The Fbi Essay, Research Paper
What Does the FBI do?
The FBI or Federal Bureau of Investigation has been protecting the
United States public for almost a hundred years. Whether it be in the
lawless 20 s or the Post Watergate era the FBI was still ensuring domestic
security. This paper will show how the FBI throughout history has insured
the Domestic Tranquillity in the United States and has insured that its
Officers are the cleanest Americans and some of the more educated
Americans do to the application process.
The application process of the FBI is very difficult first you have
never had anything to do with drugs i.e. selling, being a convicted drug
offender. But they are leaneint on the use of marijuana their policy is no
using more than 15 times in your life or use of it 3 years prior to applying to
the FBI. An applicant who has sold any illegal drug for profit at any time
will be found unsuitable for employment. 1 This allows the FBI to have no
corrupt agents coming in. The FBI has a special honorship internship
program. The Honors Internship Program will begin approximately on the
first Monday in June and will terminate approximately on the third Friday in
August. 2 This just happens to fall into the FBI s application window also.
All expenses for Interns traveling to and from Washington, D.C. to
participate in this program will be reimbursed by the FBI. 3 This makes for
a easier descision for a intern to come to Washington D.C just knowing that
all of their travel expenses to and from Washington D.C. are all paid for.
Undergraduate interns are paid at the GS-6 grade level, and graduate
interns are paid at the GS-7 grade level on the government pay scale. 4 This
is pretty good pay for an intern. Like any job the FBI is based on how much
education a Applicant has had. Information and assistance on housing is
provided by FBI Headquarters. However, interns are responsible for
finalizing their own arrangements. 5 I think this good because the FBI does
help it s interns into living arrangements but it is the interns responsibility
to finalize the arrangements. Interns who own vehicles are encouraged to
bring them to Washington, D.C. to facilitate travel related to particular
assignments (some assignments are outside of Headquarters, though all are
in the Greater Washington, D.C. area). 6 This program allows the people that
have made the cut see what the FBI actually does. But the application is
only from July to October and you have to write a 500 word essay. The
history of the FBI all relates to this due to the assignments that they are
on and the temptations seen by the agents.
Since its founding in 1908 as the Bureau of Investigation, the FBI
has evolved into one of the most respected and sophisticated law
enforcement agencies in the world. 7 This is a perfect example for the
American people to see that the FBI agents are the top cops in the world.
As the primary investigative arm of the federal government, the FBI is
responsible for enforcing over 260 federal statutes and for conducting
sensitive national security investigations. 8 Many think that the CIA handles
this but it is really the FBI. FBI activities include investigations into
organized crime, white-collar crime, public corruption, financial crime, fraud
against the government, bribery, copy-right matters, civil rights violations,
bank robbery, extortion, kidnapping, air piracy, terrorism, foreign
counterintelligence, interstate criminal activity, fugitive and
drug-trafficking matters, and other violations of federal statutes. 9 They
deal with the same problems as many police officers do today but they deal
with these crimes on a national level1. After its founding in 1908 the FBI
had to deal with the Lawless years. These years fell from 1921 to 1933 this
was basically when probation was in effect. The most largest criminals in the
United States ran rampet around the country bootlegging alcohol. The two
most famous were Al Capone and John Dillinger. Al capone was the biggest
bootlegger in the Chicago crime ring. He was made famous for his bootleg
trafficking. The most famed FBI director had to be John Edgar Hoover he
was the longest raining FBI director ever. He was there from 1924 to his
death on the night of May 1st or 2nd 1972 . Hoover made the FBI into a
large efficient and renowned police agency 10 This is true do to the changes
he made with how far the FBI went to catching criminals. He increased the
public relations that the FBI had with the general public. For example he
started the national finger printing, raised recruiting standards, and beefed
up its labatorys and training academies. Hoover Came over deep critizim
during the last decade of his sentence. He was obsessed with busting down
on organized crime. During the last decade of his life Hoover came under
criticism for his reluctance to tackle organized crime and for his neglect or
even violation of the civil rights of
did what he had to to ensure domestic tranquillity in his mind. J. Edgar
Hoover was there during the World War Two era and for the Vietnam Era.
