Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Director:	Christopher Wray
Year created:	1909
Official website:	Office website

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a United States agency formed in 1909 "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."^[1] The agency originally stemmed from the U.S. Secret Service, and its roots were formed in 1909 by the creation of the Bureau of Investigation.^[2]

Christopher Wray is the current director of the FBI.

History[edit]

The following are important dates in the FBI's history:^[2]

• 1909: Bureau of Investigation formed by Attorney General George Wickersham consisting of 34 agents
• 1917: Investigations of foreign agents began with the start of World War I
• 1919: William J. Flynn became first person to take the title Director of the Bureau of Investigation
• 1924: J. Edgar Hoover appointed as Director of the Bureau of Investigation
• 1928: Formal training courses for new agents established

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• 1930s: Laws passed expanding the Bureau's jurisdiction and allowing agents to carry firearms and make arrests
• 1932: Hoover's campaign to bring publicity to the FBI began with the first release of the "Fugitives Wanted by Police" bulletin
• 1932: Bureau of Investigation renamed the United States Bureau of Investigation
• 1933: U.S. Bureau of Investigation renamed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• 1935: FBI National Academy established to train law officers investigative methods
• 1936-1939: FBI began investigating "subversive" groups, including fascists and communists in the United States by order of President Roosevelt
• 1939: Sabotage and espionage fell under the jurisdiction of the FBI
• 1940: Locating draft dodgers became FBI jurisdiction
• 1943: FBI employment hits 13,000, including 3,000 agents, during wartime
• 1946: "determining the loyalty of individuals...having access to restricted Atomic Energy data" became FBI jurisdiction
• 1950: "Ten Most Wanted Fugitive" list released for the first time
• 1966: U.S. Supreme Court determined the FBI could prosecute civil rights violations
• 1972: J. Edgar Hoover died
• 1976: Guidelines for FBI counterintelligence collection and domestic security investigations were established
• 1982: Counterterrorism became a national priority for the FBI
• 1989: Violent crime became a national priority for the FBI
• 1992: Wife of Ruby Ridge, ID fugitive Randall Weaver accidentally killed in standoff by FBI sniper
• 1993: Waco, TX standoff ends as the Branch Davidian's compound burned, killing 80 people inside
• 2001: Patriot Act passed, granting new domestic powers to the FBI to fight the threat of terrorism

Mission[edit]

The official FBI mission statement is as follows:

Leadership[edit]

Christopher Wray is the current director of the FBI.

Organization[edit]

Organizational chart[edit]

Recent news[edit]

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See also[edit]

• Christopher Wray
• Central Intelligence Agency

External links[edit]

• Official FBI website
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• Twitter

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Dresch (2000) "Confronting the Administrative Threat" by Philip Hamburger and Tony Mills (2017) "Constitutionalism after the New Deal" by Cass R. Sunstein (1987) Federalist No. 23 by Alexander Hamilton (1787) "From Administrative State to Constitutional Government" by Joseph Postell (2012) "Interring the Nondelegation Doctrine" by Eric A. Posner and Adrian Vermeule (2002) "Rulemaking as Legislating" by Kathryn Watts (2015) "The Checks & Balances of the Regulatory State" by Paul R. Verkuil (2016) "The Myth of the Nondelegation Doctrine" by Keith E. Whittington and Jason Iuliano (2017) "The Progressive Origins of the Administrative State: Wilson, Goodnow, and Landis" by Ronald J. Pestritto (2007) "The Rise and Rise of the Administrative State" by Gary Lawson (1994) "The Study of Administration" by Woodrow Wilson (1887) "The Threat to Liberty" by Steven F. Hayward (2017) "Why the Modern Administrative State Is Inconsistent with the Rule of Law" by Richard A. Epstein (2008) Agencies Administrative Conference of the United States • United States Civil Service Commission • U.S. Government Accountability Office • U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs • U.S. Office of Management and Budget