FBI Agent Robert Hanssen

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

The spies also had another job trying to get a scientist to join the United States Army.

Named by Calvin Coolidge as the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover quickly rose to greatness. In 1935, he was appointed by U. S. Attorney General Stone as the first director of the newly conceived F.B.I. For the next 36 years he made all of the rules, declared war on everything he disliked or that opposed his morals and personal beliefs from “Bolshevik radicals” to Martin Luther King, he hindered the progress of the civil rights movement, and used force to eradicate every suspected communist. While he brought about myriad investigative technology, including fingerprints, wire-tapping, and forensics labs that forever changed the criminal justice system, he also used the F.B.I. to intimidate celebrities and public figures, harass political activists, and illegally collect secret files of evidence and scandals against everyone. In truth, Hoover was a malicious and hypocritical man; under the guise of protecting the “American way,” his motto was “knowledge is power,” but after the Great Depression when the world changed, he didn’t

Prior to the Department of Justice Appropriation Act of 1908, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) was known as the Bureau of Investigations (Peak, 2014). During this time, the agency was comprised of only thirty-five agents and their duties consisted of prosecuting crimes, such as bankruptcy fraud, anti trust crimes, and crimes on Native American reservations (Peak, 2014). Nonetheless, throughout World War I the agency found itself under much public scrutiny due to the increase of espionage and sabotage, and political corruption within the Department of Justice and the Bureau itself. However, the appointment of J. Edgar Hoover in 1921 ushered the agency into a new era. Shortly after becoming director, Hoover wanted to turn the agency into a career

The CIA is recognized as an intelligence-driven and threat-focused national security organization that works with confidential fiscal and administrative procedures, although have fallen through loop holes and broken some rules and regualtions. The case of CIA v. Wesley Swearingen will aid in conducting towards proving that the CIA is corrupt. Wesley Swearingen, an ex-FBI agent from 1951 until he retired in 1977 perpetrated and witnessed numerous violations of law by FBI and CIA agents and their operatives, heard revealing statements by other agents about their illegal activities, and read files that had documented violations of the rights of American citizens. Swearingen states that “activities of FBI agents and their ‘informers’ included warrantless

Looking from a management perspective, one of the first steps is to ensure there is a clear objective, and mission in mind. After analyzing this article, it is clear that in relation to this event it appeared the FBI had no mission statement, therefore, causing confusion for all the personnel involved. Moreover, the confusion may have led to the deployment of 100 armed agents as well as, the use

Public offices cannot use their authority for personal gain. “Intelligence is empowered to take actions in the public’s interest and in the public’s name that are prohibited to the public at large.” (Nolte, 2009, p.23). Oleg Penkovsky, the Main Intelligence Directorate officer, provided information to the West to deescalate the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was sacrificed as an asset for the people’s interest, only to be arrested and later executed. DHS has the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to conduct integrity operations to rid the agency of dishonest employees. This office also handles all reports of misconduct involving DHS Code of Conduct. Officers can send anonymous tips to the agency at any time if they witness misconduct of employees or

In 1997, Hanssen would go onto the FBI's internal computer case record and search to see if he was under investigation. He was indiscreet enough to type his own name into FBI search engines. Finding nothing, he decided to resume his spy career after eight years without contact with the Russians. He then established contact with the SVR in the fall of 1999. He continued to do highly incriminating searches of FBI files for his own name and address. In November 2000, he sent his

Later in the article, Goldman and Rosenberg, write about two such agents, Brian Ray Hoke and Nathaniel Patrick Delemarre. These men were killed in the line of duty, outside the town of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The background of Mr. Delemarre is obscure, the only definite facts are that he served as a radio operator in the military for a dozen years. After the September 11 attacks, he joined the C.I.A. to stop any more bloodshed from happening. After that, he is a complete mystery, going off the grid. Mr. Hoke’s story is more known to the public. He grew up in North Dakota and was the average high school student. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy, and in 1997 passed the test to become a Navy SEAL, working in the Middle East and

Loyalty, courage and probity constitute the core objectives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which commenced operations, way back in 1908, as an internal law enforcement and domestic intelligence-gathering agency for protection of American people, US properties and American interests, besides endeavoring to uphold US Constitution whenever crimes and wrong-doings threatened to jeopardize law enforcement, within and outside the United States.

Intelligence was only gathered on foreign military forces up until J Edgar Hoover’s FBI was tasked with watching radical groups who may have something to do with national security as we know it today; only the FBI’s role in IC ended with the outbreak of WWII (Moore

COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) repressed the government and firmly insured that any disputes going on within the government would end. The head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover founded the program in 1950. Hoover made it very clear that any person who was an activist in the anti-war movement would find their life invaded. Hoover's goal was to root out communism using any tactics that he could. The ways that this was achieved was through wire taps, lies, and having families investigated and threatened. The purpose of this was that the FBI wanted to keep a close "eye" on suspect's lives. With this going on, many anti-war activists and liberals decided that the bad did not out weigh the good. Due to COINTELPRO,

My career goal is to become an FBI special agent. I would focus on the investigative aspect of the job. After researching what it takes to become an FBI special agent I found out that they look for people that fit into a strict criteria. First and foremost I would have to be at least 23 years old to apply and be a U.S. citizen (which I am), possess a driver’s license, and be available to travel everywhere. After fulfilling those basic requirements I would have to earn higher education, acquire experience, be physically apt, and pass an FBI background check ("Federal Bureau of Investigation").

One of the biggest justifications for Angleton’s paranoia, even arguably in his later years when Golitsyn and Nosenko sealed the end of his CIA career, comes from events that took place after his resignation and the airing of the Family Jewels before Congress, one of Angleton’s most high profile public appearances. In February 1994, a CIA agent by the name of

Using fake mailboxes and drop sites to secure his information safely to his meetings. The FBI searched his house with the warrant finding personal information about meetings and future events that will take place against the CIA. Arrested for espionage him and his wife where they were held without any bond. Being one of the most popular cases in the history because Ames collected money by the giving away CIA classified secrets and not being able to be traced nor caught since the 70’s once he started trading secrets. He remained undetected for so long that mistakes like this should never have been going for such a period which makes you think about how the most intelligent agency in the world let this happen. Something has happened before to where terrorist has destroyed people lives on our own soil just like September 11 and how they mysteriously got on the plane. For someone that’s holds the key on the inside to have knowledge of so much information to where a mole was hidden right in the CIA going undetected for over 9