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It is the government agency responsible for investigating crimes on Indian Reservations in the United States<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/ |
It is the government agency responsible for investigating crimes on Indian Reservations in the United States<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/ |
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indian</ref> under the Seven Major Crimes Act, passed in 1885. In 1953, Congress passed Public Law 280 giving state governments the right to assume civil and criminal |
indian</ref> under the Seven Major Crimes Act, passed in 1885. In 1953, Congress passed Public Law 280 giving state governments the right to assume civil and criminal jurisdiction over Indian reservations in California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Alaska.<ref>http://www. |
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nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/329/the-fbi-indian-reservations</ref> |
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The branch has investigative [[jurisdiction]] over violations of more than 200 categories of [[federal crime]].<ref name="quickfacts">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/quickfacts.htm|title=Federal Bureau of Investigation - Quick Facts|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> The agency was established in 1908 as the Bureau of Investigation (BOI). Its name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1935. |
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The agency [[headquarters]] is the [[J. Edgar Hoover Building]], located in [[Washington, D.C.]], along with fifty-six [[List of FBI field offices|field offices]] located in major cities throughout the United States, and more than 400 resident agencies in lesser cities and areas across the nation. More than 50 international offices called "legal [[attaché]]s" exist in [[Diplomatic missions of the United States|U.S. embassies and consulates general]] worldwide. |
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==Mission and priorities== |
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In the fiscal year 2010, the FBI's minimum budget was approximately 7.9 billion USD, including $618 million in program increases to [[counter-terrorism]] and [[surveillance]], fighting cyber crime, [[white-collar crime]], and training programs.<ref>{{Cite web |
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|url=http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fbi/2009just.pdf |
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|title=Congressional budget justification, FY 2009 |
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|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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|accessdate=2010-08-11}}</ref> |
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The FBI's main goal is to protect and defend the United States, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners.<ref name="quickfacts"/> |
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Currently, the FBI's top investigative priorities are:<ref name="priorities">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/priorities/priorities.htm|title=Federal Bureau of Investigation - Priorities|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> |
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# Protect the United States from terrorist attacks (see [[counter-terrorism]]); |
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# Protect the United States against foreign intelligence operations and espionage (see [[counter-intelligence]]); |
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# Protect the United States against cyber-based attacks and high-technology crimes (see [[cyber-warfare]]); |
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# Combat public [[Political corruption|corruption]] at all levels; |
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# Protect [[civil rights]]; |
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# Combat transnational/national criminal organizations and enterprises (see [[organized crime]]); |
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# Combat major [[white-collar crime]]; |
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# Combat significant [[violent crime]]; |
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# Support federal, state, local and international partners; |
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# Upgrade technology for successful performance of the FBI's mission. |
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In August 2007, the top categories of lead criminal charges resulting from FBI investigations were:<ref name="charges">{{Cite web|url=http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/jfbi/monthlyaug07/fil/|title=FBI Top Ranked Lead Charges|publisher=Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse}}</ref> |
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# [[Bank robbery]] and incidental crimes (107 charges) |
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# [[Drugs]] (104 charges) |
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# Attempt and [[Conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]] (81 charges) |
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# [[Commercial sexual exploitation of children|Material involving sexual exploitation of minors]] (53 charges) |
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# [[Mail fraud]] – [[fraud]]s and [[fraud|swindles]] (51 charges) |
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# [[Bank fraud]] (31 charges) |
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# Prohibition of [[illegal gambling]] businesses (22 charges) |
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# [[Wire fraud|Fraud by wire]], radio, or television (20 charges) |
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# [[Hobbs Act]] (Robbery and extortion affecting interstate commerce) (17 charges) |
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# [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act]] (RICO)-prohibited activities (17 charges) |
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===Indian reservations=== |
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The federal government has the primary responsibility for investigating<ref>[http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/indian/background.htm "Indian Country Crime"] FBI website, accessed August 10, 2010</ref> and prosecuting serious crime on [[Indian reservation]]s.<ref>[http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/sac/sd0300/ch2.htm "Native Americans in South Dakota: An Erosion of Confidence in the Justice System"]</ref> <blockquote>The FBI has criminal jurisdiction in "Indian Country" (the official name for the program) for major crimes under the "Indian Country" Crimes Act (Title 18, United States Code, Section 1152), the Indian Country Major Crimes Act (Title 18, United States Code, Section 1153), and the Assimilative Crimes Act (Title 18, United States Code, Section 13). The 1994 Crime Act expanded federal criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country in such areas as guns, violent juveniles, drugs, and domestic violence. Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the FBI has jurisdiction over any criminal act directly related to casino gaming. The FBI also investigates civil rights violations, environmental crimes, public corruption, and government fraud occurring in "Indian Country."<ref>[http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/indian/about.htm Indian County Country Homepage], accessed August 10, 2010. This reference is probably out of date as it does not mention the recently enacted [[Tribal Law and Order Act]]</ref></blockquote> |
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The FBI does not specifically list crimes in Native American land as one of its priorities.<ref>[http://www.fbi.gov/priorities/priorities.htm FBI "Facts and Figures"] See prominently displayed list of priorities, accessed August 10, 2010</ref> <!-- and most federal prosecutors.--> Often serious crimes have been either poorly investigated or prosecution has been declined. Tribal courts can only impose sentences of up to three years, and then under certain restrictions.<ref>[http://www.denverpost.com/frontpage/ci_15373276? Michael Riley, "Expansion of tribal courts' authority passes Senate"], ''[[The Denver Post]]'' Posted: 25 June 2010 01:00:00 AM MDT Updated: 25 June 2010 02:13:47 AM MDT Accessed June 25, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.denverpost.com/ci_15636761 Michael Riley, "President Obama signs tribal-justice changes"], ''[[The Denver Post]]'', Posted: 30 July 2010 01:00:00 AM MDT, Updated: 30 July 2010 06:00:20 AM MDT, accessed July 30, 2010</ref> |
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Indian reservations often use the police of the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]], which is an agency of the [[United States Department of the Interior|U.S. Department of the Interior]], for investigation within the reservation. Tribal police have limited jurisdiction over crimes. |
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==Legal authority== |
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[[File:FBI Badge & gun.jpg|thumb|right|300px|FBI badge and service pistol, a [[Glock pistol|Glock]] Model 22, .40 S&W caliber.]] |
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The FBI's mandate is established in [[Title 28 of the United States Code]] (U.S. Code), Section 533, which authorizes the [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] to "appoint officials to detect... crimes against the United States."<ref name="uscode">{{cite web |url=http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode28/usc_sec_28_00000533----000-.html |title=US CODE: Title 28,533. Investigative and other officials; appointment |publisher=Cornell Law School |accessdate=2011-02-15}}</ref> Other federal statutes give the FBI the authority and responsibility to investigate specific crimes. |
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[[J. Edgar Hoover]] began using [[Telephone tapping|wiretapping]] in the 1920s during [[Prohibition (United States)|Prohibition]] to arrest bootleggers.<ref name="hnn">{{cite news |title=Civil Rights: Let 'Em Wiretap! |last=Greenberg |first= David |authorlink=David Greenberg |date=2001-10-22 |publisher=History News Network |url=http://hnn.us/articles/366.html |accessdate=2011-02-15}}</ref> A 1927 case in which a bootlegger was caught through telephone tapping went to the [[United States Supreme Court]], which ruled that the FBI could use wiretaps in its investigations and did not violate the [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth Amendment]] as unlawful search and seizure as long as the FBI did not break in to a person's home to complete the tapping.<ref name="hnn"/> After Prohibition's repeal, [[United States Congress|Congress]] passed the [[Communications Act of 1934]], which outlawed non-consensual phone tapping, but allowed bugging.<ref name="hnn"/> In another Supreme Court case, the court ruled in 1939 that due to the 1934 law, evidence the FBI obtained by phone tapping was inadmissible in court.<ref name="hnn"/> A 1967 Supreme Court decision overturned the 1927 case allowing bugging, after which Congress passed the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, allowing public authorities to tap telephones during investigations, as long as they obtain a warrant beforehand.<ref name="hnn"/> |
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The FBI's chief tool against [[organized crime]] is the [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act|Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations]] (RICO) Act. The FBI 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 [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA) in the enforcement of the [[Controlled Substances Act]] of 1970. |
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The [[USA PATRIOT Act]] increased the powers allotted to the FBI, especially in [[Telephone tapping|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<ref name="library">{{cite news |first=Bob |last=Egelko |author=Bob Egelko |coauthors=Maria Alicia Gaura |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/03/10/MN14634.DTL |title=Libraries post Patriot Act warnings: Santa Cruz branches tell patrons that FBI may spy on them |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |date=March 10, 2003 |accessdate=2011-02-15}}</ref> of those who are suspected of [[terrorism]] (something it had supposedly not done since the 1970s). |
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In the early 1980s, Senate hearings were held to examine FBI undercover operations in the wake of the [[Abscam]] controversy, which had allegations of [[entrapment]] of elected officials. As a result, in following years a number of guidelines were issued to constrain FBI activities. |
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A March 2007 report by the inspector general of the Justice Department described the FBI's "widespread and serious misuse" of [[national security letter]]s, a form of administrative subpoena used to demand records and data pertaining to individuals. The report said that between 2003 and 2005, the FBI had issued more than 140,000 national security letters, many involving people with no obvious connections to terrorism.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/magazine/15wwlnlede.t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print |title=Who’s Watching the F.B.I.?|author= Jeffrey Rosen|publisher= The New York Times|date= April 15, 2007|accessdate= 2011-02-15}}</ref> |
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Information obtained through an FBI investigation is presented to the appropriate [[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorney]] or Department of Justice official, who decides if prosecution or other action is warranted. |
