Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2001 Team 4 Avishekh Kumar Singh MP13020
Chandra Bhushan MP13022 Manoj Kumar MP13033 Shwet Kashyap MP13057 2. 2. Formed in 1870 basically as law enforcement agency FBI reside within executive branch and DOJ FBI Director reported to Attorney General working under functional structure 1930 domestic intelligence activity included under FBI Declared 1998 counterterrorism as top priority but low resource allocation Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Director Major Action J Edger (1936-1972) Management practices like performance appraisal 30 Field offices, National academy Evolved as independent agency Clarence Kelly (1973-1978) Counter terrorism, Organised Crime & white collar crime William Webster (1978- 1987) Inclusion of counterterrorism, Illegal drug offenses Freeh (1993-2000) Counterterrorism wing in HQ of FBI, job rotation between FBI & CIA Mueller (2001 0nward) Re-organisation & improved coordination between FBI and other intelligence agency Emphasis on terrorism and public corruption 3. 3. Law Enforcement Agency Domestic Intelligence Agency Arresting, prosecuting & Convicting People Gather Information & Investigation Solving Crimes by acting after criminal act occur Preventing Crimes by anticipating threat and stopping before it act Their activity is all about related to past incidence which already occurred Their activity is all anticipating possibility of any incidence may occur in advance Autonomy given for solving criminal cases to FO Power with the HQ and permission required for any activity to FO. Mother May I philosophy Guideline and deadline define for each case No such clarity Domestic intelligence capability Critical components for effective domestic intelligence services Efficient Organizational structure, Information sharing, and Oversight & Reach 4. 4. Head Quarter (HQ) Approx 10000 people work in HQ & complex structure Oversaw and coordination by Priority setting Performance measurement of field officers in terms of nos. of arrest, indictment, conviction which makes ineffective to DIS Coordination was not effective Central Services(Forensic labs) , Strategic analysis ,facilitating services to counterterrorism. Field Officer (FO) Approx 18000 people in field offices More interested in criminal law related case solving Fast acting and immediate result gives more pleasure SAC lead the field work and powerful position, allocate cases & decide priority, mostly unjustified priority Least care about counter terrorism Role of Headquarter & Field officer 5. 5. Basic hiring and promotion is based on law enforcement function, Most of field officer mostly interested in criminal preventing wing Lack in processing available information and keep it as a secret rather than arresting terrorist Too much bureaucratise making it inefficient and lack in sharing information Inadequate information technology made the Bureau unable to correlate the knowledge possessed Lack of synergy and Competition between law enforcement and intelligence for resources allocation Low efficient in collection and providing intelligence to decision makers. FBI & CIA do not talk to each other Poor quality information collection and lack in training in staff for analysis Lack of coordination between field officers and HQ Unattractive compensation package was keeping motivation low FBI Present Function- OFI 6. 6. Basic established process : Collection - > Analysis -> Dissemination - >feedback US is much larger country & Terrorism threat is much different in US as compared to other countries. New agency will be costly & new bureaucracy to duplicate capabilities that already existed End to end solution can be provided by creating synergy in collecting and passing information from intelligence wing to law enforcement wing Counter-terrorism, Counter-intelligence, and Intelligence services are integral part of the FBI Availability of resources and capability in term of skilled person, specialist Good history in terms of solving critical crime with the help of pioneer technology Domestic intelligence: as a part of FBI 7. 7. FBI has to reinvent itself to meet the requisite in present scenario of terrorism Organisation structure to be made cross functional structure than silo type functional structure Performance measurement system to be aligned as per job profile Retention of talent pool with attractive compensation Layering of intelligence report based on its confidence level and maturity. Visibility of these layered information to Counter Terrorism Division. Higher rigor on analytical tools for information analysis Upgrade data communication IT infrastructure & high speed data communication network on dedicated line which may more supportive for investigation team Single information FBI analyst to asses the threat environment. One data portal system to be used for all purpose. More coordination with other intelligence wing like CIA and sharing of threat information among all partners Strengthening and deployment of FISA Improvements Recommended