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 UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY - WHO WE ARE
The portion of the Bureau that focuses on intelligence, the Directorate of Intelligence, is a member of the Intelligence Community.
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.
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 (Harpers.org)
This is Federal Bureau of Investigation, a theme and a United States bureaucracy.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation admitted the existence of Carnivore, a specially designed computer that allows the agency to search for criminal activity by plugging into an Internet service provider's “backbone” and reading people's email.
An innocent man who spent thirty-three years, two months, and five days in prison was released after documents were presented that proved not only that he was innocent but that he had been framed by Federal Bureau of Investigation informants, who themselves committed the murder in question.
www.harpers.org /FBI.html   (1736 words)

  
 ERRI Counter-Terrorism Archive Page
The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said that after seven months of relentless work investigators had found no hard evidence mentioning any aspect to the attacks on New York and Washington.
WASHINGTON, DC: According a congressional report released on Thursday, U.S. intelligence agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, share the blame for failing to "disrupt" the 9/11 attacks by keeping would-be terrorists out of the country or trying to unravel their plot.
What investigators do know is that the attacks on Washington and New York were in the pipeline for as long as five years and so officials said, it was very very possible that a similar attack was being plotted right now...
www.emergency.com /cntrterr.htm   (1736 words)

  
 National Crime Information Center (NCIC) - FBI Information Systems
FBI number (number assigned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to an arrest fingerprint record); c.
System manager(s) and address: Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover Building, 10th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20535.
The NCMEC is a nongovernmental, nonprofit, federally funded corporation, serving as a national resource and technical assistance clearinghouse focusing on missing and exploited children.
www.fas.org /irp/agency/doj/fbi/is/ncic.htm   (1736 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation on Encyclopedia.com
During Hoover's final years as director (he served until his death in 1972), the bureau became highly controversial and was the frequent target of attack from a wide variety of liberal groups.
Federal Bureau of Investigation officials greet prospective applicants at a job fair in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 18, 2002.
During the Watergate affair it was revealed that the FBI had yielded to pressure from top White House officials, acting on behalf of President Richard M. Nixon, to halt their investigation of the Watergate break-in.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/FedB1I1.asp   (1736 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.
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.
William J. Flynn, former head of the Secret Service, became Director of the Bureau of Investigation in July 1919 and was the first to use that title.
www.fas.org /irp/agency/doj/fbi/fbi_hist.htm   (1736 words)

  
 totse.com Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a division of the U.S. Department of Justice, is one of the most powerful and influential law enforcement organizations in the world.
Hundreds of progressive groups, labor unions, alternative news services, and an estimated 100,000 Bay Area residents, they were targets of an illegal covert spy operation by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith (ADL) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
The "Carnivore'" project is the Bureau's attempt to collect information on electronic suspects and computer criminals in the dark reaches of cyberspace.
www.totse.com /en/politics/federal_bureau_of_investigation/index.html   (1736 words)

  
 Investigative Historical Timeline
Edgar Hoover became the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
records from Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary and the National Bureau of Criminal Identification became a division of the Bureau of Investigation.
The Federal Bureau of Narcotics was established in the Treasury Department.
www.criminology.fsu.edu /faculty/nute/history.html   (1160 words)

  
 INTERPOL – NEW DELHI
The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is a Federal/Central investigating agency functioning under the Central Government, Department of Personnel and Training is designated as the National Central Bureau of India.
The Director, Central Bureau of Investigation is the Head of the National Central Bureau- India i.e.
The Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation is the ex-officio Head of the NCB-India.
cbi.nic.in /interpol/ipolnd.htm   (653 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation - Home Page
FBI intelligence executive Kevin R. Brock is named the new Principal Deputy Director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
FBI Director Addresses ADL in N.Y. Director Mueller told a gathering of the Anti-Defamation League's National Commission that the war on terror "is not over" and that "it is a new FBI on the front lines." The Director also outlined our top priorities, which include investigating civil rights and hate crimes.
FBI.gov is an official site of the U.S. Federal Government, U.S. Department of Justice.
www.fbi.gov   (116 words)