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The FBI often works in conjunction with other Federal agencies, including the [[U.S. Coast Guard]] (USCG) and [[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]] (CBP) in seaport and airport security,<ref name="sea">{{cite web |url=http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/reports/FBI/a0626/final.pdf |title=The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Efforts to Protect the Nation's Seaports |publisher=U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General |date=March 2006 |format=PDF |accessdate=2011-02-15}}</ref> and the [[National Transportation Safety Board]] in investigating [[airplane crash]]es and other critical incidents. [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) has nearly the same amount of investigative man power as the FBI, and investigates the largest range of crimes. In the wake of the [[September 11 attacks]], AG Ashcroft assigned the FBI as the designated lead organization in terrorism investigations after the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ICE-HSI and the FBI are both integral members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force. |
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==History== |
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In 1886, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]], in ''[[Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois]],'' found that the states had no power to regulate interstate commerce. The resulting [[Interstate Commerce Act]] of 1887 created a Federal responsibility for interstate law enforcement. The Justice Department made little effort to relieve its staff shortage until the turn of the century, when [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Charles Joseph Bonaparte]] reached out to other agencies, including the Secret Service, for investigators. But the Congress forbade this use of Treasury employees by Justice, passing a law to that effect in 1908. So the Attorney General moved to organize a formal Bureau of Investigation (BOI or BI), complete with its own staff of [[special agent]]s. The [[U.S. Secret Service|Secret Service]] provided the Department of Justice 12 Special Agents and these agents became the first Agents in the new BOI. Thus, the first FBI agents were actually Secret Service agents. Its jurisdiction derived from the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.<ref name = "historicdates"/><ref name="langeluttig-p9">{{Cite book|title=The Department of Justice of the United States |author=Langeluttig, Albert |publisher=Johns Hopkins Press |year=1927 |pages=9–14}}</ref> The FBI grew out of this force of special agents created on July 26, 1908 during the presidency of [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. The first Chief (the title has since been changed to Director) was Stanley W. Finch. Its first official task was visiting and making surveys of the houses of prostitution in preparation for enforcing the "White Slave Traffic Act," or [[Mann Act]], passed on June 25, 1910. In 1932, it was renamed the United States Bureau of Investigation. The following year it was linked to the [[Bureau of Prohibition]] and rechristened the Division of Investigation (DOI) before finally becoming an independent service within the Department of Justice in 1935.<ref name="historicdates">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/historicdates.htm|title=Timeline of FBI History|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> In the same year, its name was officially changed from the Division of Investigation to the present-day Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI. |
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===J. Edgar Hoover as director=== |
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[[File:FBIHoover.jpg|thumb|right|[[J. Edgar Hoover]], FBI Director from 1924 to 1972.]] |
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The Director of the BOI, [[J. Edgar Hoover]], was an FBI Director who served from 1924-1972, a combined 48 years with the BOI, DOI, and FBI. He was chiefly responsible for creating the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory, or the [[FBI Laboratory]], which officially opened in 1932, as part of his work to professionalize investigations by the government. Hoover had substantial involvement in most major cases and projects which the FBI handled during his tenure. After Hoover's death, Congress passed legislation limiting the tenure of future FBI Directors to a maximum of ten years. |
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During the "War on Crime" of the 1930s, FBI agents apprehended or killed a number of notorious criminals who carried out kidnappings, robberies, and murders throughout the nation, including [[John Dillinger]], [[Baby Face Nelson|"Baby Face" Nelson]], [[Ma Barker|Kate "Ma" Barker]], [[Alvin Karpis|Alvin "Creepy" Karpis]], and [[Machine Gun Kelly|George "Machine Gun" Kelly]]. |
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Other activities of its early decades included a decisive role in reducing the scope and influence of the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. Additionally, 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 1920s. |
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====The FBI and national security==== |
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Beginning in the 1940s and continuing into the 1970s, the Bureau investigated cases of [[espionage]] against the United States and its allies. Eight [[Nazism|Nazi]] agents who had planned [[sabotage]] operations against American targets were arrested, and six were executed (''[[Ex parte Quirin]]'') under their sentences. Also during this time, a joint US/UK code-breaking effort ([[Venona]])—with which the FBI was heavily involved—broke Soviet diplomatic and intelligence communications codes, allowing the US and British governments to read Soviet communications. This effort confirmed the existence of Americans working in the United States for Soviet intelligence.<ref name="nsa">{{Cite web|last=Benson|first=Robert L.|url=http://www.nsa.gov/publications/publi00039.cfm|title=The Venona Story|publisher=National Security Agency|accessdate=2006-06-18 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20060614231955/http://www.nsa.gov/publications/publi00039.cfm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2006-06-14}}</ref> Hoover was administering this project but failed to notify the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) until 1952. Another notable case is the arrest of Soviet spy [[Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher|Rudolf Abel]] in 1957.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Romerstein, Herbert, Eric Breindel |title=The Venona Secrets, Exposing Soviet Espionage and America's Traitors |publisher=Regnery Publishing, Inc. |year=2001 |isbn=0-89526-225-8 |pages=209}}</ref> The discovery of Soviet spies operating in the US allowed Hoover to pursue his longstanding obsession with the threat he perceived from the [[American Left]], ranging from [[Communist Party of the United States of America]] (CPUSA) union organizers to American liberals. |
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====The FBI and the civil-rights movement==== |
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During the 1950s and 1960s, FBI officials became increasingly concerned about the influence of civil rights leaders, whom they believed had communist ties or were unduly influenced by them. In 1956, for example, Hoover sent an open letter denouncing Dr. [[T.R.M. Howard]], a civil rights leader, surgeon, and wealthy entrepreneur in Mississippi who had criticized FBI inaction in solving recent murders of [[George W. Lee]], [[Emmett Till]], and other blacks in the South.<ref>David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito, ''Black Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power'' (Urbana: [[University of Illinois Press]], 2009), 148, 154–59.</ref> The FBI carried out controversial [[surveillance|domestic surveillance]] in an operation it called the [[COINTELPRO]], which was short for '''''"CO'''''unter-'''''INTEL'''''ligence '''''PRO'''''gram."<ref name="coinpro">{{Cite web|url=http://www.monitor.net/monitor/9905a/jbcointelpro.html |title=A Short History of FBI COINTELPRO|publisher=Monitor|accessdate=2006-06-06|author=Mike Cassidy|last=Cassidy|first=Mike M.|date=1999-05-26}}</ref> It was to investigate and disrupt the activities of dissident political organizations within the United States, including both militant and non-violent organizations. Among its targets was the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]], a leading civil rights organization with clergy leadership.<ref name="latimes">{{Cite web|url=http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0308-27.htm |title=A Break-In to End All Break-Ins|publisher=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2006-06-06|author=Allan M. Jalon|last=Jalon|first=Allan M.|date=2006-04-08}}</ref> |
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The FBI frequently investigated [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] In his 1991 memoir, ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post]]'' journalist [[Carl Rowan]] asserted that the FBI had sent at least one anonymous letter to King encouraging him to commit suicide.<ref name="washingtonpost">{{Cite web|url=http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030502.html|title=Was Martin Luther King, Jr. a plagiarist?|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=2006-06-06|author=Cecil Adams|last=Adams|first=Cecil M.|date=2003-05-02}}</ref> |
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In March 1971, the residential office of an FBI agent in [[Media, Pennsylvania]] was robbed; the thieves took secret files and distributed them to a range of newspapers, including ''[[The Harvard Crimson]]''.<ref name="'70s 2">{{Cite book|title= How We Got Here: The '70s|last= Frum|first= David|authorlink= David Frum|coauthors= |year= 2000|publisher= Basic Books|location= New York, New York|isbn= 0465041957|page= 40|pages= |url= }}</ref> The files detailed the FBI's extensive [[COINTELPRO]] program, which included investigations into lives of ordinary citizens—including a black student group at a Pennsylvania military college and the daughter of Congressman [[Henry Reuss]] of [[Wisconsin]].<ref name="'70s 2"/> The country was "jolted" by the revelations, and the actions were denounced by members of Congress, including House Majority Leader [[Hale Boggs]].<ref name="'70s 2"/> The phones of some members of Congress, including Boggs, had allegedly been tapped.<ref name="'70s 2"/> |
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====Kennedy's assassination==== |
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When President [[John F. Kennedy]] was shot and killed, the jurisdiction fell to the local police departments until President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] directed the FBI to take over the investigation.<ref name="history_postwar">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/postwar.htm |title=Postwar America: 1945–1960s|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> To ensure clarity about responsibility for investigation of homicides of federal officials, Congress passed a law that put investigations of deaths of federal officials within FBI jurisdiction. |
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===The FBI and organized crime=== |
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In response to organized crime, on August 25, 1953, the FBI created the [[Top Hoodlum Program]]. The national office directed field offices to gather information on mobsters in their territories and to report it regularly to Washington for a centralized collection of intelligence on racketeers.<ref>[http://www.fbi.gov/page2/august07/mobintel080907.htm "Using Intel to Stop the Mob, Part 2"]. Retrieved 2010-02-12.</ref> After the [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act]], or RICO Act, took effect, the FBI began investigating the former Prohibition-organized groups, which had become fronts for crime in major cities and small towns. All of the FBI work was done undercover and from within these organizations, using the provisions provided in the RICO Act. Gradually the agency dismantled many of the groups. Although Hoover initially denied the existence of a [[National Crime Syndicate]] 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]]. The RICO Act is still used today for all [[organized crime]] and any individuals who might fall under the Act. |
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In 2003 a congressional committee called the FBI's organized crime [[informant]] program "one of the greatest failures in the history of federal law enforcement."<ref name="Murphy"/> While protecting an informant in March 1965, the FBI allowed four innocent men to be convicted of murder. Three of the men were sentenced to death (which was later reduced to life in prison). The fourth defendant was sentenced to life in prison, where he spent three decades.<ref name="Murphy"> |
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{{Cite news |
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|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/07/27/death_deceit_then_decades_of_silence/ |
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|title=Evidence Of Injustice |
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|publisher=Boston Globe |
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|author=Shelley Murphy |
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|accessdate=2007-11-22}}</ref> In July 2007, U.S. District Judge [[Nancy Gertner]] in Boston found the bureau helped convict the four men of the March 1965 gangland murder of Edward "Teddy" Deegan. The U.S. Government was ordered to pay $100 million in damages to the four defendants.<ref> |
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{{Cite news |
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|url=http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/7/26/223620.shtml |
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|title=U.S. Must Pay Out $100 Million for Wrongful FBI Conviction |
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|publisher=Reuters |
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|date=2007-07-27 |
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|accessdate=2007-11-22}}</ref> |
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===Notable post-Hoover reorganizations=== |
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====Special FBI teams==== |
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In 1984, the FBI formed an elite unit<ref name="history_rise">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/rise.htm|title=Rise in International Crime|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> to help with problems that might arise at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] to be held in Los Angeles, particularly [[terrorism]] and major-crime. This was a result of the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] at [[Munich, Germany]], when terrorists murdered the Israeli athletes. Named [[Hostage Rescue Team (FBI)|Hostage Rescue Team]] (HRT), it acts as the FBI lead for a national [[SWAT]] team in related procedures and all counter-terrorism cases. Also formed in 1984 was the ''Computer Analysis and Response Team'' (CART).<ref name="history_coldwarend">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/postcold.htm|title=End of the Cold War|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> |
