is used by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. ...
Further reading
Books - David Burnham, Above the Law: Secret Deals, Political Fixes, and Other Misadventures of the U.S. Department of Justice, Scribner, ISBN 0-684-80699-1, LoC KF5107.B87 1996
- Ward Churchill and Jim Vander Wall, Agents of Repression, Updated Edition, The FBI's Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement, Boston: Southend Press 2002
- Frank J. Donner, The Age of Surveillance: The Aims and Methods of America's Political Intelligence System, Vintage, ISBN 0-194-74771-2, LoC JK468.I6D65 1981
- Ronald Kessler, The FBI, Pocket Books, 1993, ISBN 0-671-78658-X.
- Ronald Kessler, The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI, St. Martin's Press 2002 ISBN 0-312-30402-1
- Athan G. Theohris, The FBI and American Democracy: A Brief Critical History, University Press of Kansas 2004
- Watters and Gillers (eds), Investigating the FBI, Ballentine, 1973, ISBN 345-23831-1-195
Ward Churchill Ward LeRoy Churchill (born October 2, 1947) is an American writer, activist, and academic. ...
Logo of the Black Panther Party Black Panthers redirects here. ...
The American Indian Movement (AIM), is an American Indian national liberation movement in the United States that burst on the international scene with its seizure of the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 1972 and the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine...
Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior. ...
Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
World Wide Web sites
Related resources Carnivore is a name given to a system implemented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that is analogous to wiretapping except in this case it is email that is being tapped instead of telephone conversations. ...
COINTELPRO is an acronym (Counter Intelligence Program) for a program of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation aimed at investigating and disrupting dissident political organizations within the United States. ...
The Critical Incident Response Group (or CIRG) is the part of the Federal Bureau of Investigation which facilitates the FBIs rapid response to, and the management of, crisis incidents. ...
The FBI Counterterrorism Division is the division of the FBI that deals with terrorist threats inside the United States. ...
List of the FBIs Most Wanted Terrorists, is a list of people considered actively involved in terrorism within the United States. ...
On March 14, 1950, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List to increase law enforcements ability to capture dangerous fugitives. ...
Fred Hampton (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) was a radical African American activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. ...
The Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) is the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations counterterrorism tactical unit. ...
InfraGard is a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) program that began in the Cleveland, Ohio, Field Office in 1996. ...
Joseph Leo Gormley was the chief of chemistry and toxicology for the FBI. Born in Clinton, Massachusetts, he was raised in Somerville, Massachusetts. ...
This is a list of FBI field offices. ...
The National Security Service is to be an office within the Federal Bureau of Investigation that will consolidate the bureaus counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and intelligence duties. ...
:For a number of other organisations with similar names see SIS. Special Intelligence Service is usually the name for a branch of a governments intelligence apparatus that is organized for a specific purpose. ...
A State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is a state-level detective agency in the United States of America, which is the states equivalent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ...
THERMCON was the code name of a FBI operation which targeted members of the environmental organization Earth First! between 1987 and 1989, culminating in the arrest of five activists following an attempt to disable powerlines in the Arizona desert. ...
W. Mark Felt on the set of CBSs Face the Nation in 1976. ...
See also The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP or Mounties; French, Gendarmerie royale du Canada, GRC) is both the federal police force and the national police of Canada. ...
The Peoples Armed Police Force (人民æ¦è£…è¦å¯Ÿéƒ¨é˜Ÿ; renmin wuzhuang jingcha budui) is a paramilitary police force responsible for domestic security within the Peoples Republic of China. ...
New Scotland Yard, London New Scotland Yard, often referred to simply as Scotland Yard or The Yard, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for policing Greater London (although not the City of London itself). ...
Federal Agency of Investigation is Mexicos equivalent to the FBI. It was create to deal with drug and corruption problems in Mexico and beyond the capabilities of local police forces. ...
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