To uphold the law through the investigation of violations of federal
             criminal law; to protect the U.S. from foreign intelligence and terrorist
             activities; to provide leadership and law enforcement assistance to
             federal, state, local, and international agencies; and to perform these
             responsibilities in a manner that is responsive to the needs of the public
             and is faithful to the constitution of the U.S.: this is the mission of the
             The agency now known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation was founded in
             1908 when the Attorney General appointed an unnamed force of Special Agents
             to be the investigative force of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Before
             that time, the DOJ had to borrow Agents from the U.S. Secret Service to
             investigate violations of federal criminal laws within its jurisdiction. In
             1909, the Special Agent Force was renamed the Bureau of Investigation, and
             after a series of name changes, it received its present official name in
             During the early period of the FBIs history, its agents investigated
             violations of mainly bankruptcy frauds, antitrust crime, and neutrality
             violation. During World War One, the Bureau was given the responsibility of
             investigating espionage, sabotage, sedition (resistance against lawful
             authority), and draft violations. The passage of the National Motor Vehicle
             Theft Act in 1919 further broadened the Bureau's jurisdiction.
             After the passage of Prohibition in 1920, the gangster era began, bringing
             about a whole new type of crime. Criminals engaged in kidnapping and bank
             robbery, which were not federal crimes at that time. This changed in 1932
             with the passage of a federal kidnapping statute. In 1934, many other
             federal criminal statutes were passed, and Congress gave Special Agents the
             authority to make arrests and to carry firearms.
             The FBIs size and jurisdiction during the second World War increased
             greatly and included intelligence matters in Sout...