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From the end of the 1980s to the early 1990s, the FBI reassigned more than 300 agents from foreign counter-intelligence duties to violent crime, and made violent crime the sixth national priority. With reduced cuts to other well-established departments, and because terrorism was no longer considered a threat after the end of the [[Cold War]],<ref name="history_coldwarend"/> the FBI assisted local police forces in tracking fugitives who had crossed state lines, a felony. The FBI Laboratory helped develop [[DNA]] testing, continuing its pioneering role in identification that began with its fingerprinting system in 1924. |
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====Notable efforts in the 1990s==== |
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[[File:Fbi egypt air 990.jpg|thumb|An FBI Agent tags the [[cockpit voice recorder]] from [[EgyptAir Flight 990]] on the deck of the [[USNS Grapple (T-ARS-53)|USS ''Grapple'' (ARS 53)]] at the crash site on November 13, 1999.]] |
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Between 1993 and 1996, the FBI increased its counter-terrorism role in the wake of the first [[World Trade Center bombing|1993 World Trade Center]] bombing in [[New York City|New York, New York]]; the [[Oklahoma City bombing]] in 1995; and the arrest of the [[Ted Kaczynski|Unabomber]] in 1996. Technological innovation and the skills of FBI Laboratory analysts helped ensure that the three cases were successfully prosecuted.<ref name="history_wired">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/wiredworld.htm|title=Rise of a Wired World|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> In the early and late 1990s, the FBI role in the [[Ruby Ridge]] and [[Waco Siege|Waco]] incidents caused a public uproar in the government's role in the killings. During the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], the FBI was criticized for its investigation on the [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing]]. It has settled a dispute with [[Richard Jewell]], who was a private security guard at the venue, along with some media organizations,<ref name="leak">{{Cite web|url=http://medialibel.org/cases-conflicts/tv/jewell.html|title=Richard Jewell v. NBC, and other Richard Jewell cases|publisher=Media Libel|accessdate=2006-06-06}}</ref> in regard to the leaking of his name during the investigation. |
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After Congress passed the ''Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act'' (CALEA, 1994), the ''Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act'' (HIPAA, 1996), and the ''Economic Espionage Act'' (EEA, 1996), the FBI followed suit and underwent a technological upgrade in 1998, just as it did with its CART team in 1991. Computer Investigations and Infrastructure Threat Assessment Center (CITAC) and the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) were created to deal with the increase in [[Internet]]-related problems, such as computer viruses, worms, and other malicious programs that threatened US operations. With these developments, the FBI increased its electronic surveillance in public safety and national security investigations, adapting to the telecommunications advancements that changed the nature of such problems. |
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====September 11th attacks==== |
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Within months of the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001, FBI Director [[Robert Mueller]], who had been sworn in a week before the attacks, called for a re-engineering of FBI structure and operations. He made countering every federal crime a top priority, including the prevention of terrorism, countering foreign intelligence operations, addressing cyber security threats, other high-tech crimes, protecting civil rights, combating public corruption, organized crime, white-collar crime, and major acts of violent crime.<ref name="history_current">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/changeman.htm|title=Change of Mandate|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> |
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In February 2001, [[Robert Hanssen]] was caught selling information to the Russian government. It was later learned that Hanssen, who had reached a high position within the FBI, had been selling intelligence since as early as 1979. He pleaded guilty to [[treason]] and received a [[life sentence]] in 2002, but the incident led many to question the security practices employed by the FBI. There was also a claim that Robert Hanssen might have contributed information that led to the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].<ref name="9_11">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk|title=Osama access to state secrets helped 9/11|publisher=Computer Crime Research Center|accessdate=2006-06-06|author=Jerry Seper|last=Seper|first=Jerry|archivedate=2003-01-08|archiveurl=http://www.crime-research.org/news/2003/01/Mess0801.htm}}</ref> |
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The [[9/11 Commission]]'s final report on July 22, 2004 stated that the FBI and [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) were both partially to blame for not pursuing intelligence reports which could have prevented the September 11, 2001 attacks. In its most damning assessment, the report concluded that the country had "not been well served" by either agency and listed numerous recommendations for changes within the FBI.<ref name="abc">{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2004/s1160100.htm|title=9/11 Commission finds 'deep institutional failings'|publisher=ABC Au|author=John Shovelan|last=Shovelan|first=John |date=2004-06-23|accessdate=2006-06-06}}</ref> While the FBI has acceded to most of the recommendations, including oversight by the new [[Director of National Intelligence]], some former members of the 9/11 Commission publicly criticized the FBI in October 2005, claiming it was resisting any meaningful changes.<ref name="cbsnews">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/06/60minutes/main923095.shtml|title=Ex-FBI Chief On Clinton's Scandals|publisher=CBS News|date=2004-10-06|accessdate=2006-06-06}}</ref> |
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On July 8, 2007 the ''[[Washington Post]]'' published excerpts from [[UCLA]] Professor Amy Zegart's book ''Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11''.<ref name="cis">{{Cite web|url=http://faculty.spa.ucla.edu/zegart/tableofcontent.asp|title=Spying Blind|publisher=Princeton University Press|accessdate=2007-07-08|author=Amy Zegart|last=Zegart|first=Amy|date=2007-09-01}}</ref> The Post reported from Zegart's book that government documents show the CIA and FBI missed 23 potential chances to disrupt the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The primary reasons for the failures included: agency cultures resistant to change and new ideas; inappropriate incentives for promotion; and a lack of cooperation between the FBI, CIA and the rest of the [[United States Intelligence Community]]. The book blamed the FBI's decentralized structure, which prevented effective communication and cooperation among different FBI offices. The book suggested that the FBI has not evolved into an effective counter-terrorism or counter-intelligence agency, due in large part to deeply ingrained agency cultural resistance to change. For example, FBI personnel practices continue to treat all staff other than Special Agents as support staff, classifying Intelligence Analysts alongside the FBI's auto mechanics and janitors.<ref name="wpz">{{Cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/06/AR2007070602004.html|title=Our Clueless Intelligence System|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=2007-07-08|author=Amy Zegart|last=Zegart|first=Amy|date=2007-07-08}}</ref> |
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==Organization and rank structure== |
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[[File:FBI-organizational-chart.jpg|thumb|right|550px|Organization chart for the FBI (click to enlarge)]] |
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The FBI is organized into five functional branches and the Office of the Director, which contains most administrative offices. Each branch is managed by an Executive Assistant Director. Each office and division within the branch is managed by an Assistant Director. |
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* Office of the Director |
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** Office of Congressional Affairs |
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** Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Affairs |
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** Office of the General Counsel |
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** Office of Integrity and Compliance |
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** Office of the Ombudsman |
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** [[Office of Professional Responsibility]] |
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** Office of Public Affairs |
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** Inspection Division |
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** Facilities and Logistics Services Division |
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** Finance Division |
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** Records Management Division |
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** Resource Planning Office |
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** Security Division |
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* National Security Branch |
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** Counterintelligence Division |
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** [[FBI Counterterrorism Division|Counterterrorism Division]] |
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** Directorate of Intelligence |
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** Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate |
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* Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch |
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** Criminal Investigative Division |
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** Cyber Division (Director: [[Gordon M Snow]]) |
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** [[Critical Incident Response Group]] |
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** Office of International Operations (Director: [[Joseph M. Demarest]]) |
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** Office of Law Enforcement Coordination |
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* Human Resources Branch |
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** Training Division |
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** Human Resources Division |
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* Science and Technology Branch |
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** [[Criminal Justice Information Services Division]] |
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** [[FBI Laboratory|Laboratory Division]] |
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** Operational Technology Division |
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** Special Technologies and Applications Office |
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* Information and Technology Branch |
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** Information Technology Operations Division |
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** Office of IT Policy & Planning |
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** Office of IT Program Management |
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** Office of IT Systems Development |
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** Office of the Chief Knowledge Officer |
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The following is a complete listing of the rank structure found within the FBI;<ref>[http://www.fbi.gov fbi.gov]</ref> |
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* Probationary Agent |
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* [[Special Agent]] |
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* Senior Special Agent |
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* Supervisory Special Agent |
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* Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge (ASAC) |
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* Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC) |
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* Assistant Director |
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* Associate Executive Assistant Director |
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* Executive Assistant Director |
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* Deputy Chief of Staff |
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* Chief of Staff & Senior Counsel to the Director |
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* Associate Deputy Director |
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* [[Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Deputy Director]] |
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* [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Director]] |
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==Infrastructure== |
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[[File:Fbi headquarters.jpg|thumb|[[J. Edgar Hoover Building]], FBI Headquarters]] |
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[[File:Fbi mobile command center 2.jpg|thumb|FBI Mobile Command Center, [[List of FBI field offices|Washington Field Office]]]] |
