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  Federal Bureau of Investigation - MSN Encarta
Investigations by the Justice Department and Congress condemned the agency’s use of excessive force and resulted in disciplinary actions against FBI officials.
In the Waco incident in 1993, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) launched a raid on the compound of the Branch Davidian religious sect in Waco, Texas, whose members were suspected of purchasing illegal weapons.
Later that year, the agency investigated the mailing of several letters containing potentially lethal anthrax bacteria to media companies and political offices, but it was unable to identify any suspects.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569691_4/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation.html   (2563 words)

  
 LADA Bureau of Investigation
Investigators in the Bureau conduct some of the most unique, sensitive, and complex criminal investigations in law enforcement today.
D.A. Investigators are involved in a variety of operations, from high-profile raids in political corruption cases to probes in immigration fraud.
Investigators are assigned to each District Attorney branch location in the County and to a variety of special units.
da.co.la.ca.us /bofi.htm   (191 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation - MSN Encarta
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), chief investigative agency of the United States federal government and a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
The FBI is charged with investigating violations of most federal criminal laws and with protecting the United States from foreign intelligence and terrorist activities.
Among functions specifically excluded from the jurisdiction of the FBI are investigations of counterfeiting, which are handled by the Secret Service, and violations of customs and revenue laws, which are handled by the United States Customs Service.
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 ipedia.com: Federal Bureau of Investigation Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).
Hoover's investigation of Martin Luther King was also notorious--the FBI found no evidence of any crime, but attempted to use tapes of King involved in sexual activity for flmail.
The bureau is also charged with the responsibility of enforcing compliance of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 and investigating violations of The Act in addition to prosecuting such violations with the United States Department of Justice, (DOJ).
www.ipedia.com /federal_bureau_of_investigation.html   (718 words)

  
 Bureau of Private Investigation, Criminal Defense   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Private Investigators must discover facts and evidence that will refute the elements of the crime charged against the defendant causing the trier of facts to doubt the evidence as they apply to the fact questions in a lawsuit.
Investigators may also assist the defense by testing the perception, memory, veracity, and articulateness of witnesses against the defendant.
All investigations are confidential and conducted within the parameters and limitations of authority using personal initiative in the management of all cases at a nominal expense.
www.pibureau.com /cases/criminal1.htm   (829 words)

  
 Bureau of Investigation History - Riverside County District Attorney
Chief of Investigators Hodson’s previous career included serving as the Bureau’s Assistant Chief Investigator for 14 years (7 years in Indio and 7 in Riverside), as a Supervising Investigator for 5 years, as a Senior DA Investigator for 2 years, and as an officer and detective in the Whittier Police Department for 14 years.
And although trial preparation remains the primary mission of the Bureau, many specialized areas of investigation are staffed: major fraud, elder abuse, environmental crimes, insurance fraud, political corruption, workers’ compensation fraud, and child abduction.
They continue to provide exceptional investigative support to the trial staff — thereby helping the district attorney prosecute both criminal and civil cases and ensure that justice is done and the rights of all are safeguarded.
www.riversideda.com /bureau/history.html   (788 words)

  
 Bureau of Investigation - Riverside County District Attorney
Investigators in the Bureau support deputy district attorneys as they prepare for the prosecution of felony cases by locating and processing witnesses and by conducting pretrial investigations.
The Bureau team totals 203, 130 of whom are sworn investigators.
The Bureau team investigates and gathers evidence in civil and criminal violations of law — including the traditional crimes of burglary, robbery, homicide, and domestic violence.
www.riversideda.com /bureau/home.html   (161 words)

  
 Colorado Bureau of Investigation
In addition, the bureau shall immediately send notification of such denial and the basis for the denial to the federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over the area in which the transferee resides and in which the transferor conducts any business.
The bureau shall render a final administrative decision regarding denial within thirty days after receiving information from the transferee that demonstrates the transfer was improperly denied.
In addition, the bureau shall provide immediate notification of such reversal to all agencies and entities that had been previously notified of a denial pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (5).
cbi.state.co.us /ccw/Statutes/24-33.5-424.asp   (1422 words)

  
 North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The State Bureau of Identification and Investigation was created by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1937 and placed under the control of the Governor.
The Bureau was established in order to "secure a more effective administration of criminal laws of the state, to prevent crime, and to procure the speedy apprehension and identification of criminals."
As an assisting agency, the SBI provides support to city and county law enforcement agencies primarily through the scientific analysis of evidence, case analysis, and the investigation and preparation of evidence to be used in criminal courts.
sbi.jus.state.nc.us /sbimain/history.htm   (322 words)

