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The FBI is constantly evolving and adapting to meet changing times, dynamics of crime, espionage and political terrorism. Currently the FBI is a branch of the U.S. Department of Justice and is responsible to the Attorney General and is also responsible for reporting its findings to federal U.S. attorneys across the country. It provides other states and local law enforcement agencies with cooperative services, fingerprint identification, laboratory examinations, and police training. The mission(4) of the FBI is to coordinate intelligence efforts that drive actions to protect the United States. Their goal is to develop a comprehensive understanding of the threats and penetrate national and international and transnational networks that have a desire and capability to harm us.
Ocean waves peaked at 100 feet, the height of 10-story buildings. Waves 30 feet high battered the New England coast, destroying 200 homes. Nine people died, including the six-man crew of a swordfish boat from Gloucester, Massachusetts. (CNN.com) Not only was a book wrote about this event, they later made a movie about too. But in spite of such amazing events in history caused by
Johnny Larios November 14,2011 Career Research Paper Federal Bureau of Investigation The mission of the FBI is to maintain the law through the investigation of violations of federal criminal law. Also to protect the nation from foreign enemy espionage and intelligence and possible terrorist acts and threats. The FBI also provides assistance to all forms of law enforcement across the United States. They have also been known to give assistance to international agencies across the world. The priorities of the FBI are as follows “ 1.
Abstract Our world changed on the morning of September 11, 2001 when the world trade center and the pentagon was attacked by Islamic terrorist. Terrorism is a deliberate act of an individual to kill, intimidate or manipulate others in order to instill fear in a society. Homeland defense is a security effort to protect states against terrorist. In order to be successful in defending our country against terrorist attacks there must be processes put in place to ensure that our intelligence community is more knowledge on terrorist organizations and any possible threat they may pose. This paper will define terrorism and homeland defense, the categories of terrorism, the department of homeland security, FBI and the national incident management
Debating the USA PATRIOT Act t[1] Abstract After the attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States Department of Justice revealed plans for legislation aimed at giving government authorities far-reaching oversight powers to prevent and protect against terrorist activities. On October 26, 2001, Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism, also known as the USA PATRIOT Act, went into effect. Among other provisions, this legislation gave federal agents the ability to detain non-citizens, increase wiretaps, initiate e-mail and Internet surveillance, and intensify the monitoring of student
Since the laws enactment in 2001 there has been a number of reauthorizations and amendments to help shape the law and keep its authorizations up to date (DOJ2010). Who does the USA PATRIOT Act target for investigations? The USA PATRIOT Act is a mechanism of law enforcement designed to combat domestic terrorist and acts of terrorism. Domestic terrorism is defined in the text of the law as; “activities…that involve acts dangerous to human life that are in violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of
The NSA’s domestic spying program, known in official government documents as the “President’s Surveillance Program,” ("The Program") was implemented by President George W. Bush shortly after the attacks on September 11, 2001. The US Government still considers the Program officially classified, but a tremendous amount of information has been exposed by various whistleblowers, admitted to by government officials during Congressional hearings and with public statements, and reported on in investigations by major newspaper across the country. Our NSA Domestic Spying Timeline has a full list of important dates, events, and reports, but we also want to explain—to the extent we understand it—the full scope of the Program and how the government has implemented it. In the weeks after 9/11, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to conduct a range of surveillance activities inside the United States, which had been barred by law and agency policy for decades. When the NSA’s spying program was first exposed by the
The CIA will still contribute to the counterterrorism effort by reporting information to the FBI as they come across it and I am sure they will provide their expertise in overseas operations. What authorizes an agency to engage in domestic investigations involved in overseas contingencies is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). FISA, as it is now, outlines procedures for the authorization of electronic surveillance, use of pen registers, trap and trace devices, physical searches, and business records for gathering foreign intelligence. With these procedures comes a court just for this cause; the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Court (FISC). In order to conduct surveillance on foreign agents and lone wolf (a non-United States individual involved in international terrorism) the Department of Justice must get a warrant authorized by FISC.
There are quotes directly from Osama bid Laden stating why he chose to target America. September 11th 2001. Retrieved from http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks This website provides an overview of what took place on September 11th 2001. I will use this information to describe what took place during the attacks. King, M (2011, September).