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The FBI is headquartered at the [[J. Edgar Hoover Building]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], with 56 field offices<ref name="organization">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/fo.htm |title=Federal Bureau of Investigation - Field Divisions |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> in major cities across the United States. The FBI also maintains over 400 resident agencies across the United States, as well as over 50 legal attachés at United States [[embassy|embassies]] and [[Consul (representative)|consulates]]. Many specialized FBI functions are located at facilities in [[Quantico, Virginia]], as well as a "data campus" in [[Clarksburg, West Virginia]], where 96 million sets of fingerprints "from across the United States are stored, along with others collected by American authorities from prisoners in [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Yemen]], [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]]."<ref name=WaPo>[[Dana Priest|Priest, Dana]] and [[William Arkin|Arkin, William]] (December 2010) [http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/monitoring-america/3/ Monitoring America], ''[[Washington Post]]''</ref> The FBI is in process of moving its Records Management Division, which processes [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] (FOIA) requests, to [[Winchester, Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/060726/Area_fbi.asp |title=One of the biggest things the FBI has ever done |publisher=The Winchester Star |date=2006-07-26 |author=Reid, Sarah A.}}</ref> |
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According to the ''[[Washington Post]]'', the FBI "is building a vast repository controlled by people who work in a top-secret vault on the fourth floor of the [[J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building]] in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]. This one stores the profiles of tens of thousands of Americans and legal residents who are not accused of any crime. What they have done is appear to be acting suspiciously to a town sheriff, a traffic cop or even a neighbor."<ref name=WaPo/> |
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The [[FBI Laboratory]], established with the formation of the BOI,<ref name="labhistory">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/labhome.htm|title=FBI Laboratory History|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> did not appear in the J. Edgar Hoover Building until its completion in 1974. The lab serves as the primary lab for most DNA, biological, and physical work. Public tours of FBI headquarters ran through the FBI laboratory workspace before the move to the J. Edgar Hoover Building. The services the lab conducts include ''Chemistry'', ''Combined DNA Index System'' (CODIS), ''Computer Analysis and Response'', ''DNA Analysis'', ''Evidence Response'', ''Explosives'', ''Firearms and Tool marks'', ''Forensic Audio'', ''Forensic Video'', ''Image Analysis'', ''Forensic Science Research'', ''Forensic Science Training'', ''Hazardous Materials Response'', ''Investigative and Prospective Graphics'', ''Latent Prints'', ''Materials Analysis'', ''Questioned Documents'', ''Racketeering Records'', ''Special Photographic Analysis'', ''Structural Design'', and ''Trace Evidence''.<ref name="labwork">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/org/labchart.htm|title=FBI Laboratory Services|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> The services of the FBI Laboratory are used by many state, local, and international agencies free of charge. The lab also maintains a second lab at the FBI Academy. |
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The [[FBI Academy]], located in [[Quantico, Virginia]], is home to the communications and computer laboratory the FBI utilizes. It is also where new agents are sent for training to become FBI Special Agents. Going through the 21-week course is required for every Special Agent.<ref name="school">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbijobs.gov/113.asp|title=Special Agent Career Path Program|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> First opened for use in 1972, the facility is located on 385 acres (1.6 km<sup>2</sup>) of woodland. The Academy trains state and local law enforcement agencies, who are invited to the law enforcement training center. The FBI units that reside at Quantico are the ''Field and Police Training Unit'', ''Firearms Training Unit'', ''Forensic Science Research and Training Center'', ''Technology Services Unit'' (TSU), ''Investigative Training Unit'', ''Law Enforcement Communication Unit'', ''Leadership and Management Science Units'' (LSMU), ''Physical Training Unit'', ''New Agents' Training Unit'' (NATU), ''Practical Applications Unit'' (PAU), the ''Investigative Computer Training Unit'' and the "College of Analytical Studies." |
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In 2000, the FBI began the Trilogy project to upgrade its outdated [[information technology]] (IT) infrastructure. This project, originally scheduled to take three years and cost around $380 million, ended up going far over budget and behind schedule.<ref name="vcf">{{Cite web|url=http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/newszine/Archive/020905/tech/2.htm|title=Lawmakers criticize FBI director's expensive project|publisher=Newszine|accessdate=2006-06-06|author=Mark Sherman|last=Sherman |first=Mark }}</ref> Efforts to deploy modern computers and networking equipment were generally successful, but attempts to develop new investigation software, outsourced to [[Science Applications International Corporation]] (SAIC), were not. [[Virtual Case File]], or VCF, as the software was known, was plagued by poorly defined goals, and repeated changes in management.<ref name="vcf2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/industry/25335-1.html|title=SAIC rejects Trilogy criticism|publisher=Washington Technology|accessdate=2006-06-06|author=Roseanne Gerin|last=Gerin|first=Roseanne|date=2005-01-14}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In January 2005, more than two years after the software was originally planned for completion, the FBI officially abandoned the project. At least $100 million (and much more by some estimates) was spent on the project, which never became operational. The FBI has been forced to continue using its decade-old Automated Case Support system, which is considered woefully inadequate by IT experts. In March 2005, the FBI announced it is beginning a new, more ambitious software project, code-named Sentinel, expected for completion by 2009.<ref name="sentinel">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fcw.com/article89707-07-27-05-Web|title=Senators seek to fast track FBI's Sentinel|publisher=FCW.Com|accessdate=2006-06-06|author=Michael Arnone|last=Arnone|first=Michael|date=2005-06-25}}</ref> |
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[[Carnivore (software)|Carnivore]] was an electronic eavesdropping software system implemented by the FBI during the Clinton administration; it was designed to monitor email and electronic communications. After prolonged negative coverage in the press, the FBI changed the name of its system from "Carnivore" to "DCS1000." DCS is reported to stand for "Digital Collection System"; the system has the same functions as before. The [[Associated Press]] reported in mid-January 2005 that the FBI essentially abandoned the use of Carnivore in 2001, in favor of commercially available software, such as NarusInsight. |
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The [[Criminal Justice Information Services Division|Criminal Justice Information Services]] (CJIS) Division,<ref name="cjis">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/about.htm |title=The CJIS Mission |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> is located in [[Clarksburg, West Virginia]]. Organized beginning in 1991, the office opened in 1995 as the youngest agency division. The complex is the length of three football fields. It provides a main repository for information in various data systems. Under the roof of the CJIS are the programs for the ''National Crime Information Center'' (NCIC), ''Uniform Crime Reporting'' (UCR), ''Fingerprint Identification'', ''Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System'' (IAFIS), ''NCIC 2000'', and the ''National Incident-Based Reporting System'' (NIBRS). Many state and local agencies use these data systems as a source for their own investigations and contribute to the database using secure communications. FBI provides these tools of sophisticated identification and information services to local, state, federal, and international law enforcement agencies. |
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FBI is in charge of [[National Virtual Translation Center]], which provides "timely and accurate translations of foreign intelligence for all elements of the [[Intelligence Community]]." |
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[[File:Fbi Tactical.jpg|thumb|right|FBI agents from the Washington Field Office with a tactical vehicle standing by for the [[2009 Presidential Inauguration]]]] |
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=== Bullet-lead analysis was faulty === |
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For over 40 years, the FBI crime lab in Quantico believed lead in bullets had unique chemical signatures. It analyzed the bullets with the goal of matching them chemically, not only to a single batch of ammunition coming out of a factory, but to a single box of bullets. The [[National Academy of Sciences]] conducted an 18-month independent review of [[comparative bullet-lead analysis]]. In 2003, its National Research Council published a report whose conclusions called into question 30 years of FBI testimony. It found the analytic model used by the FBI for interpreting results was deeply flawed, and the conclusion, that bullet fragments could be matched to a box of ammunition, was so overstated that it was misleading under the rules of evidence. One year later, the FBI decided to stop doing bullet lead analysis. |
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After a ''60 Minutes''/''Washington Post'' investigation in November 2007 (two years later), the bureau agreed to identify, review, and release all of the pertinent cases, and notify prosecutors about cases in which faulty testimony was given.<ref> |
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|title=Evidence Of Injustice |
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|publisher=CBS News |
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|accessdate=2007-11-22}}</ref> |
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==Personnel== |
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As of December 31, 2009, the FBI had a total of 33,852 employees. That includes 13,412 special agents and 20,420 support professionals, such as intelligence analysts, language specialists, scientists, information technology specialists, and other professionals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/quickfacts.htm |title=Federal Bureau of Investigation - About Us - Quick Facts}}</ref> |
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[[The Officer Down Memorial Page]] provides the biographies of 58 FBI agents killed in the line of duty from 1925 to 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.odmp.org/agency/1251-united-states-department-of-justice---federal-bureau-of-investigation-u.s.-government|title=United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, DC|author=[[The Officer Down Memorial Page]]}}</ref> |
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===Hiring process=== |
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[[File:Potential Agents on the FBI Fireing Range.jpg|thumb|left|Agents in training on the [[FBI Academy]] firing range]] |
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In order to apply to become an FBI agent, an applicant must be between the ages of 23 and 37. Due to the decision in ''Robert P. Isabella v. Department of State and Office of Personnel Management,'' 2008 M.S.P.B. 146, preference-eligible [[veterans]] may apply after age 37. In 2009, the Office of Personnel Management issued implementation guidance on the Isabella decision: [http://www.chcoc.gov/Transmittals/TransmittalDetails.aspx?TransmittalID=2484 OPM Letter] The applicant must also hold American citizenship, have a clean record, and hold a four-year [[bachelors degree]]. All FBI employees require a Top Secret (TS) [[security clearance]], and in many instances, employees need a clearance, TS/SCI([[Classified information in the United States#Top secret|'''T'''op '''S'''ecret]]/[[Classified information in the United States#Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and Special Access Programs (SAP)|'''S'''ensitive '''C'''ompartmented '''I'''nformation]]) clearance.<ref name="tssci">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbijobs.gov/5.asp |title=Federal Bureau of Investigation Jobs|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> In order to get a security clearance, all potential FBI personnel must pass a series of [[Single Scope Background Investigation]]s (SSBI), which are conducted by the [[Office of Personnel Management]].<ref name="opm">{{Cite web|url=http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/reports/OBD/e0510/back.htm#12 |title=Review of the Security and Emergency Planning Staff's Management of Background Investigations |publisher=U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General |date=2005, September}}</ref> Special Agents candidates also have to pass a Physical Fitness Test (PFT), which includes a 300-meter run, one-minute sit-ups, maximum push-ups, and a {{convert|1.5|mi|km|1|sing=on}} run. Personnel must pass a polygraph test with questions including possible drug use. |
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After potential special agent candidates are cleared with TS clearance and the [[Form SF-312]] non-disclosure agreement is signed, they attend the FBI training facility located on [[Marine Corps Base Quantico]] in [[Quantico, Virginia|Virginia]]. Candidates spend approximately 21 weeks at the [[FBI Academy]], where they receive over 500 classroom hours and over 1,000 simulated law enforcement hours to train. Upon graduation, new FBI Special Agents are placed all around the country and the world, depending on their areas of expertise. Professional support staff works out of one of the many support buildings the FBI maintains. Any Agent or Support staff member can be transferred to any location for any length of time if their skills are deemed necessary at one of the FBI [[List of FBI Field Offices|field offices]] or one of the 400 resident agencies the FBI maintains. |
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===BOI and FBI directors=== |
