Federal Bureau of Investigation,

2001
Team 4
Avishekh Kumar Singh

MP13020

Chandra Bhushan

MP13022

Manoj Kumar

MP13033

Shwet Kashyap

MP13057

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Formed in 1870 basically as law enforcement agency

FBI reside within executive branch and DOJ
FBI Director reported to Attorney General working under functional
structure
1930 domestic intelligence activity included under FBI
Declared 1998 counterterrorism as top priority but low resource
allocation
FBI Director
Major Action

J Edger
(1936-1972)

Management practices like performance

appraisal
30 Field offices, National academy
Evolved as independent agency

Clarence Kelly (19731978)

Counter terrorism, Organised Crime & white

collar crime

William Webster
(1978-1987)

Inclusion of counterterrorism, Illegal drug

offenses

Freeh (1993-2000)

Counterterrorism wing in HQ of FBI, job

rotation between FBI & CIA

Mueller (2001

Re-organisation & improved coordination

Domestic intelligence capability

Critical components for effective domestic intelligence services
Efficient Organizational structure,
Information sharing, and
Oversight & Reach
Law Enforcement Agency

Domestic Intelligence Agency

Arresting, prosecuting &

Convicting People

Gather Information &

Investigation

Solving Crimes by acting after

criminal act occur

Preventing Crimes by anticipating

threat and stopping before it act

Their activity is all about related

to past incidence which already
occurred

Their activity is all anticipating

possibility of any incidence may
occur in advance

Autonomy given for solving

criminal cases to FO

Power with the HQ and

permission required for any
activity to FO. Mother May I
philosophy

Guideline and deadline define for

each case

No such clarity

Role of Headquarter & Field officer

Head Quarter (HQ)

Field Officer (FO)

Approx 10000 people work in

HQ & complex structure
Oversaw and coordination by
Priority setting
Performance measurement of
field officers in terms of nos.
of arrest, indictment,
conviction which makes
ineffective to DIS
Coordination was not effective
Central Services(Forensic labs)
, Strategic analysis ,facilitating
services to counterterrorism.

Approx 18000 people in

field offices
More interested in criminal
law related case solving
Fast acting and immediate
result gives more pleasure
SAC lead the field work and
powerful position, allocate
cases & decide priority,
mostly unjustified priority
Least care about counter
terrorism

FBI Present Function- OFI

Basic hiring and promotion is based on law enforcement

function, Most of field officer mostly interested in criminal
preventing wing
Lack in processing available information and keep it as a
secret rather than arresting terrorist
Too much bureaucratise making it inefficient and lack in
sharing information
Inadequate information technology made the Bureau
unable to correlate the knowledge possessed
Lack of synergy and Competition between law enforcement
and intelligence for resources allocation
Low efficient in collection and providing intelligence to
decision makers.
FBI & CIA do not talk to each other
Poor quality information collection and lack in training in
staff for analysis
Lack of coordination between field officers and HQ

Domestic intelligence: as a
part
of
FBI
Basic established process : Collection - > Analysis ->

Dissemination ->feedback
US is much larger country & Terrorism threat is much
different in US as compared to other countries.
New agency will be costly & new bureaucracy to
duplicate capabilities that already existed
End to end solution can be provided by creating synergy
in collecting and passing information from intelligence
wing to law enforcement wing
Counter-terrorism, Counter-intelligence, and Intelligence
services are integral part of the FBI
Availability of resources and capability in term of skilled
person, specialist
Good history in terms of solving critical crime with the
help of pioneer technology

Improvements Recommended
FBI has to reinvent itself to meet the requisite in present scenario of
terrorism
Organisation structure to be made cross functional structure than
silo type functional structure
Performance measurement system to be aligned as per job profile
Retention of talent pool with attractive compensation
Layering of intelligence report based on its confidence level and
maturity.
Visibility of these layered information to Counter Terrorism Division.
Higher rigor on analytical tools for information analysis
Upgrade data communication IT infrastructure & high speed data
communication network on dedicated line which may more
supportive for investigation team
Single information FBI analyst to asses the threat environment. One
data portal system to be used for all purpose.
More coordination with other intelligence wing like CIA and sharing of
threat information among all partners
Strengthening and deployment of FISA