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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 05/04/2001

Pentagon Gives Nod to Biometrics 

Officials from a number of U.S. government agencies lauded the virtues of biometric identification at the Biometrics 2001 Conference in [...]

UNITED STATES 05/04/2001

William Webster 

The former head of the CIA and FBI, William Webster, has begun a fresh career in computer security at the [...]

UNITED STATES 22/03/2001

Ambivalence in Infrastructure Defense 

Over the past month a number of American corporations in the new technology field have begun complaining over the key [...]

UNITED STATES 22/03/2001

Ronald Dick 

A man largely in favor of international accords to monitor cyberspace has just been named head of the National Infrastructure [...]

UNITED STATES 08/03/2001

Kudos for Surveillance Court 

The Hanssen espionage affair has indirectly confirmed the importance of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) as an ultimate barrier [...]

UNITED STATES 22/02/2001

Robert Hanssen 

Born on April 18, 1944, Robert Hanssen appears set to become a set example of a senior intelligence official who [...]

UNITED STATES RUSSIA 22/02/2001

Betrayed by his Palm Pilot 

Robert Hanssen, who seems destined to become one of the [...]

UNITED STATES 22/02/2001

Counter-Espionage Shake-Up Looms 

Shaken by two major disasters in the space of a [...]

UNITED STATES 08/02/2001

CIA Links with L.A. Drug Dealers 

Sources in the U.S. Congress are continuing to speculate about a now-suppressed House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) report [...]

UNITED STATES 08/02/2001

Michael Carns 

A discreet retired U.S. Air Force general, Michael Carns, was named a director at the equally discreet company Dyn Corp [...]

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 [...]