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{{Main|Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation}} |
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[[List of FBI Directors|FBI Directors]] are appointed by the [[President of the United States]]. They must be confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] and serve a term of office of five years, with a maximum of ten years, if reappointed, unless they resign or are fired by the President before their term ends. [[J. Edgar Hoover]], appointed by [[Calvin Coolidge]] in 1924, was by far the longest-serving FBI Director, serving until his death in 1972. In 1968, Congress passed legislation as part of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act {{USPL|90|351}}, June 19, 1968, {{USStat|82|197}} that specified a 10-year limit, a maximum of two 5-year terms, for future FBI Directors, as well as requiring Senate confirmation of appointees. As the incumbent, this legislation did not apply to Hoover, only to his successors. The current FBI Director is [[Robert Mueller]], who was appointed in 2001 by [[George W. Bush]]. |
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The FBI director is responsible for the day-to-day operations at the FBI. Along with his deputies, the director makes sure cases and operations are handled correctly. The director also is in charge of making sure the leadership in any one of the FBI [[List of FBI Field Offices|field offices]] are manned with qualified agents. Before the [[Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act]] was passed in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the FBI director would directly brief the [[President of the United States]] on any issues that arise from within the FBI. Since then, the director now reports to the [[United States Director of National Intelligence|Director of National Intelligence]] (DNI), who in turn reports to the President. |
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==Weapons== |
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An FBI Special Agent is issued a [[Glock]] [[Glock pistol#@ S&W|Model 22 pistol]] or a [[Glock 23]] in .40 S&W caliber. If they fail their first qualification, they will be issued either a [[Glock 17]] or [[Glock 19]] to aid in their next qualification. New agents are issued their firearm with which they qualify, upon successful completion of their training at the FBI Academy. The [[Glock 26]] in 9mm Luger, and Glock Models 23, and 27 in .40 S&W caliber are authorized as secondary weapons. Special Agents are authorized to purchase and qualify with the [[Glock pistol|Glock Model 21]] in .45 ACP for duty carry. Special Agents of the FBI HRT (Hostage Rescue Team), and regional SWAT teams are issued the [[Springfield Armory, Inc.|Springfield]] Operator or Professional [[M1911 pistol|Model 1911A1]] .45 ACP Pistol. (''See article [[FBI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams]]'') |
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==Publications== |
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The ''[[FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin]]'' is published monthly by the FBI Law Enforcement Communication Unit,<ref name="lecu">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/hq/td/academy/lecu/lecu.htm |title=Law Enforcement Communication Unit|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> with articles of interest to state and local [[Law enforcement agency|law enforcement]] personnel. First published in 1932 as ''Fugitives Wanted by Police'',<ref name="history_newdeal">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/newdeal.htm |title=History of the FBI, The New Deal: 1933 - Late 1930s |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> the ''FBI Law Bulletin'' covers topics including law enforcement technology and issues, such as [[crime mapping]] and [[use of force]], as well as recent [[criminal justice]] research, and [[Vi-CAP]] alerts, on wanted suspects and key cases. |
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The FBI also publishes some reports for both law enforcement personnel as well as regular citizens covering topics including law enforcement, [[terrorism]], [[cybercrime]], [[white-collar crime]], [[violent crime]], and statistics.<ref name="pubs">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/publications.htm |title=Federal Bureau of Investigation - Reports & Publications|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> However, the vast majority of [[Federal government of the United States|Federal government]] publications covering these topics are published by the [[Office of Justice Programs]] agencies of the [[United States Department of Justice]], and disseminated through the [[National Criminal Justice Reference Service]]. |
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===Crime statistics=== |
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In the 1920s, the FBI began issuing crime reports by gathering numbers from local police departments.<ref name="'70s">{{Cite book|title= How We Got Here: The '70s|last= Frum|first= David|authorlink= David Frum|coauthors= |year= 2000|publisher= Basic Books|location= New York, New York|isbn= 0465041957|page= 12|pages= |url= }}</ref> Due to limitations of this system found during the 1960s and 1970s—victims often simply did not report crimes to the police in the first place—the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] developed an alternate method of tallying crime, the victimization survey.<ref name="'70s"/> |
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====Uniform Crime Reports==== |
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{{Main|Uniform Crime Reports}} |
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The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) compile data from over 17,000 law enforcement agencies across the country. They provide detailed data regarding the volume of crimes to include arrest, clearance (or closing a case), and law enforcement officer information. The UCR focuses its data collection on violent crimes, hate crimes, and property crimes.<ref name="pubs"/> Created in the 1920s, the UCR system has not proven to be as ''uniform'' as its name implies. The UCR data only reflect the most serious offense in the case of connected crimes and has a very restrictive definition of rape. Since about 93% of the data submitted to the FBI is in this format, the UCR stands out as the publication of choice as most states require law enforcement agencies to submit this data. |
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Preliminary Annual ''Uniform Crime Report'' for 2006 was released on June 4, 2006. The report shows violent crime offenses rose 1.3%, but the number of property crime offenses decreased 2.9% compared to 2005.<ref name="publications_ucr2006">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/06prelim/index.html |title=Preliminary Crime Statistics for 2006|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref> |
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====National Incident Based Reporting System==== |
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{{Main|National Incident Based Reporting System}} |
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The National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) [[crime statistics]] system aims to address limitations inherent in UCR data. The system used by law enforcement agencies in the United States for collecting and reporting data on crimes. Local, state, and federal agencies generate NIBRS data from their records management systems. Data is collected on every incident and arrest in the Group A offense category. The Group A offenses are 46 specific crimes grouped in 22 offense categories. Specific facts about these offenses are gathered and reported in the NIBRS system. In addition to the Group A offenses, eleven Group B offenses are reported with only the arrest information. The NIBRS system is in greater detail than the summary-based UCR system. As of 2004, 5,271 law enforcement agencies submitted NIBRS data. That amount represents 20% of the United States population and 16% of the crime statistics data collected by the FBI. |
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===FBI files on specific persons=== |
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It is possible to obtain a copy of an FBI file on oneself, on a living person who gives you permission to do so, or on a deceased individual, through the U.S. [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]]. The FBI has generated files on numerous celebrities including [[FBI Files on Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[John Denver]], [[John Lennon]], [[Jane Fonda]], [[Groucho Marx]], [[Charlie Chaplin]], [[MC5]], [[Lou Costello]], [[Sonny Bono]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Michael Jackson]], [[Mickey Mantle]], and [[Gene Autry]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reading Room Index|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation|url=http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/foiaindex.htm|accessdate=2007-09-04}}</ref> The FBI also profiled [[Jack the Ripper]] in 1988 but his identity still remains unproven today.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jack the ripper|publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation |url=http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/jacktheripper.htm |accessdate=2009-02-04}}</ref>{{dead-link|date=January 2012}} To quote [[Howard Zinn]], "if I found that the FBI did not have any dossier on me, it would have been tremendously embarrassing and I wouldn't have been able to face my friends."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinnfbi.html|title=Federal Bureau of Intimidation|author=[[Howard Zinn]]}}</ref> |
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==Media portrayal== |
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{{Main|FBI portrayal in the media}} |
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The FBI has been frequently depicted in popular media since the 1930s. The Bureau has participated to varying degrees, which has ranged from direct involvement in the creative process of film or TV series development, to providing consultation on operations and closed cases.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Powers|first=Richard Gid|title=G-Men: Hoover’s FBI in American Popular Culture|publisher=Southern Illinois University Press|year=1983|location=Carbondale, IL|isbn=0-8093-1096-1 }}</ref> |
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==Notable FBI personnel== |
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* [[Edwin Atherton]] |
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* [[Ed Bethune]] |
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* [[William Mark Felt]] |
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* [[J. Edgar Hoover]] |
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* [[Richard Miller (agent)|Richard Miller]] |
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* [[John P. O'Neill]] |
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* [[Joseph D. Pistone]] |
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* [[Melvin Purvis]] |
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* [[Sue Thomas (agent)|Sue Thomas]] |
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* [[Loy F. Weaver]] |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal box|Government of the United States|Law enforcement/Law enforcement topics}} |
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* [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives]] (ATF) |
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* [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA) |
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* [[FBI Honorary Medals]] |
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* [[FBI Victims Identification Project]] |
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* [[Federal law enforcement in the United States]] |
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* [[Law enforcement in the United States]] |
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* [[List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as hate groups]] |
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* [[State bureau of investigation]] |
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* [[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]] (CBP) |
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* [[Diplomatic Security Service|U.S. Diplomatic Security Service]] (DSS) |
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* [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE/HSI) |
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* [[U.S. Marshals Service]] (USMS) |
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* [[U.S. Secret Service]] (USSS) |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist|2}} |
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==Further reading== |
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* HSI BOOK Government HSI Files |
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Common name | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Abbreviation | FBI |
Motto | Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity |
Agency overview | |
Formed | July 26, 1908 |
Employees | 35,104[1] (October 31, 2014) |
Annual budget | US$8.3 billion (FY 2014)[1] |
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Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction) | Vereinigte Staaten |
Operations jurisdiction | Vereinigte Staaten |
Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
Governing body | U.S. Department of Justice |
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Operational structure | |
Hauptsitz | J. Edgar Hoover Building Northwest, Washington, D.C. |
Sworn members | 13,260 (October 31, 2014)[1] |
Unsworn members | 18,306 (October 31, 2014)[1] |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency (counterintelligence).
It is the government agency responsible for investigating crimes on Indian Reservations in the United States[2] under the Seven Major Crimes Act, passed in 1885. In 1953, Congress passed Public Law 280 giving state governments the right to assume civil and criminal jurisdiction over Indian reservations in California, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Alaska.[3]
The branch has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime.[4] The agency was established in 1908 as the Bureau of Investigation (BOI). Its name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1935.
