The FBI is headed by a director, who originally was appointed by the attorney general. Legislation enacted in 1968 empowered the president of the United States, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint the director to a 10-year term. The bureau has a large staff of emp...
discovery that veteran agent Robert Hanssen was a Russian spy; Problems which occurred while Louis Freeh was director, from 1993 to 2001; Slowness with which the FBI adopts technology; Penchant of the FBI for keeping secrets; Outlook for the FBI under a director to be named by President ...
to increase the number of women and minorities in the bureau. In 1993, PresidentBill Clintondismissed Sessions amid allegations of unethical conduct. Clinton replaced Sessions with Louis J. Freeh, a former FBI agent and federal judge, until 2001, when Thomas J. Pickard was made acting director...
1916 – March 13, 2017) was an American politician. Crutcher served in the Kansas State Senate from 1953 to 1957. He was the 35th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas from 1965 to 1969. Crutcher served as Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission from 1982 to 1993, and as a member of the Nati...
The FBI is headed by a director, who originally was appointed by the attorney general. Legislation enacted in 1968 empowered the president of the United States, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint the director to a 10-year term. The bureau has a large staff of emp...
Felt was an FBI special agent who eventually rose to the position of Associate Director, the Bureau’s second-highest-ranking post. Felt worked in several FBI field offices prior to his promotion to the Bureau’s headquarters. In 1980 he was convicted of having violated the civil rights of ...
During his 48-year tenure as FBI director, Hoover’s reputation for having access to so much compromising information about so many people ensured that no president was willing or able to remove him from his post. After Hoover died in his sleep in 1972, PresidentRichard M. Nixonsaid in a ...
such groups with deputy director William C. Sullivan advising Americans battling Communism "to start...
With all the evidence coming forth since 9/11, we can know for certain that government agencies likeNIST, and theFBIwere key players along withPhilip D. Zelikowexecutive director of the 9/11 commission; and of courseDick Cheney, who ordered the stand down. There are many others. I’m sur...
Comey was the second FBI director to have been fired from office. Former President Bill Clinton fired then FBI Director William Sessions in 1993.