FBI (disambiguation)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the United States Department of Justice, the FBI is a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and reports to both the attorney general and the director of national intelligence.[3] A leading American counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization, the FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes.[4][5] Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation's seal Federal Bureau of Investigation's seal FBI special agent badge FBI special agent badge Flag of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Flag of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Abbreviation FBI Motto Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity Agency overview Formed July 26, 1908 (as the Bureau of Investigation) Employees ≈38,000[1] Annual budget US$9,748,829,000 (FY 2021)[2] Jurisdictional structure Federal agency United States Operations jurisdiction United States General nature Federal law enforcement Operational structure Headquarters J. Edgar Hoover Building Washington, D.C., U.S. 38°53′43″N 77°01′30″W Agency executives Brian Driscoll, Acting Director Robert Kissane, Acting Deputy Director Timothy Dunham, Acting Associate Deputy Director Corey Ellis, Chief of Staff Parent agency Department of Justice Office of the Director of National Intelligence Divisions Intelligence Branch Counter-Terrorism Division Cyber Division Counter-Intelligence National Investigative Division International Operations Social Media Department Advertising Department Website fbi.gov Although many of the FBI's functions are unique, its activities in support of national security are comparable to those of the British MI5 and NCA, the New Zealand GCSB and the Russian FSB. Unlike the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which has no law enforcement authority and is focused on intelligence collection abroad, the FBI is primarily a domestic agency, maintaining 56 field offices in major cities throughout the United States, and more than 400 resident agencies in smaller cities and areas across the nation. At an FBI field office, a senior-level FBI officer concurrently serves as the representative of the director of national intelligence.[6][7] Despite its domestic focus, the FBI also maintains a significant international footprint, operating 60 Legal Attache (LEGAT) offices and 15 sub-offices in U.S. embassies and consulates across the globe. These foreign offices exist primarily for the purpose of coordination with foreign security services and do not usually conduct unilateral operations in the host countries.[8] The FBI can and does at times carry out secret activities overseas,[9] just as the CIA has a limited domestic function. These activities generally require coordination across government agencies. The FBI was established in 1908 as the Bureau of Investigation, the BOI or BI for short. Its name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1935.[10] The FBI headquarters is the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. The FBI has a list of the top 10 most wanted fugitives. Mission, priorities and budget History Organization Legal authority Infrastructure Personnel

Music

• F.B.I. (album), a 1996 song and album by The Dayton Family
• "F.B.I." (instrumental), a 1961 single by The Shadows
• FBi Radio, a community radio station based in Sydney, Australia

Television

• The F.B.I. (TV series), a 1965–1974 television series based in part on actual FBI cases
• FBi (Fully Booked Interactive), a 2000 British children's TV show, a reformat of the series Fully Booked
• FBI (franchise), also called The FBIs, ensemble of police procedural television series produced by Wolf Entertainment
  • FBI (TV series), first broadcast in 2018, based on the criminal division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FBI: Most Wanted, a spin-off first broadcast in 2020
  • FBI: International, a spin-off first broadcast in 2021

Organisations

• Federation of British Industries, merged into Confederation of British Industry in 1965
• Flying Buffalo, Inc., a game publisher based in the Arizona, US
• Furniture Brands International, a former Clayton, Missouri, US-based furniture company
• Full Blooded Italians, a professional wrestling stable

Science

• The Fauna of British India, a series of scientific books published by the British government in India (1890–1947)
• FBI mnemonics, for describing directions in magnetic fields
• FBI transform (Fourier-Bros-Iaglonitzer transform), a concept in mathematics

Other uses

• F.B.I. Frog Butthead Investigators, a 2012 film

See also

• The FBI Story, a 1959 film about the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBI MoneyPak Ransomware, a ransomware virus that claims to be from the FBI