Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Categories: Executive Departments & Agencies | FBI | Intelligence
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency in the United States Department of Justice tasked with law enforcement and domestic counterterrorism efforts.
In March, 2005, the agency cancelled a $170 million dollar software project called the Virtual Case File. In March 2007, Director Mueller blamed antiquated computers for the Bureau's abuse of National Security Letters (Source: FBI chief blames computers for privacy flap).
The FBI has the power to issue a National Security Letter, which allows it to gather information without a search warrant, and also prohibits the recipient from revealing that they received the letter.
Directors
- Robert S. Mueller III - present
Links
External Links
- FBI Homepage
- FBI Seeking To Create 6 Billion Record Database Similar To Total Information Awareness, ThinkProgress, June 13, 2007.
- FBI frequently overstepped on domestic surveillance., ThinkProgress, June 14, 2007 - The FBI have violated the law thousands of times while conducting domestic surveillance.