The
Federal Bureau of Investigation, more commonly known by the acronym
FBI, is an agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. The FBI is the investigative arm of the
United States federal government.
"The FBI originated from a force of Special Agents created in 1908 by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte during the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt..."
Directors
- J. Edgar Hoover - Director from 1924 until his death in 1972
- Acting directors - [L. Patrick Gray]?, 1972-73, and [William Ruckelshaus]? in 1973.
- [Clarence M. Kelley]? (1973-1978)
- [William H. Webster]? (1978-1987)
- [William S. Sessions]? (1987-1993)
- Louis Freeh (1993 - 2001) - stepped down after serving eight years of a 10-year term
- [Robert Mueller]? (2001- ) - confirmed by a Senate vote of 98-0. A former US Attorney for the Northern District of California.
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