The agency headquarters is the J. Edgar Hoover Building, located in Washington, D.C., along with fifty-six field offices located in major cities throughout the United States, and more than 400 resident agencies in lesser cities and areas across the nation. More than 50 international offices called "legal attachés" exist in U.S. embassies and consulates general worldwide.
Mission and priorities
In the fiscal year 2010, the FBI's minimum budget was approximately 7.9 billion USD, including $618 million in program increases to counter-terrorism and surveillance, fighting cyber crime, white-collar crime, and training programs.[5]
The FBI's main goal is to protect and defend the United States, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners.[4]
Currently, the FBI's top investigative priorities are:[6]
- Protect the United States from terrorist attacks (see counter-terrorism);
- Protect the United States against foreign intelligence operations and espionage (see counter-intelligence);
- Protect the United States against cyber-based attacks and high-technology crimes (see cyber-warfare);
- Combat public corruption at all levels;
- Protect civil rights;
- Combat transnational/national criminal organizations and enterprises (see organized crime);
- Combat major white-collar crime;
- Combat significant violent crime;
- Support federal, state, local and international partners;
- Upgrade technology for successful performance of the FBI's mission.
In August 2007, the top categories of lead criminal charges resulting from FBI investigations were:[7]
- Bank robbery and incidental crimes (107 charges)
- Drugs (104 charges)
- Attempt and conspiracy (81 charges)
- Material involving sexual exploitation of minors (53 charges)
- Mail fraud – frauds and swindles (51 charges)
- Bank fraud (31 charges)
- Prohibition of illegal gambling businesses (22 charges)
- Fraud by wire, radio, or television (20 charges)
- Hobbs Act (Robbery and extortion affecting interstate commerce) (17 charges)
- Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)-prohibited activities (17 charges)
Indian reservations
The federal government has the primary responsibility for investigating[8] and prosecuting serious crime on Indian reservations.[9]
The FBI has criminal jurisdiction in "Indian Country" (the official name for the program) for major crimes under the "Indian Country" Crimes Act (Title 18, United States Code, Section 1152), the Indian Country Major Crimes Act (Title 18, United States Code, Section 1153), and the Assimilative Crimes Act (Title 18, United States Code, Section 13). The 1994 Crime Act expanded federal criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country in such areas as guns, violent juveniles, drugs, and domestic violence. Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the FBI has jurisdiction over any criminal act directly related to casino gaming. The FBI also investigates civil rights violations, environmental crimes, public corruption, and government fraud occurring in "Indian Country."[10]
The FBI does not specifically list crimes in Native American land as one of its priorities.[11] Often serious crimes have been either poorly investigated or prosecution has been declined. Tribal courts can only impose sentences of up to three years, and then under certain restrictions.[12][13]
Indian reservations often use the police of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, for investigation within the reservation. Tribal police have limited jurisdiction over crimes.
Legal authority
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The FBI's mandate is established in Title 28 of the United States Code (U.S. Code), Section 533, which authorizes the Attorney General to "appoint officials to detect... crimes against the United States."[14] Other federal statutes give the FBI the authority and responsibility to investigate specific crimes.
J. Edgar Hoover began using wiretapping in the 1920s during Prohibition to arrest bootleggers.[15] A 1927 case in which a bootlegger was caught through telephone tapping went to the United States Supreme Court, which ruled that the FBI could use wiretaps in its investigations and did not violate the Fourth Amendment as unlawful search and seizure as long as the FBI did not break in to a person's home to complete the tapping.[15] After Prohibition's repeal, Congress passed the Communications Act of 1934, which outlawed non-consensual phone tapping, but allowed bugging.[15] In another Supreme Court case, the court ruled in 1939 that due to the 1934 law, evidence the FBI obtained by phone tapping was inadmissible in court.[15] A 1967 Supreme Court decision overturned the 1927 case allowing bugging, after which Congress passed the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, allowing public authorities to tap telephones during investigations, as long as they obtain a warrant beforehand.[15]
The FBI's chief tool against organized crime is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. The FBI 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 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970.
The USA PATRIOT Act increased the powers allotted to the FBI, 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[16] of those who are suspected of terrorism (something it had supposedly not done since the 1970s).
In the early 1980s, Senate hearings were held to examine FBI undercover operations in the wake of the Abscam controversy, which had allegations of entrapment of elected officials. As a result, in following years a number of guidelines were issued to constrain FBI activities.
A March 2007 report by the inspector general of the Justice Department described the FBI's "widespread and serious misuse" of national security letters, a form of administrative subpoena used to demand records and data pertaining to individuals. The report said that between 2003 and 2005, the FBI had issued more than 140,000 national security letters, many involving people with no obvious connections to terrorism.[17]
Information obtained through an FBI investigation is presented to the appropriate U.S. Attorney or Department of Justice official, who decides if prosecution or other action is warranted.
The FBI often works in conjunction with other Federal agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in seaport and airport security,[18] and the National Transportation Safety Board in investigating airplane crashes and other critical incidents. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) has nearly the same amount of investigative man power as the FBI, and investigates the largest range of crimes. In the wake of the September 11 attacks, AG Ashcroft assigned the FBI as the designated lead organization in terrorism investigations after the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ICE-HSI and the FBI are both integral members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
History
In 1886, the Supreme Court, in Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois, found that the states had no power to regulate interstate commerce. The resulting Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 created a Federal responsibility for interstate law enforcement. The Justice Department made little effort to relieve its staff shortage until the turn of the century, when Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte reached out to other agencies, including the Secret Service, for investigators. But the Congress forbade this use of Treasury employees by Justice, passing a law to that effect in 1908. So the Attorney General moved to organize a formal Bureau of Investigation (BOI or BI), complete with its own staff of special agents. The Secret Service provided the Department of Justice 12 Special Agents and these agents became the first Agents in the new BOI. Thus, the first FBI agents were actually Secret Service agents. Its jurisdiction derived from the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.[19][20] The FBI grew out of this force of special agents created on July 26, 1908 during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. The first Chief (the title has since been changed to Director) was Stanley W. Finch. Its first official task was visiting and making surveys of the houses of prostitution in preparation for enforcing the "White Slave Traffic Act," or Mann Act, passed on June 25, 1910. In 1932, it was renamed the United States Bureau of Investigation. The following year it was linked to the Bureau of Prohibition and rechristened the Division of Investigation (DOI) before finally becoming an independent service within the Department of Justice in 1935.[19] In the same year, its name was officially changed from the Division of Investigation to the present-day Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI.
J. Edgar Hoover as director
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The Director of the BOI, J. Edgar Hoover, was an FBI Director who served from 1924-1972, a combined 48 years with the BOI, DOI, and FBI. He was chiefly responsible for creating the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory, or the FBI Laboratory, which officially opened in 1932, as part of his work to professionalize investigations by the government. Hoover had substantial involvement in most major cases and projects which the FBI handled during his tenure. After Hoover's death, Congress passed legislation limiting the tenure of future FBI Directors to a maximum of ten years.
During the "War on Crime" of the 1930s, FBI agents apprehended or killed a number of notorious criminals who carried out kidnappings, robberies, and murders throughout the nation, including John Dillinger, "Baby Face" Nelson, Kate "Ma" Barker, Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, and George "Machine Gun" Kelly.
Other activities of its early decades included a decisive role in reducing the scope and influence of the Ku Klux Klan. Additionally, 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 1920s.
The FBI and national security
Beginning in the 1940s and continuing into the 1970s, the Bureau investigated cases of espionage against the United States and its allies. Eight Nazi agents who had planned sabotage operations against American targets were arrested, and six were executed (Ex parte Quirin) under their sentences. Also during this time, a joint US/UK code-breaking effort (Venona)—with which the FBI was heavily involved—broke Soviet diplomatic and intelligence communications codes, allowing the US and British governments to read Soviet communications. This effort confirmed the existence of Americans working in the United States for Soviet intelligence.[21] Hoover was administering this project but failed to notify the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) until 1952. Another notable case is the arrest of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in 1957.[22] The discovery of Soviet spies operating in the US allowed Hoover to pursue his longstanding obsession with the threat he perceived from the American Left, ranging from Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) union organizers to American liberals.
The FBI and the civil-rights movement
During the 1950s and 1960s, FBI officials became increasingly concerned about the influence of civil rights leaders, whom they believed had communist ties or were unduly influenced by them. In 1956, for example, Hoover sent an open letter denouncing Dr. T.R.M. Howard, a civil rights leader, surgeon, and wealthy entrepreneur in Mississippi who had criticized FBI inaction in solving recent murders of George W. Lee, Emmett Till, and other blacks in the South.[23] The FBI carried out controversial domestic surveillance in an operation it called the COINTELPRO, which was short for "COunter-INTELligence PROgram."[24] It was to investigate and disrupt the activities of dissident political organizations within the United States, including both militant and non-violent organizations. Among its targets was the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a leading civil rights organization with clergy leadership.[25]
The FBI frequently investigated Martin Luther King, Jr. In his 1991 memoir, Washington Post journalist Carl Rowan asserted that the FBI had sent at least one anonymous letter to King encouraging him to commit suicide.[26]
In March 1971, the residential office of an FBI agent in Media, Pennsylvania was robbed; the thieves took secret files and distributed them to a range of newspapers, including The Harvard Crimson.[27] The files detailed the FBI's extensive COINTELPRO program, which included investigations into lives of ordinary citizens—including a black student group at a Pennsylvania military college and the daughter of Congressman Henry Reuss of Wisconsin.[27] The country was "jolted" by the revelations, and the actions were denounced by members of Congress, including House Majority Leader Hale Boggs.[27] The phones of some members of Congress, including Boggs, had allegedly been tapped.[27]
Kennedy's assassination
When President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed, the jurisdiction fell to the local police departments until President Lyndon B. Johnson directed the FBI to take over the investigation.[28] To ensure clarity about responsibility for investigation of homicides of federal officials, Congress passed a law that put investigations of deaths of federal officials within FBI jurisdiction.
