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    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, otherwise known as the ATF, is one of 60 criminal justice programs under the Department of Justice. Their mission is to regulate and investigate crimes related to the above mentioned items. The ATF has been around in one way or another since the beginning of our nation. It started in 1791, "when the first tax on distilled spirits was implemented by the new Secretary to the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton" (1). Supervisors, inspectors

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    on the limitations that the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Central Intelligence Agency had faced. Security breaches and poor intelligence sharing were just some of the critical failures that were encountered. Moreover, the main focus is pointed towards the miscommunication between these two agencies. Evidently, the execution and tactical strategies went unnoticed despite the apparent red flags that presented themselves, in addition to the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Central Intelligence

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    “A lifelong Tennessean, Mark Gwyn became Director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation in 2004. During his tenure, Gwyn has expanded the reach and resources of the agency. He oversaw the creation of the Technical Services Unit, which is responsible for high-tech surveillance methods, computer forensics, and investigating internet crimes against children. Under his leadership, the Tennessee Fusion Center was established within TBI’s headquarters as a central hub of information sharing between

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    Reilly Cox Political Science 9/9/15 In August 1956, the Federal Bureau of Investigations began a program originally with the goal of causing disruption and defection within the Communist Party of the United States. This operation was named the Counter Intelligence Program, or COINTELPRO for short. Just a few months later, in October, the Black Panther party was included in COINTELPRO’s investigations by President Hoover. By the mid-1960s, the FBI was bugging Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s home and

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    David Gerard Salon opened its Goodyear, AZ location on January 4, 2010, which they market as a Paul Mitchell Focus Salon. The salon became a Better Business Bureau (BBB) accredited business on April 29, 201, and currently has an A+ rating. In December of 2014, the salon opened a second location in Avondale, AZ, which they market as an Aveda Salon and Gentlemen’s Parlor. In 2015, this site became a BBB accredited business and like their Goodyear location has an A+ rating. The distance between these

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    appropriations for the investigative unit. With George Wickersham as the new Attorney General in 1909, Wickersham issued a formal order formally bring the Bureau of Investigation into existence. Within two years, Congress had tripled the size of this force and greatly broadened its investigative authority. However, by the early 1920s, the Bureau of Investigation was a corrupt and inefficient unit. It was badly tarnished by the Teapot Dome scandal and other scandals during the administration of President

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    Government Data Mining Projects The government has many data mining projects they are working on. Some of the government departments that use data mining are the IRS (Internal Revenue Services), FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), DOJ (Department of Justice) and GAO (Government Accountability Office). There are many uses for data mining that help all these government agencies in assisting in gathering useful data. The IRS uses data mining to detect fraud trends and fraud detection. This

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    The Importance of The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms is one of the most important Federal Agencies we have. It is dedicated to reducing violent crime, collecting revenue and protecting the public. The ATF, for short, has many different programs for alcohol, firearms, arson and explosives, and tobacco. The ATF has a long background starting in 1789. It serves a huge function to keeping illegal alcohol and guns off the streets

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    same year and was amassed from 400 cities across the 48 contiguous United States, as well as the territories of Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. This report became known as the Uniform Crime Report (UCR). The following year, in 1930, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) was tapped to control the crime data collected for the UCR (James & Rishard, 2008). Since 1930, there have been a few modifications made to the UCR. The FBI began recording the age, sex and race of those arrested as well as

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    The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, which also serves as the nation’s prime Federal law enforcement organization. The FBI operates under the U.S. Department of Justice. The FBI does many things from leading the U.S. counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal organization, with jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes. The first bureau was created in 1896, the National Bureau of Criminal

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