Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2001 Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2001
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2001 Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2001
2001
Team 4
Avishekh Kumar Singh MP13020
Chandra Bhushan MP13022
Manoj Kumar MP13033
Shwet Kashyap MP13057
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Formed in 1870 basically as law enforcement agency
FBI reside within executive branch and DOJ
FBI Director reported to Attorney General working under functional
structure
1930 domestic intelligence activity included under FBI
Declared 1998 counterterrorism as top priority but low resource
allocation
FBI Director Major Action
J Edger Management practices like performance
(1936-1972) appraisal
30 Field offices, National academy
Evolved as independent agency
Clarence Kelly (1973- Counter terrorism, Organised Crime & white
1978) collar crime
William Webster Inclusion of counterterrorism, Illegal drug
(1978-1987) offenses
Freeh (1993-2000) Counterterrorism wing in HQ of FBI, job
rotation between FBI & CIA
Mueller (2001 Re-organisation & improved coordination
Domestic intelligence capability
Critical components for effective domestic intelligence services
Efficient Organizational structure,
Information sharing, and
Oversight & Reach
Law Enforcement Agency Domestic Intelligence Agency
Arresting, prosecuting & Gather Information &
Convicting People Investigation
Solving Crimes by acting after Preventing Crimes by anticipating
criminal act occur threat and stopping before it act
Their activity is all about related Their activity is all anticipating
to past incidence which already possibility of any incidence may
occurred occur in advance
Autonomy given for solving Power with the HQ and
criminal cases to FO permission required for any
activity to FO. Mother May I
philosophy
Guideline and deadline define for No such clarity
each case
Role of Headquarter & Field officer
part of FBI
Basic established process : Collection - > Analysis ->
Dissemination ->feedback
US is much larger country & Terrorism threat is much
different in US as compared to other countries.
New agency will be costly & new bureaucracy to
duplicate capabilities that already existed
End to end solution can be provided by creating synergy
in collecting and passing information from intelligence
wing to law enforcement wing
Counter-terrorism, Counter-intelligence, and Intelligence
services are integral part of the FBI
Availability of resources and capability in term of skilled
person, specialist
Good history in terms of solving critical crime with the
help of pioneer technology
Improvements Recommended
FBI has to reinvent itself to meet the requisite in present scenario of
terrorism
Organisation structure to be made cross functional structure than
silo type functional structure
Performance measurement system to be aligned as per job profile
Retention of talent pool with attractive compensation
Layering of intelligence report based on its confidence level and
maturity.
Visibility of these layered information to Counter Terrorism Division.
Higher rigor on analytical tools for information analysis
Upgrade data communication IT infrastructure & high speed data
communication network on dedicated line which may more
supportive for investigation team
Single information FBI analyst to asses the threat environment. One
data portal system to be used for all purpose.
More coordination with other intelligence wing like CIA and sharing of
threat information among all partners
Strengthening and deployment of FISA