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handle is hein.crs/govcfwt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 01;0i E~$~ & May 12, 2017 The Federal Bureau of Investigation: Just the Facts The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has more than 36,000 employees and describes itself as an intelligence- driven, threat-focused national security organization. It is a part of the Department of Justice and the Director of the FBI reports to the U.S. Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence. Broad changes to FBI operations and structure since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States (9/11) have underscored its dual law enforcement and intelligence missions, among which counterterrorism is the first priority. A sizeable increase in the FBI's budget has accompanied the reprioritization and reorganization of the FBI since 9/11. Much of this expansion has gone to bolstering FBI counterterrorism and intelligence capacities. From FY2001 through FY2017, nominal appropriations for the FBI have increased 170%, from $3.3 billion to $9.0 billion. In inflation-adjusted terms, appropriations for the FBI increased 93%. (Inflation-adjusted amounts are in FY2017 dollars. Appropriations were adjusted for inflation using the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Chained Price Index.) The FBI's mission is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution. The FBI has authority to investigate all federal crime not assigned exclusively to another federal agency (28 U.S.C. §533). It also provides criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies and partners. The FBI's priorities are * protecting the United States from terrorist attack, * protecting the United States against foreign intelligence operations and espionage; * protecting the United States against cyber-based attacks and high-technology crimes, * combating public corruption at all levels, * protecting civil rights, * combating transnational/national criminal organizations and enterprises, * combating major white-collar crime, and * combating significant violent crime. The order of these top eight priorities has not changed since 2002, when the FBI announced them as a response to 9/11. The FBI's 56 field offices in the United States and its legal attach6s abroad do much of the FBI's investigative and intelligence work, while three branches in the FBI Headquarters coordinate these efforts. Two-the FBI's National Security Branch and its Intelligence Branch- reflect the focus of the FBI on counterterrorism and intelligence since 9/11. The third-the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch-includes cyber crime as well as investigative programs that can be seen as more traditional aspects of the FBI's mission. The National Security Branch broadly manages FBI attempts to thwart terrorists and spies (the FBI's first two priorities). Within the National Security Branch there are several divisions, directorates, and centers, including * Counterterrorism Division: responsible for counterterrorism investigations conducted by Joint Terrorism Task Forces throughout the country. The FBI is the lead agency for federal terrorism investigations (28 C.F.R. 0.85(1)). * Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate: coordinates efforts designed to prevent and respond to the use of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons. * Terrorist Screening Center: maintains the consolidated watch list of known or suspected terrorists. * Counterintelligence Division: works to investigate and prevent theft of sensitive information by hostile actors from the U.S. government and private industries. It can include acquisition of material or technology considered classified, sensitive, or proprietary. The division also seeks to prevent weapons of mass destruction from being obtained by criminals or terrorists. Terrorism Investigations. Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs) led by the FBI play the chief role in coordinating federal counterterrorism investigations across the United States, bringing together federal, state, and local agencies in the process. JTTFs are multiagency teams of investigators, analysts, linguists, and other specialists who investigate terrorism and terrorism-related crimes. Among their many roles, the agents, task force officers, and intelligence professionals working on JTTFs gather leads, evidence, and information related to terrorism suspects. They analyze and share this information to help develop cases for prosecution, most often in federal court. .O 'T p\w -- , gmwn goo mppm qq\ a , q 'S I 11LULANJILiN,

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