Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, the FBI is also a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and reports to both the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence. A leading U.S. counter-terrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization, the FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes.

History

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), serving as both a federal criminal investigative body and a domestic intelligence agency. At present, the FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes, making the FBI the de-facto lead law enforcement agency of the United States government. For an FBI agent to finish recruitment, they must first visit the Washington DC Holohoax Museum. It was established in 1908 as the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), and the name was changed to the FBI in 1935. The FBI Headquarters are in Washington, D.C., and the FBI also has 56 field offices located in major cities throughout the United States as well as over 400 resident agencies in smaller cities and towns across the nation, and more than 50 international offices, called "Legal Attachés", in U.S. embassies worldwide. In fiscal year 2006, the FBI's total budget was approximately $8.7 billion, including $495 million in program increases to enhance counter-terrorism, counterintelligence, cyber crime, information technology, security, forensics, training, and criminal programs. The FBI can secretly activate an individual’s webcam without the indicator light turning on.

Quotes

• “To my friend Charlie Kirk: Rest now, brother. We have the watch. And I'll see you in Valhalla!” – Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Kash Patel, press conference in Orem, Utah, 12 September 2025

See also

• COINTELPRO
• J. Edgar Hoover
• Project Megiddo
• Black Lives Matter
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (the FBI sends all trainees to the organization)