The FBI The FBI gave itself a very good reputation at the national level in the times of the historical events such as the Great Depression and World War II. The program, a product of a previous agency in 1935, grew large and successful with J. Edgar Hoover as the director for more than thirty years. Hoover discovered he had his own plans for an agency that consisted of trained professionals and next-level tools to serve the law. In 1908 Attorney General Charles Bonaparte formed a group of agents consisting of people in the Department of Justice who would be held responsible for investigating federal crimes. After a year this group was named the Bureau of Investigation. In the times of World War I, the BOI built up suspicion of spies from
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SIS agents found hundreds of Nazi spies with multiple radio stations used to give Germany information on America. Despite the success of the group SIS came to an end after World War II. The CIA was then made in 1947 and continued with the same work. At this time the FBI was investigating cases that were supposedly abuse of civil rights of American citizens. They were also spying on people that were possible threats against the security of America. As an example, in 1949 the FBI found out the Soviet Union had spies inside on the Manhattan Project, the creation of the atomic …show more content…
Posters with the faces of the fugitives and information regarding their offences were hung in post offices and local stores. The mass publicity of these wanted criminals led to 9 of them being captured by FBI agents (Balcavage-9). This list is still used now in modern day America and is very effective. After one of the criminals on the list has been captured, the spot is taken by the next most wanted fugitive (Balcavage-10). In order to make it on to the Most Wanted list a criminal has to be found dangerous to society, must have committed a federal crime, or fled a state to get away from being charged there. Also the FBI has to think the publicity of the information will assist in an arrest. The criminal’s real alias also has to be known by the public and the crime has to be interesting enough to produce the attention needed from the public
SIS agents found hundreds of Nazi spies with multiple radio stations used to give Germany information on America. Despite the success of the group SIS came to an end after World War II. The CIA was then made in 1947 and continued with the same work. At this time the FBI was investigating cases that were supposedly abuse of civil rights of American citizens. They were also spying on people that were possible threats against the security of America. As an example, in 1949 the FBI found out the Soviet Union had spies inside on the Manhattan Project, the creation of the atomic …show more content…
Posters with the faces of the fugitives and information regarding their offences were hung in post offices and local stores. The mass publicity of these wanted criminals led to 9 of them being captured by FBI agents (Balcavage-9). This list is still used now in modern day America and is very effective. After one of the criminals on the list has been captured, the spot is taken by the next most wanted fugitive (Balcavage-10). In order to make it on to the Most Wanted list a criminal has to be found dangerous to society, must have committed a federal crime, or fled a state to get away from being charged there. Also the FBI has to think the publicity of the information will assist in an arrest. The criminal’s real alias also has to be known by the public and the crime has to be interesting enough to produce the attention needed from the public