4. Basic Information and Reporting
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and
security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement
agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of
Justice, the FBI is also a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and
reports to both the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence.
It is a leading U.S. counter-terrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal
investigative organization, the FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than
200 categories of federal crimes.
5. Law enforcement
Its activities in support of national security are
comparable to those of the British MI5, the New Zealand
GCSB and the Russian FSB. Unlike the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA), which has no law enforcement
authority and is focused on intelligence collection
abroad, the FBI is primarily a domestic agency,
maintaining 56 field offices in major cities throughout the
United States, and more than 400 resident agencies in
smaller cities and areas across the nation.
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Despite its domestic focus, the FBI also maintains a
significant international footprint, operating 60 Legal
Attache (LEGAT) offices and 15 sub-offices in U.S.
embassies and consulates across the globe. These
foreign offices exist primarily for the purpose of
coordination with foreign security services and do
not usually conduct unilateral operations in the host
countries.The FBI can and does at times carry out
secret activities overseas, just as the CIA has a
limited domestic function; these activities generally
require coordination across government agencies
6. An FBI agent tags the cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir Flight 990 on the deck of the USS Grapple (ARS 53) at the crash site on November
13, 1999.
In Action
8. Formation of BOI and evolution of FBI
In 1896, the National Bureau of Criminal Identification was founded, which
provided agencies across the country with information to identify known
criminals. The 1901 assassination of President William McKinley created a
perception that the United States was under threat from anarchists. The
Departments of Justice and Labor had been keeping records on anarchists for
years, but President Theodore Roosevelt wanted more power to monitor them.
Thus formed BOI(bureau of investigation)
9. Evolution of FBI
In year 1933, the BOI was linked to the Bureau of Prohibition and rechristened
the Division of Investigation (DOI); it became an independent service within the
Department of Justice in 1935. In the same year, its name was officially
changed from the Division of Investigation to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI).
11. FBI’s Mission/Priority
The mission of the FBI is-
Protect the American
people and uphold the
Constitution of the United
States.
The FBI's top priorities are:
● Protect the United States from terrorist attacks
● Protect the United States against foreign
intelligence operations, espionage, and cyber
operations
● Combat significant cyber criminal activity
● Combat public corruption at all levels
● Protect civil rights
● Combat transnational criminal enterprises
● Combat major white-collar crime
● Combat significant violent crime
13. STRUCTURE OF FBI
The FBI is organized into functional branches and the
Office of the Director, which contains most
administrative offices. An executive assistant director
manages each branch. Each branch is then divided
into offices and divisions, each headed by an assistant
director. The various divisions are further divided into
sub-branches, led by deputy assistant directors. Within
these sub-branches, there are various sections headed
by section chiefs. Section chiefs are ranked analogous
to special agents in charge. Four of the branches
report to the deputy director while two report to the
associate director.
BRANCHES
● FBI Intelligence Branch
● Executive Assistant Director: Stephen Laycock
● FBI National Security Branch
● Executive Assistant Director: John Brown
● FBI Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch
● Executive Assistant Director: Terry Wade
● FBI Science and Technology Branch
● Executive Assistant Director: Darrin E. Jones
● FBI Information and Technology Branch
● Executive Assistant Director: Michael Gavin
● FBI Human Resources Branch
● Executive Assistant Director: Jeffrey S. Sallet
16. Legal Power of FBI
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 and prosecute crimes
against the United States."Other federal statutes
give the FBI the authority and responsibility to
investigate specific crimes.
The USA PATRIOT Act increased the powers
allotted to the FBI, especially in wiretapping and
monitoring of Internet activity
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
17. “The cure for crime is not the electric chair,
but the high chair.”
- J. Edgar Hoover