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The FBI - Online Term Paper

The FBI

To uphold the law through the investigation of violations of federal riminal
law; to protect the U.S. from foreign intelligence and terrorist activities; to
provide leadership and law enforcement assistance to federal, state, local, and
international agencies; and to perform these responsibilities in a manner that
is responsive to the needs of the public and is faithful to the constitution of
the U.S.: this is the mission of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The agency now known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation was founded
in 1908 when the Attorney General appointed an unnamed force of Special Agents
to be the investigative force of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Before ...

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investigating espionage, sabotage, sedition (resistance against lawful
authority), and draft violations. The passage of the National Motor Vehicle
Theft Act in 1919 further broadened the Bureau's jurisdiction.

After the passage of Prohibition in 1920, the gangster era began, bringing
about a whole new type of crime. Criminals engaged in kidnapping and bank
robbery, which were not federal crimes at that time. This changed in 1932 with
the passage of a federal kidnapping statute. In 1934, many other federal
criminal statutes were passed, and Congress gave Special Agents the authority to
make arrests and to carry firearms.

The FBIs size and jurisdiction during the second World War increased
greatly and included intelligence matters in South America. With the end of that
war, and the arrival of the Atomic Age, the FBI began conducting background
security investigations for the White House and other government agencies, as
well as probes into internal ...

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Added: 5/11/2007 06:30:42 AM
Category: Government
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 1090
Pages: 4

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