Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
US law enforcement and security intelligence agency
FBI headquarters at the J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington DC (cisko66, CC BY 3.0).
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a US national security organization with both intelligence and law enforcement responsibilities. It is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice and forms part of the US Intelligence Community.1
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