  
 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Formerly with the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the Office of the General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Commission on Terrorism.
Was a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and served as executive director of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform, chaired by former Presidents Carter and Ford, as well as the executive director of the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.
Former legislative director for Senator John McCain and chief of staff for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
www.9-11commission.gov /about/bios_staff.htm   (116 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Director of Legislative Affairs Lisa Rich Joins Sheppard Mullin
Outside of her legislative branch work, she also worked for several Independent Counsel investigations requiring interaction with numerous national and international law enforcement agencies, executive branch offices, and intelligence agencies including the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Security Agency.
During her career, Rich has served on several special Congressional Committees where she investigated matters for the legislative branch including allegations regarding the release of American hostages in Iran, American arms shipments to Bosnia, and improper federal political contributions by the Teamsters.
While with the United States Sentencing Commission, she also interacted with the United States Departments of Justice, Transportation, and Homeland Security as well as the Drug Enforcement Administration and numerous other federal agencies with interests common to those of the Sentencing Commission.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=79648   (116 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Warren G. Harding
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).
Charles Forbes, Director of the Veterans Bureau, skimmed profits, earned fat kickbacks, and ran alcohol and drugs.
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for administering programs of veterans benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Warren-G.-Harding   (10265 words)

  
 Welcome to The American Presidency
in Daugherty's Department of Justice and within the (later Federal) Bureau of Investigation, in the Prohibition Bureau of the Treasury Department, and in Forbes' Veterans' Bureau.
His most permanent domestic accomplishment was the creation of the Bureau of the Budget, with McKinley's former comptroller of the currency, Charles G. Dawes, as its director.
But he also insisted on appointing Daugherty as his attorney general and a convivial crony, Charles R. Forbes, as director of the newly created Veterans' Bureau.
ap.grolier.com /article?assetid=0193620-00&templatename=/article/artic...   (2134 words)

  
 Federal Bureau Of Investigation
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.
Attorney General George Wickersham named the force the Bureau of Investigation on March 16, 1909.
www.paralumun.com /agencyfbi.htm   (532 words)

  
 UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY - WHO WE ARE
The key intelligence functions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) relate to counterterrorism and counterintelligence.
An IC member is a federal government agency, service, bureau, or other organization within the executive branch that plays a role in the business of national intelligence.
The State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) is one of the smaller components of the Intelligence Community but is widely recognized for the high quality of its analysis.
www.intelligence.gov /1-members.shtml   (594 words)

  
 Hoover Research Collections - Historical Materials, Oral History
Hoover, John Edgar: Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1924-72.
Farrar, Fred: Former art director and general manager of Typographic Service Co. During that time he also served as an art consultant to R. Macy and Co., Lord and Taylor, and Cosmopolitan magazine; retired lecturer in the United States and England on commercial art.
Steelmen, John R.: Special Assistant to the President, 1945-46; Director, Office War Mobilization and Mobilization and Reconversion, June-December, 1946; Assistant to the President, 1946-52.
www.ecommcode2.com /hoover/research/historicalmaterials/oral.html   (594 words)

  
 UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY - WHO WE ARE
The key intelligence functions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) relate to counterterrorism and counterintelligence.
The State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) is one of the smaller components of the Intelligence Community but is widely recognized for the high quality of its analysis.
Although the Intelligence Reform Act provides extensive budgetary and management authorities over these agencies to the Director of National Intelligence, it does not revoke the responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense for these agencies.
www.intelligence.gov /1-members.shtml   (614 words)

  
 Directing Community Integration Act
`(8) produce on an annual basis, in coordination with appropriate Associate and Assistant Directors of Central Intelligence, the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, for approval by the Director of Central Intelligence, a counterterrorism strategy for the intelligence community;
`(3) The Director may prohibit the Inspector General from initiating, carrying out, or completing any audit, inspection, or investigation if the Director determines that such prohibition is necessary to protect vital national security interests of the United States.
Modifications of responsibilities of the Director of Central Intelligence.
www.theorator.com /bills108/hr4584.html   (614 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation - Directors, Then and Now
Robert Mueller was nominated by President George W. Bush and became the sixth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on September 4, 2001.
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Directors, Then and Now
He then served as Acting Deputy Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice for several months, before becoming FBI Director.
www.fbi.gov /libref/directors/directmain.htm   (394 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation on Encyclopedia.com
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During Hoover's final years as director (he served until his death in 1972), the bureau became highly controversial and was the frequent target of attack from a wide variety of liberal groups.
Federal Bureau of Investigation officials greet prospective applicants at a job fair in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 18, 2002.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/FedB1I1.asp   (966 words)

