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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice charged with investigating all violations of federal laws except those assigned to some other federal agency. The FBI has jurisdiction over some 185 investigative matters, among them espionage, sabotage, and other subversive activities; kidnapping; extortion; bank robbery; interstate transportation of stolen property; civil-rights matters; interstate gambling violations; and fraud against the government. Created (1908) as the Bureau of Investigation, it originally conducted investigations only for the Justice Dept. After... Read more
FBI (United States Federal Bureau of Investigation)
...The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the nation's primary federal investigative service...prosecution. In 1910, the federal government passed...jurisdiction of the investigation bureau by outlawing the... Read more
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal...hundred categories of federal crimes .Its major...malfeasance. The Bureau provides local police...protesters. The Bureau's deep‐dyed...House and Senate ... Read more

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