Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). Title 28, United States Code (U.S. Code), Section 533, which authorizes the Attorney General to "appoint officials to detect... crimes against the United States", and other federal statutes give the FBI the authority and responsibility to investigate specific crimes. At present, the FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes and thus has the broadest investigative authority of any federal law enforcement agency. The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list has been used since 1949 to notify the public of wanted fugitives.

See also

• Carnivore
• COINTELPRO
• Critical Incident Response Group
• FBI Counterterrorism Division
• FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
• FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
• Fred Hampton
• Hostage Rescue Team
• Joseph L. Gormley
• List of FBI Field Offices
• National Security Service
• Special Intelligence Service (SIS)
• State Bureau of Investigation
• THERMCON
• W. Mark Felt