  
 Colorado Bureau of Investigation
The department of corrections shall furnish its information to the bureau within twenty-four hours of the time a person is received into the custody of the department for service of sentence and prior to twenty-four hours of the time of the person's final discharge from supervision.
The provision of information required by this subsection (3) shall be made in a manner prescribed by the bureau; except that the provision of information by judicial entities, agencies, and facilities shall be under procedures to be established jointly by the state court administrator and the director.
For purposes of said compact, the compact officer for the state of Colorado shall be the director of the bureau or a designee of the director.
cbi.state.co.us /ccw/Statutes/24-33.5-412.asp   (1278 words)

  
 California Bureau of Investigation - California Dept. of Justice - Office of the Attorney General
The California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) provides expert investigative services to assist local, state and federal agencies in major criminal investigations across the state.
Headquartered in Sacramento, the California Bureau of Investigation extends law enforcement services to all 58 counties through five regional offices and three field offices.
CBI performs investigations for the Attorney General's Legal Divisions; assists district attorneys and local law enforcement agencies in complex or multi-jurisdictional investigations and in cases where local conflicts of interest arise; and conducts special investigations as directed by the Attorney General in response to the Governor, the Legislature or other state agencies.
caag.state.ca.us /cbi   (115 words)

  
 US Federal Bureau of Investigation -History Page
The Bureau of Investigation had limited success using its narrow jurisdiction to investigate some of the criminals of "the gangster era." For example, it investigated Al Capone as a "fugitive federal witness." Federal investigation of a resurgent white supremacy movement also required creativity.
The Bureau was responsible for the investigation and arrest of alleged spies and Smith Act violators, most of whom were convicted.
It was perhaps the single largest investigative effort undertaken by the FBI to that date: from investigating 10 bank failures in 1981, it had 282 bank failures under investigation by February 1987.
www.lawresearch.com /v2/federal/cusfbi-h.htm   (8541 words)

  
 Criminal Investigation Bureau
The Criminal Investigation Bureau's (CIB) assignments are the investigation of all felonies and serious crimes, recovering stolen property, assembling both witness and physical evidence to identify and apprehend criminals, and preparing youth and adult criminal cases for prosecution.
CIB activities are substantially 'after the fact' focusing on the development, organizing, and the execution of investigative techniques that would lead to the arrest and eventual conviction of criminal perpetrators at the court level.
The Criminal Investigation Bureau is separated based on district, and under the authority and control of the Chief of Police.
www.vipd.gov.vi /departments/criminalInvestigation.aspx   (184 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Edgar Hoover who became director of the Bureau May 10 1924 the agency spent much of its on investigating political activists who were not of any crime (eg Albert Einstein as a socialist).
Hoover's investigation of Martin Luther King was also notorious--the FBI found no of any crime but attempted to use of King involved in sexual activity for
The bureau is also charged with responsibility of enforcing compliance of the United Civil Rights Act of 1964 and investigating of The Act in addition to prosecuting violations with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).
www.freeglossary.com /Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation   (1065 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation
Agency of the US Department of Justice that investigates violations of federal law not specifically assigned to other agencies, and is particularly concerned with internal security.
In 1973 L Patrick Gray, the acting director, resigned when it was revealed that he had destroyed relevant material in the Watergate investigation.
Through the Freedom of Information Act it became known that the FBI had kept files on many eminent citizens and that Hoover had abused his power, for example, in investigating the civil-rights leader Martin Luther King.
www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0001263.html   (553 words)

  
 georgia.gov - Georgia Bureau of Investigation
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) serves as a primary investigation and enforcement agency in the state's fight against crime and corruption.
In addition to conducting general and special investigations, the bureau provides forensic laboratory examinations and collects data on crime and criminals.
These employees are located at the Bureau Headquarters and are strategically housed in 15 general investigation offices, three regional drug enforcement offices and six regional crime laboratories through which the various support services are carried out.
gbi.georgia.gov /01/home/0,2197,1335502,00.html;jsessionid=F6AB7A8EA...   (150 words)

  
 History - Federal Bureau of Investigation
Public confusion between Bureau of Investigation Special Agents and Prohibition Agents led to a permanent name change in 1935 for the agency composed of Department of Justice's investigators: the Federal Bureau of Investigation was thus born.
A 1939 Presidential Directive further strengthened the FBI's authority to investigate subversives in the United States, and Congress reinforced it by passing the Smith Act in 1940, outlawing advocacy of violent overthrow of the government.
The investigation led to the arrest and conviction of 33 spies.
www.fas.org /irp/agency/doj/fbi/fbi_hist.htm   (8352 words)

