Materials arranged chronologically.
Mueller, Robert S., III. "Congressional Testimony: Statement of Robert S. Mueller, III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, July 27, 2005." [Available at: http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress05/mueller072705.htm]
The FBI Director addresses a range of issues concerning his organization. He begins with the President's announcement of the creation of an intelligence service within the FBI (National Security Branch), an amalgam of the Bureau's Directorate of Intelligence, Counterterrorism Division, and Counterintelligence Division. He also discusses "three areas that directly impact the success of this new intelligence service: our Language Program, our Information Technology capabilities, and our ability to recruit, hire, train, and retain the expertise we need to build this service."
Lichtblau, Eric. "F.B.I.'s Translation Backlog Grows." New York Times, 28 Jul. 2005. [http://www.nytimes.com]
On 27 July 2005, Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the FBI's "backlog of untranslated terrorism intelligence doubled last year, and the time it takes the bureau to hire translators has grown longer."
Lichtblau, Eric. "F.B.I. Picks Chief for New National Security Unit." New York Times, 13 Aug. 2005. [http://www.nytimes.com]
On 12 August 2005, the FBI named Gary M. Bald, currently chief of the FBI's counterterrorism division, to lead its newly created division on national security. Philip Mudd, currently the deputy of the CIA's counterterrorism center, will be Bald's deputy.
Cumming, Alfred, and Todd Masse. Intelligence Reform Implementation at the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Issues and Options for Congress. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 16 Aug. 2005. [Available at http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL33033.pdf.]
"This report analyzes the FBI's overall intelligence reform effort, focusing on the implementation of intelligence reform initiatives in the field. Reform policies designed at FBI Headquarters, with field input, may be of marginal utility unless they are fully and effectively implemented across the 56 FBI field offices.... While areas of promise exist, field research indicates that the FBI's ability to formally harness intelligence collection (including systemic accountability mechanisms) to analytically identified intelligence gaps, remains nascent." (Italics in original)
Harris, Francis. "FBI Cracks Down on China's Elusive Army of Amateur Spies." Telegraph.co.uk, 17 Aug. 2005. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk]
"The FBI is deploying hundreds of new agents across America to crack down on spying by a small army of Chinese agents who are stealing information designed to kick-start high-tech military and business programmes. The new counter-intelligence strategy reflects growing alarm at the damage being done by spies hidden among the 700,000 Chinese visitors entering the US each year."
Eggen, Dan. "FBI Papers Indicate Intelligence Violations: Secret Surveillance Lacked Oversight." Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2005, A1. [http://www.washingtonpost.com]
According to heavily censored documents provided to the Washington Post by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which acquired them through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, "[t]he FBI has conducted clandestine surveillance on some U.S. residents ... without proper paperwork or oversight." However, FBI officials argued "that none of the cases have involved major violations and most amount to administrative errors. The officials also said that any information obtained from improper searches or eavesdropping is quarantined and eventually destroyed."
Lichtblau, Eric. "Report Finds Cover-Up in an F.B.I. Terror Case." New York Times, 4 Dec. 2005. [http://www.nytimes.com]
According to a draft report of an investigation by the Justice Department inspector general's office, dated 15 November 2005, FBI officials "mishandled a Florida terror investigation, falsified documents in the case in an effort to cover repeated missteps and retaliated against an agent who first complained about the problems."
Lichtblau, Eric. "F.B.I. Watched Activist Groups, New Files Show." New York Times, 20 Dec. 2005. [http://www.nytimes.com]
According to newly available documents, FBI "[c]ounterterrorism agents ... have conducted numerous surveillance and intelligence-gathering operations that involved, at least indirectly, groups active in causes as diverse as the environment, animal cruelty and poverty relief."
Wald, Matthew L. "Widespread Radioactivity Monitoring Is Confirmed." New York Times, 24 Dec. 2005. [http://www.nytimes.com]
On 23 December 2005, the Justice Department confirmed that "[t]he F.B.I. and the Energy Department have conducted thousands of searches for radioactive materials at private sites around the country in the last three years." According to a federal official speaking on condition of anonymity, "the investigators have visited hundreds of sites in Washington, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas and Seattle on multiple occasions, as well other locations for high-profile events like the Super Bowl. The surveillance was conducted outdoors, and no warrants were needed or sought."
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