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The '''Federal Bureau of Investigation''' ('''FBI''') is an [[agency]] of the [[US government]] that [[wikt:investigation|investigates]] [[crime]] across the [[country]]. It is dedicated to national security and to [[law enforcement]] and often fights terrorism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/fbis-main-mission-now-not-law-enforcement|title= FBI drops 'law enforcement' from its mission statement|work=MSNBC|publisher=NBC Universal|date=January 6, 2014|author=Clare Kim}}</ref>▼
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▲The '''Federal Bureau of Investigation''' ('''FBI''') is an [[agency]] of the [[US government]] that [[wikt:investigation|investigates]] [[crime]] across the [[country]]. It is dedicated to national security and to [[law enforcement]] and often fights terrorism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/fbis-main-mission-now-not-law-enforcement|title= FBI drops 'law enforcement' from its mission statement|work=MSNBC|publisher=NBC Universal|date=January 6, 2014|author=Clare Kim}}</ref>
The '''Bureau of Investigation''' was founded in 1908 and was renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1935.<ref>Weiner, Tim 2012. ''Enemies: a history of the FBI''. Random House. {{ISBN|978-1-4000-6748-0}}.</ref><ref>Unger, Sanford J. 1975 ''FBI: an uncensored look behind the walls''. Boston: Little, Brown. {{ISBN|0-316-88744-7}}</ref> [[J. Edgar Hoover]] was the [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation|Director of the Bureau]] from 1924 to his death, in 1972.<ref>Gentry, Curt 1991. ''J. Edgar Hoover: the man and the secrets''. Plume. {{ISBN|0-452-26904-0}}</ref><ref>Summers, Anthony 2003. ''Official and confidential: the secret life of J. Edgar Hoover''. New York: Putnam. {{ISBN|0-399-13800-5}}</ref> Although the FBI works [[worldwide]], its [[headquarters]] are in [[Washington DC]]. It has 56 main offices in cities throughout the [[United States]].
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