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The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) combines the role of a US federal police force and an internal intelligence service. It comes under the authority of the Department of Justice and oversees the police authorities at the federal level. A member of the US intelligence community, the FBI often competes with the CIA on terrorism and counterintelligence cases.

UNITED STATES 08/02/2001

Pentagon Takes the Lead 

If the new U.S. administration goes ahead with its National Missile Defense (NMD) there will inevitably be a stronger focus [...]

UNITED STATES 08/02/2001

Big Brother Watched Super Bowl 

A surveillance system set up at Tampa stadium in Florida for the Super Bowl on January 18 has triggered the [...]

UNITED STATES 02/02/2001

What's the FBI's new administration going to do? 

The United States' FBI (FBI) has been the butt of much criticism over the past year. The day after the [...]

UNITED STATES 25/01/2001

Why the CIA Plays Up its Middle East Role 

Opinions at CIA headquarters differ as to why director George [...]

UNITED STATES 25/01/2001

NIPC Builds Tighter Shield 

The FBI is putting the final touches to a government-private [...]

UNITED STATES 25/01/2001

FBI’s Uncomfortable Position in Uganda 

Eavesdropping operations by the National Security Agency at its stations [...]

UNITED STATES 11/01/2001

Bush to Bolster NSC 

With only days to go before George W. Bush’s swearing-in as president on Jan. 20 the U.S. intelligence community is [...]

UNITED STATES 11/01/2001

Ashroft the Dark Horse 

The appointment of defeated Missouri senator John Ashcroft as Attorney General came as a complete surprise to many Washington insiders. [...]

EUROPE 11/01/2001

Belgians Acknowledge ILETS 

Ever since its existence was revealed by the British NGO Statewatch (IN 306) three years ago nobody has doubted the [...]

LEBANON 11/01/2001

Wadih El Hage 

Since the trial of four alleged accomplices of millionaire Ussama Ben Laden opened in New York on January 3, legal [...]

UNITED STATES 11/01/2001

Applying Biometrics in Industry 

A meeting devoted to practical applications of biometrics is to [...]

UNITED STATES 11/01/2001

Clinton’s New Service Stirs Skepticism 

American legislators with ties to the intelligence community are displaying [...]

EUROPE 21/12/2000

Upsurge in Central Europe 

During a visit to the International Law Enforcement Academy in [...]

UNITED STATES 07/12/2000

Key Posts in Bush Administration 

The man most widely tipped to become CIA director in a George W. Bush administration is Porter Goss, a former [...]

UNITED STATES MIDDLE EAST 23/11/2000

Planning Attacks on US Interests in Gulf 

Yemen's investigation into "Arab Afghan" movements in the wake of the bomb attack against the USS Cole on Oct. 12 [...]

UNITED STATES 23/11/2000

In Praise of Economic Intelligence 

U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright paid a strong tribute on Nov. 1 to the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) [...]

UNITED STATES 23/11/2000

The FBI's Eavesdropping Systems 

Classified documents released by the FBI to the NGO Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) on Nov. 16 partially lift the [...]

UNITED STATES 09/11/2000

Justice Department's Anti-Crime Network 

The biggest judicial information network in the U.S. will shortly see the light of day no matter what administration is [...]

YEMEN 09/11/2000

Upshot of Cooperation with FBI 

According to an Intelligence Newsletter source close to the inquiry in Sanaa into the bomb attack against the American destroyer [...]

ISRAEL 26/10/2000

Cyber-Intifada Against Israel 

Computer security companies at Herzilya Pitouach, the wealthy high-tech suburb of Tel Aviv, have put themselves on something close to [...]