The FBI and organized crime
In response to organized crime, on August 25, 1953, the FBI created the Top Hoodlum Program. The national office directed field offices to gather information on mobsters in their territories and to report it regularly to Washington for a centralized collection of intelligence on racketeers.[29] After the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO Act, took effect, the FBI began investigating the former Prohibition-organized groups, which had become fronts for crime in major cities and small towns. All of the FBI work was done undercover and from within these organizations, using the provisions provided in the RICO Act. Gradually the agency dismantled many of the groups. Although Hoover initially denied the existence of a National Crime Syndicate 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. The RICO Act is still used today for all organized crime and any individuals who might fall under the Act.
In 2003 a congressional committee called the FBI's organized crime informant program "one of the greatest failures in the history of federal law enforcement."[30] While protecting an informant in March 1965, the FBI allowed four innocent men to be convicted of murder. Three of the men were sentenced to death (which was later reduced to life in prison). The fourth defendant was sentenced to life in prison, where he spent three decades.[30] In July 2007, U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner in Boston found the bureau helped convict the four men of the March 1965 gangland murder of Edward "Teddy" Deegan. The U.S. Government was ordered to pay $100 million in damages to the four defendants.[31]
Notable post-Hoover reorganizations
Special FBI teams
In 1984, the FBI formed an elite unit[32] to help with problems that might arise at the 1984 Summer Olympics to be held in Los Angeles, particularly terrorism and major-crime. This was a result of the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich, Germany, when terrorists murdered the Israeli athletes. Named Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), it acts as the FBI lead for a national SWAT team in related procedures and all counter-terrorism cases. Also formed in 1984 was the Computer Analysis and Response Team (CART).[33]
From the end of the 1980s to the early 1990s, the FBI reassigned more than 300 agents from foreign counter-intelligence duties to violent crime, and made violent crime the sixth national priority. With reduced cuts to other well-established departments, and because terrorism was no longer considered a threat after the end of the Cold War,[33] the FBI assisted local police forces in tracking fugitives who had crossed state lines, a felony. The FBI Laboratory helped develop DNA testing, continuing its pioneering role in identification that began with its fingerprinting system in 1924.
Notable efforts in the 1990s
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Between 1993 and 1996, the FBI increased its counter-terrorism role in the wake of the first 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York, New York; the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995; and the arrest of the Unabomber in 1996. Technological innovation and the skills of FBI Laboratory analysts helped ensure that the three cases were successfully prosecuted.[34] In the early and late 1990s, the FBI role in the Ruby Ridge and Waco incidents caused a public uproar in the government's role in the killings. During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, the FBI was criticized for its investigation on the Centennial Olympic Park bombing. It has settled a dispute with Richard Jewell, who was a private security guard at the venue, along with some media organizations,[35] in regard to the leaking of his name during the investigation.
After Congress passed the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA, 1994), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA, 1996), and the Economic Espionage Act (EEA, 1996), the FBI followed suit and underwent a technological upgrade in 1998, just as it did with its CART team in 1991. Computer Investigations and Infrastructure Threat Assessment Center (CITAC) and the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) were created to deal with the increase in Internet-related problems, such as computer viruses, worms, and other malicious programs that threatened US operations. With these developments, the FBI increased its electronic surveillance in public safety and national security investigations, adapting to the telecommunications advancements that changed the nature of such problems.
September 11th attacks
Within months of the September 11 attacks in 2001, FBI Director Robert Mueller, who had been sworn in a week before the attacks, called for a re-engineering of FBI structure and operations. He made countering every federal crime a top priority, including the prevention of terrorism, countering foreign intelligence operations, addressing cyber security threats, other high-tech crimes, protecting civil rights, combating public corruption, organized crime, white-collar crime, and major acts of violent crime.[36]
In February 2001, Robert Hanssen was caught selling information to the Russian government. It was later learned that Hanssen, who had reached a high position within the FBI, had been selling intelligence since as early as 1979. He pleaded guilty to treason and received a life sentence in 2002, but the incident led many to question the security practices employed by the FBI. There was also a claim that Robert Hanssen might have contributed information that led to the September 11, 2001 attacks.[37]
The 9/11 Commission's final report on July 22, 2004 stated that the FBI and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) were both partially to blame for not pursuing intelligence reports which could have prevented the September 11, 2001 attacks. In its most damning assessment, the report concluded that the country had "not been well served" by either agency and listed numerous recommendations for changes within the FBI.[38] While the FBI has acceded to most of the recommendations, including oversight by the new Director of National Intelligence, some former members of the 9/11 Commission publicly criticized the FBI in October 2005, claiming it was resisting any meaningful changes.[39]
On July 8, 2007 the Washington Post published excerpts from UCLA Professor Amy Zegart's book Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11.[40] The Post reported from Zegart's book that government documents show the CIA and FBI missed 23 potential chances to disrupt the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The primary reasons for the failures included: agency cultures resistant to change and new ideas; inappropriate incentives for promotion; and a lack of cooperation between the FBI, CIA and the rest of the United States Intelligence Community. The book blamed the FBI's decentralized structure, which prevented effective communication and cooperation among different FBI offices. The book suggested that the FBI has not evolved into an effective counter-terrorism or counter-intelligence agency, due in large part to deeply ingrained agency cultural resistance to change. For example, FBI personnel practices continue to treat all staff other than Special Agents as support staff, classifying Intelligence Analysts alongside the FBI's auto mechanics and janitors.[41]
Organization and rank structure
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The FBI is organized into five functional branches and the Office of the Director, which contains most administrative offices. Each branch is managed by an Executive Assistant Director. Each office and division within the branch is managed by an Assistant Director.
- Office of the Director
- Office of Congressional Affairs
- Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Affairs
- Office of the General Counsel
- Office of Integrity and Compliance
- Office of the Ombudsman
- Office of Professional Responsibility
- Office of Public Affairs
- Inspection Division
- Facilities and Logistics Services Division
- Finance Division
- Records Management Division
- Resource Planning Office
- Security Division
- National Security Branch
- Counterintelligence Division
- Counterterrorism Division
- Directorate of Intelligence
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate
- Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch
- Criminal Investigative Division
- Cyber Division (Director: Gordon M Snow)
- Critical Incident Response Group
- Office of International Operations (Director: Joseph M. Demarest)
- Office of Law Enforcement Coordination
- Human Resources Branch
- Training Division
- Human Resources Division
- Science and Technology Branch
- Criminal Justice Information Services Division
- Laboratory Division
- Operational Technology Division
- Special Technologies and Applications Office
- Information and Technology Branch
- Information Technology Operations Division
- Office of IT Policy & Planning
- Office of IT Program Management
- Office of IT Systems Development
- Office of the Chief Knowledge Officer
The following is a complete listing of the rank structure found within the FBI;[42]
- Probationary Agent
- Special Agent
- Senior Special Agent
- Supervisory Special Agent
- Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge (ASAC)
- Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC)
- Assistant Director
- Associate Executive Assistant Director
- Executive Assistant Director
- Deputy Chief of Staff
- Chief of Staff & Senior Counsel to the Director
- Associate Deputy Director
- Deputy Director
- Director
Infrastructure
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The FBI is headquartered at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., with 56 field offices[43] in major cities across the United States. The FBI also maintains over 400 resident agencies across the United States, as well as over 50 legal attachés at United States embassies and consulates. Many specialized FBI functions are located at facilities in Quantico, Virginia, as well as a "data campus" in Clarksburg, West Virginia, where 96 million sets of fingerprints "from across the United States are stored, along with others collected by American authorities from prisoners in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Iraq and Afghanistan."[44] The FBI is in process of moving its Records Management Division, which processes Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, to Winchester, Virginia.[45]
According to the Washington Post, the FBI "is building a vast repository controlled by people who work in a top-secret vault on the fourth floor of the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington. This one stores the profiles of tens of thousands of Americans and legal residents who are not accused of any crime. What they have done is appear to be acting suspiciously to a town sheriff, a traffic cop or even a neighbor."[44]
The FBI Laboratory, established with the formation of the BOI,[46] did not appear in the J. Edgar Hoover Building until its completion in 1974. The lab serves as the primary lab for most DNA, biological, and physical work. Public tours of FBI headquarters ran through the FBI laboratory workspace before the move to the J. Edgar Hoover Building. The services the lab conducts include Chemistry, Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), Computer Analysis and Response, DNA Analysis, Evidence Response, Explosives, Firearms and Tool marks, Forensic Audio, Forensic Video, Image Analysis, Forensic Science Research, Forensic Science Training, Hazardous Materials Response, Investigative and Prospective Graphics, Latent Prints, Materials Analysis, Questioned Documents, Racketeering Records, Special Photographic Analysis, Structural Design, and Trace Evidence.[47] The services of the FBI Laboratory are used by many state, local, and international agencies free of charge. The lab also maintains a second lab at the FBI Academy.
The FBI Academy, located in Quantico, Virginia, is home to the communications and computer laboratory the FBI utilizes. It is also where new agents are sent for training to become FBI Special Agents. Going through the 21-week course is required for every Special Agent.[48] First opened for use in 1972, the facility is located on 385 acres (1.6 km2) of woodland. The Academy trains state and local law enforcement agencies, who are invited to the law enforcement training center. The FBI units that reside at Quantico are the Field and Police Training Unit, Firearms Training Unit, Forensic Science Research and Training Center, Technology Services Unit (TSU), Investigative Training Unit, Law Enforcement Communication Unit, Leadership and Management Science Units (LSMU), Physical Training Unit, New Agents' Training Unit (NATU), Practical Applications Unit (PAU), the Investigative Computer Training Unit and the "College of Analytical Studies."
In 2000, the FBI began the Trilogy project to upgrade its outdated information technology (IT) infrastructure. This project, originally scheduled to take three years and cost around $380 million, ended up going far over budget and behind schedule.[49] Efforts to deploy modern computers and networking equipment were generally successful, but attempts to develop new investigation software, outsourced to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), were not. Virtual Case File, or VCF, as the software was known, was plagued by poorly defined goals, and repeated changes in management.[50] In January 2005, more than two years after the software was originally planned for completion, the FBI officially abandoned the project. At least $100 million (and much more by some estimates) was spent on the project, which never became operational. The FBI has been forced to continue using its decade-old Automated Case Support system, which is considered woefully inadequate by IT experts. In March 2005, the FBI announced it is beginning a new, more ambitious software project, code-named Sentinel, expected for completion by 2009.[51]
Carnivore was an electronic eavesdropping software system implemented by the FBI during the Clinton administration; it was designed to monitor email and electronic communications. After prolonged negative coverage in the press, the FBI changed the name of its system from "Carnivore" to "DCS1000." DCS is reported to stand for "Digital Collection System"; the system has the same functions as before. The Associated Press reported in mid-January 2005 that the FBI essentially abandoned the use of Carnivore in 2001, in favor of commercially available software, such as NarusInsight.
The Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division,[52] is located in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Organized beginning in 1991, the office opened in 1995 as the youngest agency division. The complex is the length of three football fields. It provides a main repository for information in various data systems. Under the roof of the CJIS are the programs for the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR), Fingerprint Identification, Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), NCIC 2000, and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Many state and local agencies use these data systems as a source for their own investigations and contribute to the database using secure communications. FBI provides these tools of sophisticated identification and information services to local, state, federal, and international law enforcement agencies.
FBI is in charge of National Virtual Translation Center, which provides "timely and accurate translations of foreign intelligence for all elements of the Intelligence Community."
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Bullet-lead analysis was faulty
For over 40 years, the FBI crime lab in Quantico believed lead in bullets had unique chemical signatures. It analyzed the bullets with the goal of matching them chemically, not only to a single batch of ammunition coming out of a factory, but to a single box of bullets. The National Academy of Sciences conducted an 18-month independent review of comparative bullet-lead analysis. In 2003, its National Research Council published a report whose conclusions called into question 30 years of FBI testimony. It found the analytic model used by the FBI for interpreting results was deeply flawed, and the conclusion, that bullet fragments could be matched to a box of ammunition, was so overstated that it was misleading under the rules of evidence. One year later, the FBI decided to stop doing bullet lead analysis.
After a 60 Minutes/Washington Post investigation in November 2007 (two years later), the bureau agreed to identify, review, and release all of the pertinent cases, and notify prosecutors about cases in which faulty testimony was given.[53]
Personnel
As of December 31, 2009, the FBI had a total of 33,852 employees. That includes 13,412 special agents and 20,420 support professionals, such as intelligence analysts, language specialists, scientists, information technology specialists, and other professionals.[54]
The Officer Down Memorial Page provides the biographies of 58 FBI agents killed in the line of duty from 1925 to 2011.[55]
Hiring process
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In order to apply to become an FBI agent, an applicant must be between the ages of 23 and 37. Due to the decision in Robert P. Isabella v. Department of State and Office of Personnel Management, 2008 M.S.P.B. 146, preference-eligible veterans may apply after age 37. In 2009, the Office of Personnel Management issued implementation guidance on the Isabella decision: OPM Letter The applicant must also hold American citizenship, have a clean record, and hold a four-year bachelors degree. All FBI employees require a Top Secret (TS) security clearance, and in many instances, employees need a clearance, TS/SCI(Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information) clearance.[56] In order to get a security clearance, all potential FBI personnel must pass a series of Single Scope Background Investigations (SSBI), which are conducted by the Office of Personnel Management.[57] Special Agents candidates also have to pass a Physical Fitness Test (PFT), which includes a 300-meter run, one-minute sit-ups, maximum push-ups, and a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) run. Personnel must pass a polygraph test with questions including possible drug use.
After potential special agent candidates are cleared with TS clearance and the Form SF-312 non-disclosure agreement is signed, they attend the FBI training facility located on Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. Candidates spend approximately 21 weeks at the FBI Academy, where they receive over 500 classroom hours and over 1,000 simulated law enforcement hours to train. Upon graduation, new FBI Special Agents are placed all around the country and the world, depending on their areas of expertise. Professional support staff works out of one of the many support buildings the FBI maintains. Any Agent or Support staff member can be transferred to any location for any length of time if their skills are deemed necessary at one of the FBI field offices or one of the 400 resident agencies the FBI maintains.
BOI and FBI directors
FBI Directors are appointed by the President of the United States. They must be confirmed by the United States Senate and serve a term of office of five years, with a maximum of ten years, if reappointed, unless they resign or are fired by the President before their term ends. J. Edgar Hoover, appointed by Calvin Coolidge in 1924, was by far the longest-serving FBI Director, serving until his death in 1972. In 1968, Congress passed legislation as part of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act Pub. L. 90–351, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 197 that specified a 10-year limit, a maximum of two 5-year terms, for future FBI Directors, as well as requiring Senate confirmation of appointees. As the incumbent, this legislation did not apply to Hoover, only to his successors. The current FBI Director is Robert Mueller, who was appointed in 2001 by George W. Bush.
The FBI director is responsible for the day-to-day operations at the FBI. Along with his deputies, the director makes sure cases and operations are handled correctly. The director also is in charge of making sure the leadership in any one of the FBI field offices are manned with qualified agents. Before the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act was passed in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the FBI director would directly brief the President of the United States on any issues that arise from within the FBI. Since then, the director now reports to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who in turn reports to the President.
Weapons
An FBI Special Agent is issued a Glock Model 22 pistol or a Glock 23 in .40 S&W caliber. If they fail their first qualification, they will be issued either a Glock 17 or Glock 19 to aid in their next qualification. New agents are issued their firearm with which they qualify, upon successful completion of their training at the FBI Academy. The Glock 26 in 9mm Luger, and Glock Models 23, and 27 in .40 S&W caliber are authorized as secondary weapons. Special Agents are authorized to purchase and qualify with the Glock Model 21 in .45 ACP for duty carry. Special Agents of the FBI HRT (Hostage Rescue Team), and regional SWAT teams are issued the Springfield Operator or Professional Model 1911A1 .45 ACP Pistol. (See article FBI Special Weapons and Tactics Teams)
Publications
The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin is published monthly by the FBI Law Enforcement Communication Unit,[58] with articles of interest to state and local law enforcement personnel. First published in 1932 as Fugitives Wanted by Police,[59] the FBI Law Bulletin covers topics including law enforcement technology and issues, such as crime mapping and use of force, as well as recent criminal justice research, and Vi-CAP alerts, on wanted suspects and key cases.
The FBI also publishes some reports for both law enforcement personnel as well as regular citizens covering topics including law enforcement, terrorism, cybercrime, white-collar crime, violent crime, and statistics.[60] However, the vast majority of Federal government publications covering these topics are published by the Office of Justice Programs agencies of the United States Department of Justice, and disseminated through the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
Crime statistics
In the 1920s, the FBI began issuing crime reports by gathering numbers from local police departments.[61] Due to limitations of this system found during the 1960s and 1970s—victims often simply did not report crimes to the police in the first place—the Department of Justice developed an alternate method of tallying crime, the victimization survey.[61]
Uniform Crime Reports
The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) compile data from over 17,000 law enforcement agencies across the country. They provide detailed data regarding the volume of crimes to include arrest, clearance (or closing a case), and law enforcement officer information. The UCR focuses its data collection on violent crimes, hate crimes, and property crimes.[60] Created in the 1920s, the UCR system has not proven to be as uniform as its name implies. The UCR data only reflect the most serious offense in the case of connected crimes and has a very restrictive definition of rape. Since about 93% of the data submitted to the FBI is in this format, the UCR stands out as the publication of choice as most states require law enforcement agencies to submit this data.
Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report for 2006 was released on June 4, 2006. The report shows violent crime offenses rose 1.3%, but the number of property crime offenses decreased 2.9% compared to 2005.[62]
National Incident Based Reporting System
The National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) crime statistics system aims to address limitations inherent in UCR data. The system used by law enforcement agencies in the United States for collecting and reporting data on crimes. Local, state, and federal agencies generate NIBRS data from their records management systems. Data is collected on every incident and arrest in the Group A offense category. The Group A offenses are 46 specific crimes grouped in 22 offense categories. Specific facts about these offenses are gathered and reported in the NIBRS system. In addition to the Group A offenses, eleven Group B offenses are reported with only the arrest information. The NIBRS system is in greater detail than the summary-based UCR system. As of 2004, 5,271 law enforcement agencies submitted NIBRS data. That amount represents 20% of the United States population and 16% of the crime statistics data collected by the FBI.
FBI files on specific persons
It is possible to obtain a copy of an FBI file on oneself, on a living person who gives you permission to do so, or on a deceased individual, through the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. The FBI has generated files on numerous celebrities including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, John Denver, John Lennon, Jane Fonda, Groucho Marx, Charlie Chaplin, MC5, Lou Costello, Sonny Bono, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Mickey Mantle, and Gene Autry.[63] The FBI also profiled Jack the Ripper in 1988 but his identity still remains unproven today.[64][dead link] To quote Howard Zinn, "if I found that the FBI did not have any dossier on me, it would have been tremendously embarrassing and I wouldn't have been able to face my friends."[65]
Media portrayal
The FBI has been frequently depicted in popular media since the 1930s. The Bureau has participated to varying degrees, which has ranged from direct involvement in the creative process of film or TV series development, to providing consultation on operations and closed cases.[66]
Notable FBI personnel
- Edwin Atherton
- Ed Bethune
- William Mark Felt
- J. Edgar Hoover
- Richard Miller
- John P. O'Neill
- Joseph D. Pistone
- Melvin Purvis
- Sue Thomas
- Loy F. Weaver
See also
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- FBI Honorary Medals
- FBI Victims Identification Project
- Federal law enforcement in the United States
- Law enforcement in the United States
- List of organizations designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as hate groups
- State bureau of investigation
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE/HSI)
- U.S. Marshals Service (USMS)
- U.S. Secret Service (USSS)
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Further reading
- HSI BOOK Government HSI Files
- Charles, Douglas M. (2007). J. Edgar Hoover and the Anti-interventionists: FBI Political Surveillance and the Rise of the Domestic Security State, 1939–1945. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University Press. ISBN 0814210619.
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- Tonry, Michael (ed.) (2000). The Handbook of Crime & Punishment. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-514060-5.
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External links
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- Official FBI website
- Church Committee Report, Vol. 6, "Federal Bureau of Investigation." 1975 congressional inquiry into American intelligence operations.
- FBI Disclosures under Freedom of Information Act
- Official FBI Recruiting
- Federal Bureau of Investigation at FAS.org
- The FBI ...Past, Present & Future
- The Vault, FBI electronic reading room (launched April 2011), contains over 3000 documents