FBI
 FBI  | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity |
| Parent organization | US/DOJ |
| Interest of | Dan Bongino, Ty Clevenger, Maria Farmer, Ronald Kessler, Lok Lau, Betty Medsger, John Potash, The Twitter Files |
| Founder of | Combined DNA Index System, Next Generation Identification |
| Exposed by | Lok Lau, John Lipsky (FBI), Coleen Rowley |
| Subpage | •FBI/Academy •FBI/Activities 1971-2001 •FBI/Associate Deputy Director •FBI/Corruption •FBI/Criminal Cyber Response and Services Branch •FBI/Deputy Director •FBI/Director •FBI/Directorate of Intelligence •FBI/Laboratory •FBI/National Executive Institute •FBI/National Security Branch |
Primary Mission
The 'primary mission' of the FBI, formerly "law enforcement" was noted to have silently changed in 2013 to "national security". FBI spokesman Paul Bresson stated that "When our mission changed after 9/11, our fact sheet changed to reflect that".[1]
History
J. Edgar Hoover
More than anyone else, J. Edgar Hoover was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, where he remained director until his death in 1972 at age 77. Hoover built the FBI into a large crime-fighting agency, and used it as a an information gathering apparatus to collect blackmail material on political dissenters, activists and political leaders.[2] According to President Harry S. Truman, Hoover transformed the FBI into his private secret police force; Truman stated that "we want no Gestapo or secret police. FBI is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex-life scandals and plain blackmail. J. Edgar Hoover would give his right eye to take over, and all congressmen and senators are afraid of him".[3] However, biographer Kenneth D. Ackerman considers these kind of statements to be hyperbole.[4]
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