FBI Inc.. / Chitra Ragavan.
by Ragavan, Chitra; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 76Institutions. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2001ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Freeh, Louis J | Lee, Wen Ho | United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation | Bureaucracy | Mafia | Ruby Ridge (Idaho) siege, 1992 | Terrorism -- PreventionDDC classification: 050 Summary: "As brands go, they don't get much better. In the swaggering world of big-time law enforcement, no other agency could touch the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Not even London's fabled Scotland Yard. Cybercrime, tracking terrorists--you name it, when it comes to police work, the FBI was the hands-down best....Yet for all its resources--and despite all its headline-grabbing successes--the FBI today [2001] is staggering through one of the worst periods ever, with much of its damage caused from within." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article reveals that the FBI has hit a low point, describes its most recent blunder involving the "failure to disclose 4,000 pages of evidence to lawyers for Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber" and relays that, according to a recent survey, "37 percent of Americans have less confidence in the FBI as a result of its handling of the McVeigh prosecution.".
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: FBI Inc., June 18, 2001; pp. 14-21.
"As brands go, they don't get much better. In the swaggering world of big-time law enforcement, no other agency could touch the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Not even London's fabled Scotland Yard. Cybercrime, tracking terrorists--you name it, when it comes to police work, the FBI was the hands-down best....Yet for all its resources--and despite all its headline-grabbing successes--the FBI today [2001] is staggering through one of the worst periods ever, with much of its damage caused from within." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article reveals that the FBI has hit a low point, describes its most recent blunder involving the "failure to disclose 4,000 pages of evidence to lawyers for Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber" and relays that, according to a recent survey, "37 percent of Americans have less confidence in the FBI as a result of its handling of the McVeigh prosecution.".
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