By the year 1908, it was time for a new kind of agency to protect America! America had grown a lot, even a lot wealthier. However, crime went right along with that. Crimes increased because people were making more money, so that made others who didn’t have as much money want to steal. People in this time did not care how anyone felt they would steal whenever, wherever, and from whoever they wanted to. Many crimes, yet no one knew who the criminal was. There were police officers, but at this point in time they worked very poorly. So, some men came up with this amazing, and very helpful idea ... the FBI! Body of Research: On July 26th 1908, the FBI was founded by J. Edgar Hoover. Two other men that had helped with this was
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Roosevelt wasted no time getting start with his first task as being the new president of the United States. “It all started with a short memo, dated July 26, 1908, and signed by Charles J. Bonaparte, Attorney General, describing a “regular force of special agents” available to investigate certain cases of the Department of Justice. This memo is celebrated as the official birth of the Federal Bureau of Investigation—known throughout the world today as the FBI.” (https://www.fbi.gov/history/brief-history) It didn’t take much to let it be known that the FBI was starting to take place. Teddy appointed Charles Bonaparte to oversee the FBI, he was the top investigator. Charles had no squad of investigators to help him so he had to something else. “By 1907, when he wanted to send an investigator out to gather the facts or to help a U.S. Attorney build a case, he was usually borrowing operatives from the Secret Service. These men were well trained, dedicated—and expensive.”
(https://www.fbi.gov/history/brief-history) According to that sentence, Charles was wasting more money than he was gaining by having to use other investigators instead of have his own. Congress found out about Charles using then
Roosevelt wasted no time getting start with his first task as being the new president of the United States. “It all started with a short memo, dated July 26, 1908, and signed by Charles J. Bonaparte, Attorney General, describing a “regular force of special agents” available to investigate certain cases of the Department of Justice. This memo is celebrated as the official birth of the Federal Bureau of Investigation—known throughout the world today as the FBI.” (https://www.fbi.gov/history/brief-history) It didn’t take much to let it be known that the FBI was starting to take place. Teddy appointed Charles Bonaparte to oversee the FBI, he was the top investigator. Charles had no squad of investigators to help him so he had to something else. “By 1907, when he wanted to send an investigator out to gather the facts or to help a U.S. Attorney build a case, he was usually borrowing operatives from the Secret Service. These men were well trained, dedicated—and expensive.”
(https://www.fbi.gov/history/brief-history) According to that sentence, Charles was wasting more money than he was gaining by having to use other investigators instead of have his own. Congress found out about Charles using then