  
 SEC Charges Former SG Cowen Managing Director with Insider Trading and Fraud in Connection with "Pipe" Offerings
The staff acknowledges the assistance of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in this matter.
Washington, D.C., April 21, 2005 - The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Guillaume Pollet, a former managing director of SG Cowen & Co., with insider trading and fraud by short selling the stock of companies prior to the companies closing on a private offering of stock, including offerings in which SG Cowen invested.
Mark K. Schonfeld, Director of the Commission's Northeast Regional Office, said, "While PIPE transactions may help a company meet its financing needs, they also create opportunities for fraud.
www.sec.gov /news/press/2005-61.htm   (570 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation - Facts and Figures 2003
The kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby son in 1932 led to the passage of the Federal Kidnapping Act, which allowed the Bureau to investigate interstate kidnappings.
On October 26, 2001, the President signed into law the US Patriot Act, which granted new provisions to address the threat of terrorism, and Director Mueller accordingly accepted on behalf of the Bureau responsibility for protecting the American people against future terrorist attacks.
It was under the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act that the Bureau received legislative authority to investigate many of the wrongs done to African Americans in the South and elsewhere.
www.fbi.gov /libref/factsfigure/shorthistory.htm   (1684 words)

  
 Multinational Investigation Dismantles Cocaine, Ecstasy Syndicate
FBI Director Louis J. Freeh, observed, "This investigation stands as a shining example of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, working with the Drug Enforcement Administration, and other law enforcement professionals around the world, to bring to justice those pedaling the dangerous 'party drug' know as 'ecstasy' regardless of where the suspects are in the world."
The investigation, known as Operation RED TIDE, was coordinated by a Los Angeles based federal task force comprised of agents from the DEA, FBI, IRS/CID, and USCS, and strongly supported by several local and state law enforcement agencies.
Cooperating in the investigation were several U.S. law enforcement agencies, the Dutch National Police/Regional Team South, Mexico's Fiscalia Especializad Para La Atencion De Delitos, the Israeli National Police, the German Federal Police, the Cologne Germany Police Department, the Duissburg Germany Police Department, the Italian National Police and the French National Police.
www.usembassy.it /file2000_11/alia/a0112704.htm   (808 words)

  
 UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY - WHO WE ARE
The key intelligence functions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) relate to counterterrorism and counterintelligence.
Although the Intelligence Reform Act provides extensive budgetary and management authorities over these agencies to the Director of National Intelligence, it does not revoke the responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense for these agencies.
The intelligence offices/agencies, however, participate in Intelligence Community activities and serve to support the other efforts of their departments.
www.intelligence.gov /1-members.shtml   (594 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI) is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).
Edgar Hoover, who became director of the Bureau on May 10, 1924, the agency spent much of its energy on investigating political activists who were not accused of any crime (eg, Albert Einstein as a socialist).
Hoover's investigation of Martin Luther King was also notorious--the FBI found no evidence of any crime, but attempted to use tapes of King involved in sexual activity for blackmail.
www.information-and-answers.com /resource-Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation.html   (594 words)

  
 Critics cite lax efforts to enforce federal worksite immigration laws
The Homeland Security Department's bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is responsible for enforcing worksite immigration laws, shot back by issuing a fact sheet outlining numerous investigations conducted within the last year.
"Worksite enforcement was a low priority for INS and continues to be a low priority for ICE," Richard Stana, director of homeland security and justice issues at the Government Accountability Office, told a House Judiciary subcommittee.
Critics cite lax efforts to enforce federal worksite immigration laws U.S. employers continue to hire illegal immigrants because of lax enforcement efforts and the proliferation of fake documents, lawmakers and government auditors said Tuesday.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1427888/posts   (1255 words)

  
 ATF Online - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
WASHINGTON – Director Carl J. Truscott of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced today the appointment of Gregory P. Harris, a Department of Justice senior official and former journalist, as his chief of staff.
As part of the Justice Department, ATF is positioned to be even more effective, safeguarding the American public by enforcing Federal laws on firearms, explosives, and arson.
As a result of that attack, a joint investigation commenced by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Stockton Police Department and California Department of Justice, Firearms Division.
www.atf.gov   (1255 words)

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