Delta Force carried out at least one notable textbook operation, based on exactly what the group was formed to do — rescue hostages in tight spaces. The force boarded a hijacked Indonesian passenger plane in 1980, rescuing the hostages and killing all four hijackers. While its primary role is...
In 2023, the U.S. Sentencing Commission reports that 95% of securities and investment fraud offenders identified as male. Over four out of five had little or no previous criminal history, and they had an average age of 52 years old. The median loss in their offenses was $2.913 million.2...
The scholar and activist was sought and then arrested by the FBI in 1970—and the experience informed her life's work.
So, by 1924 Hoover had made a name for himself. He was appointed the Director of the FBI. Post WWII, Hoover was deeply entrenched in the American bureaucracy. For example, Hoover approved of illegally infiltrating and spying on theAmerican Civil Liberties Union, which was...
“The memory must retain properties of the original perceptual states generated when the memory was encoded.” This definition of visual memorization means that you could feel something but if your brain translates it into a visual concept at any time, it will count as a visual memory. Let...
The FBI was established on July 26, 1908, as the ‘Bureau of Investigation, or BOI. It was not until 1935 that the bureau would change to its current name and become an independent agency under the Department of Justice. However, its roots can be traced back to 1896, when the National...
almost everyone. Satellite imagery of the area was routinely deleted from government databases. In 1973, Skylab astronauts inadvertently photographed the airfield. However, according to declassified documents, the CIA managed to censor the picture and keep it from being seen by the public [source:Day...
New York City was the epicenter of gang activity in America in the 19th century. Poor sections of the city, such as the Five Points, provided a fertile ground for gangs with strong ethnic identities, usually Irish. Gangs based on Polish, Italian or other ethnicities were also common. The ...
I passed the FBI's entrance exams and became a special agent in 1969. Because of my background and training, it became clear that my specialty was undercover." Pistone was so effective that even when the operation put dozens of mobsters behind bars, his Mafia friends still thought he was...
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