The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Terrorism Investigations.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights.

Crime prevention.

Governmental investigations.

Intelligence service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (31 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-R4-1780 in the 2012 issue.

Provides background information on key elements of FBI terrorism investigative process. Examines several enhanced investigative tools, authorities, and capabilities provided to the FBI through legislation enacted in response to Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Discusses FBI intelligence reform and related concerns about progress of those initiatives; FBI terrorism prevention methods and proactive investigations; and implications for privacy and civil liberties inherent in use of preventative policing techniques to combat terrorism. Considers issues for Congress.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Terrorism Investigations

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