  
 Bureau of Private Investigation, Hawaii Private Detectives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The Bureau of Private Investigation is a Hawaii Private Detective Agency in Honolulu with Private Investigators serving the entire Islands of Hawaii, Kauai, Kona, Hilo, Maui and the
The Bureau of Private Investigation's Private Detectives and/or Private Investigators use many means to determine the facts in a variety of matters.
If the investigator observes the subject performing an activity that contradicts injuries stated in a workers' compensation claim, the investigator would take video or still photographs to document the activity and report it to the client.
www.pibureau.com   (859 words)

  
 Investigation Bureau
The Butte County District Attorney's Bureau of Investigation is the law enforcement arm of the District Attorney's Office.
All District Attorney Investigators are sworn Peace Officers under section 830.1 of the California Penal Code, with full powers of arrest.
Investigators assigned to the Bureau have primary investigative responsibility in many areas of crime including: in-family child abuse occurring within the unincorporated areas of Butte county, insurance fraud, welfare fraud, criminal non-support of children, bad checks, and economic crimes.
www.buttecounty.net /da/investigation.htm   (180 words)

  
 Georgia Bureau of Investigation
In 1940, the name of the Division of Identification, Detection, Prevention and Investigation was changed officially to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation experienced two major turning points in its professional development in the early 1970's.
From innovative investigative programs to the latest technological advancements in forensic science and information services, the GBI is committed to improving the quality of life for the citizens of Georgia by solving crimes and reducing criminal activity.
www.state.ga.us /gbi/history.html   (736 words)

  
 Central Bureau of Investigation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Central Bureau of Investigation is controlled by the Department of Personnel of the Union Government headed by a Minister of State who reports to the Prime Minister, although it is administratively part of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs headed by a Cabinet Minister.
It was therefore decided in 1987 to constitute two investigation divisions in the CBI, namely, Anti-Corruption Division and Special Crimes Division, the latter dealing with cases of conventional crime, besides economic offences.The CBI is a central subject under the Constitution of India, meaning that it reports to the Indian Governmentand not to the individual states.
The CBI investigation did not reveal the existence of a spy ring, and by early 1995 it was clear that the case was more a product of inexperience and over exuberation on the part of the police and Intelligence Bureau.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Investigation   (1597 words)

  
 Bureau of Investigation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
For over 24 years, IBI has offered global security and investigative solutions to corporations, governments and individuals worldwide.
Surveillance and investigative services provide you or your corporation with the information and evidence necessary to make informed business or personal decisions.
IBI’s principals are former law enforcement criminal investigators with over 30 years of public and private sector experience investigating virtually every type of crime from homicides to intellectual property theft and computer crimes.
www.bureau-of-investigation.com   (150 words)

  
 Federal Bureau Of Investigation
Attorney General George Wickersham named the force the Bureau of Investigation on March 16, 1909.
William J. Flynn, became Director of the Bureau of Investigation in July, 1919.
The Bureau of Investigation was renamed the United States Bureau of Investigation on July 1, 1932.
www.paralumun.com /agencyfbi.htm   (532 words)

  
 DPS: Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement
This Bureau includes the East and West fire investigation units which conduct fire, arson and explosion investigations when requested by municipal officials.
These investigations are normally for the larger and more complicated fire or explosion incidents where highly trained personnel are required.
Investigations for other division offices are also administered by the Investigations and Enforcement Bureau.
www.ct.gov /dps/cwp/view.asp?a=2149&Q=294296&dpsNav   (85 words)

  
 FBI
William C. Sullivan, former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigations intelligence operations who broke in dramatic fashion with the late J. Edgar Hoover, was killed early yesterday in a shooting accident near his home in Sugar Hill, New Hampshire.
Sullivan was known both within the bureau, and by a wide and distinguished circle of acquaintances outside it as less a policeman than a scholar, one whose interests ranged from theoretical Marxism, on which he was an acknowledged expert, to modern English poetry.
A: In 1972, largely as a result of the investigations into military intelligence activities in the United States, the Defense Department destroyed all of the military intelligence files that they had about American citizens and things in the United States, which was shocking from the point of view of the committee.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAfbi.htm   (3976 words)

  
 UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY - WHO WE ARE
The mission of the FBI is to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, 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.
The portion of the Bureau that focuses on intelligence, the Directorate of Intelligence, is a member of the Intelligence Community.
It is imbedded in the day-to-day work of the FBI from the initiation of preliminary investigations to the development of FBI-wide investigative strategies.
www.intelligence.gov /1-members_fbi.shtml   (415 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The motto of the bureau is "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity."
He also is responsible for many of the advancements and changes that made way for it become one of the top investigative agencies in the world.
Edgar Hoover building, the FBI Academy, and the Criminal Justice Information Services Complex serve as the main support offices for each of the field offices that are located throughout the country.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation   (4001 words)

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