The 9/11 Commission Report

Throughout its more than hundred year history, the Federal Bureau of Investigations has been a very important agency to the United States. As a threat-based and intelligence-driven national security organization, the mission of the FBI is to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership to federal, state, and international agencies (“A Brief History of the FBI”). The Bureau’s success has always depended on its agility, its willingness to adapt, and the ongoing dedication of its personnel. But in the years since

Burrough firsts describes that the FBI was largely brought together by J. Edgar Hoover: “By and large, it was Hoover who brought the level of efficiency, professionalism, and centralized control the nation knows to this day” (Burrough 9). This makes sense as in the article, “The FBI and the American Gangster, 1924-1938”, it is stated that “the 29-year-old Hoover was determined to reform the Bureau, quickly and thoroughly, to make it a model of professionalism”. Burrough’s correct dedication to Hoover for the rise of the FBI demonstrates his accuracy in his novel. The other contender for one of the more primitive causes of the rise of the FBI that Burrough discusses in his novel was simply the rise of organized crime. One of the most violent crimes committed by largely known gangster Pretty Boy Floyd, the Kansas City Massacre, is described by Burrough as the crime that “forever changed the American legal landscape. It put the FBI on a wartime footing that in coming months would transform [the FBI] into the country’s first federal police force” (58). This information is confirmed by Robert S. Mueller III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2001 to 2013: “[The Kansas City Massacre] caused an uproar in the political

The mission and values of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is up held with strong Constitutional values. Over the years since the FBI was created in 1908 by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. As a progressive during this time period Bonaparte applied his philosophy to forming the FBI with several corps of agents. His thought was that these men should have expertise and not political connections. With the U.S. Constitution based on “federalism” a national government with jurisdiction over matters that cross boundaries, such as interstate and foreign affairs.

In the 1900’s and early 2000’s a series of events would bring a change in priorities for Federal Law Enforcement, namely the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), which was on the brink of being dissolved. “The Inspector General’s 2003 report stated that prior to 9/11, ‘the Bureau devoted significantly more special agent resources to traditional law enforcement activities such as white collar crime,

This report from the investigation by the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) concerned allegations of wrongdoing and improper practices within certain sections of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Laboratory. Those allegations involved some of the most significant prosecutions in the recent history of the Department of Justice, including the World Trade Center bombing, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the mail bomb assassination of U.S. Circuit Judge Robert Vance (which was referred to within the FBI as the VANPAC case). The allegations implicated fundamental aspects of law enforcement: the reliability of the procedures employed by the FBI Laboratory to analyze evidence, the integrity of the persons engaging in

In the 21st century, the world as we know it suffers from psychotic, demented, treacherous and, sophisticated crimes. This world would be corrupt without a tunnel of light if it was not for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, also known as the FBI, is a corporation that seeks fidelity, bravery and, integrity for the United States of America. The FBI researches shocking and concerning crimes the news reports about politics, war and, safety that we hear on the television about issues that are being reported to the people. These cases of transgression are missions the FBI analyzes, such as hacking information from double spies, locating terrorists, seeking pedophiles, cracking down unknown mobsters,

The early 1900’s gave rise to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Founded in appalling times filled with tension, the FBI would slowly transform American law to apprehend the nation’s most notorious criminals, and become one of the vital agencies that protect American sovereignty.

Although many citizens criticized the FBI’s highly contentious investigation of the Democratic presidential nominee Secretary Clinton during the 2016 election, the Bureau is no stranger to controversial involvement with political movements. Originally created to protect the United States from foreign intelligence threats, the FBI interpreted their creation as a mandate to mobilize against communist sympathizers and extremists who threatened Democracy. Specifically, the years between 1956 and 1971 marked some of the FBI’s most fanatical persecution of dissidents. Here, against the backdrop of the Cold War, Vietnam War, lingering fears of communism, the Civil Rights movement, and a surge in KKK activity, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover implemented

Prior to September 11, 2001, the government intelligence agencies truly failed. Both the FBI and CIA are to blame because they failed to share the “information that appears relevant to the events of 9/11” (Theoharis and Immerman). Neither agency thought that the information about terrorists that may be in the U.S. is important to act upon or tell the other organization. This led to nothing happening to try

The 9/11 attacks opened the avenue for a scrutiny of the performance and ability of the intelligence community to detect any threats to the safety of the United States. The media, politicians, reformists and other interested parties would not comprehend how such an attack would happen without the knowledge of the intelligence community. However, it is important to consider the fact that the attack was one of its kind and could not be approached with the resources and expertise used in other initiative such as the cold war. Therefore, the need to restructure the intelligence community arose from the view that it was still operating in the mindset and spirit of the cold war even in the modern era that had seen a revolutionary change of warfare

In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing where leads to determine who set the explosives and why the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) was cautious in its initial release of information to the public. However, in an efforts to identify the perpetrators, the FBI had two

The mission of the Federal Bureau of Investigations or the FBI for short is to protect the citizens of the United States and to uphold the Constitution in which the United States was founded upon. The FBI ensures the protection of civil liberties of citizens, fights transnational as well as national criminal organizations and enterprises, and combats significant white-collar and violent crimes. America has been fighting terrorism since the early 1920’s when the Islamic brotherhood was formed, so it is no surprise that there is a relatively lengthy number of wanted terrorists listed on the FBI’s most wanted page. One of those terrorists being Abdul Rahman Yasin, who is suspected in participation of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.

After the bombing everything changed. FBI Shifted its priorities,reasoning large numbers of agents ro work domestic terrorism cases and hiring many new agents.Its significantly expanded the number of joint terrorism Task forces across the country and went to congress with

In your view, is the FBI adequately organized, staffed, and trained to perform the myriad of missions tasked?

9/11 counterterror squads were few and funding was scarce. After 9/11 the amount of counterterror squads tripled across the country and funding amounts grew. The country and the Bureau said “Never Again” and the Bureau has taken that to heart. Counterterrorism has since that day remained as the top most priority for the Bureau and is reflected in the number of personnel assigned and the internal funds directed to the cause. In addition to counterterrorism, the rapid growth of technology had required the Bureau to expand its area of influence into the cybersphere. Cyber related crime in all area; terrorism, espionage, white collar crimes, criminal enterprises, etc.., has grown exponentially and the Bureau is doing its best to keep up. The