During World War Two his FBI investigated potentially dangerous German,
Italian, and Japanese nationals. Now in present day the FBI maintains field
offices in more than 60 US cities. In today s FBI the only director to be
dismissed was the last whom was William Sessions. This is a very
dishonorable thing to happen to a man of the top cop in the nation. During
the Watergate era the acting director resigned do to destroying material
that was important to the Watergate case. But what types of work does the
FBI actually do within their offices.
In the offices of the FBI there are many important divisions like the
Counterterrorisim division, Criminal Investigation division, Inspection
Division, National Security Division and Training Division. These divisions all
ensure the Domestic tranquillity of our nation. The Counterterrorism
Division consolidates all FBI counterterrorism initiatives. The National
Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) and the National Domestic
Preparedness Office (NDPO) are assigned to this division. The NIPC serves
as the U.S. government’s focal point for threat assessment, warning,
investigation, and response for threats or attacks against the United
States’ critical infrastructures. 12 This division serves as the main
investigation unit of the FBI. The NDPO coordinates all federal efforts to
assist state and local first responders with planning, training, and equipment
needs necessary to respond to a conventional or non-conventional weapons of
mass destruction incident. 13 This division focuses on making the agents as
good as the can be. Criminal Investigative Division the FBI’s investigative
division is the broadest of all federal law enforcement agencies. This
division coordinates investigations into organized crime, including drug
matters, racketeering, and money laundering; investigations into violent
crimes, including fugitives wanted, escaped federal prisoners (in some
instances), unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, violent gangs, serial murders,
kidnappings, bank robberies, violent crimes and property crimes of an
interstate nature, crime on Indian reservations, crimes against U.S. citizens
overseas, and theft of government property; investigations into white-collar
crime, fraud against the government, corruption of public officials, health
care fraud, election law violations, business and economic frauds and
corruption crimes; and investigations into civil rights violations. 14 In my
mind this division is the workhorse of the FBI. The Inspection Division is
responsible for conducting examinations of the FBI’s investigative and
administrative operations at Headquarters and field offices to ensure
compliance with established regulations and to make recommendations for
improved organizational efficiency and effectiveness. 15 This division is like
the quality control of the bureau. The National Security Division
coordinates investigative matters concerning foreign counterintelligence.
Activities include investigations into espionage, overseas homicide,
protection of foreign officials and guests, domestic security, and nuclear
extortion. This division is also responsible or the FBI’s Security
Countermeasures Program which includes background investigations and
physical security issues. 16 These guys are like the secret agents of the FBI
who the public has really never heard of. The Training Division is located in
Quantico, Virginia, this is one of the world’s most respected law
enforcement training centers. This division manages the FBI Academy and
trains FBI Special Agents and Professional Support staff as well as local,
state, federal and international law enforcement personnel. FBI employee
training programs include New Agent Training, In-Service and Specialized
Training for Agents and Professional Support personnel. Police training
programs include the FBI National Academy, an 11-week multidisciplinary
program for seasoned law enforcement managers; the Executive Training
program for Chief Executive Officers of our country’s largest law
enforcement organizations; and Operational Assistance, which trains law
enforcement personnel how to respond in certain emergency situations. All
of these divisions make the United States even Safer inside of our countries
borders. 17 This division basically has the job of making the FBI the best
inside our country.
In conclusion the FBI insures the domestic tranquillity of the United
States by hiring good agents and having a good history. All in all the FBI is
looked at as the top cops in the nation and are seen as the most influential
trend setters in the world for law enforcement either it be local of
domestic. The FBI also in turn helps local agencies in the United States with
major investigations.