WASHINGTON -- The international hackers group known as Anonymous turned the tables on the F.B.I. by listening in on a conference call last month between the bureau, Scotland Yard and other foreign police agencies about their joint investigation of the group and its allies. Anonymous posted a 16-minute recording of the call on the Web on Friday and...
THE Police Department has the formidable responsibility of keeping New Yorkers safe from a terrorist attack. It is entrusted with significant powers and broad discretion in how to use them. It has done an admirable job in preventing violence. But last week, we were reminded that no government entity with such powers should operate free from...
Hispanic residents and civil-rights advocates have raised alarms for years about the police in East Haven, Conn. Their claims gained chilling corroboration on Tuesday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a sergeant and three officers on charges of terrorizing the town's Hispanic neighborhoods, stopping and detaining people, searching...
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) er det amerikanske forbundspoliti, der efterforsker forbrydelser, som strækker sig på tværs af USA's forbundsstater.
FBI har 30.341 ansatte (oktober, 2006), herunder 12.590 specialagenter (operative politifolk), 17.751 ansatte i støttefunktioner, herunder analyse af efterretningsmateriale, sprogspecialister, videnskabsfolk, it-specialister og andre fagfolk.
Den øverste chef for FBI kaldes director. Den nuværende chef siden 2001 er Robert S.Mueller. Den mest berømte FBI-chef i tidens løb er J. Edgar Hoover, der var chef for FBI i hele 48 år fra 1924 indtil sin død i 1972 (ingen anden FBI-chef har siddet i mere end ti år).
Målet med FBI er: at opretholde loven, igennem efterforskning af overtrædelser af den føderale kriminallov; at beskytte USA mod udenlandsk spionage og terroristvirksomhed, som f.eks. at forhindre et nyt 11/9 inden for den amerikanske grænse. Fold ud