{"product_id":"the-federal-bureau-of-investigation-history-powers-and-controversies-of-the-fbi-2-volumes","title":"The Federal Bureau of Investigation: History, Powers, and Controversies of the FBI [2 Volumes]","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas M. Charles\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at Penn State Greater Allegheny. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAaron J. Stockham\u003c\/b\u003e is a history teacher at the Waterford School with a PhD in American history from Marquette University. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEntries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfrican Americans, Surveillance of\u003cbr\u003eAlsop, Joseph (1910-1989)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerasia\u003c\/i\u003e \"Spy Case\"\u003cbr\u003eAmerica First Committee\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Civil Liberties Union\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Indian Movement\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Legion Contact Program\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Protective League\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Youth Congress\u003cbr\u003eAmos, James E. (1879-1953)\u003cbr\u003eAtomic Espionage\u003cbr\u003eAttorney General of the United States\u003cbr\u003eBadges, FBI\u003cbr\u003eBaughman, Frank (1895-1971)\u003cbr\u003eBentley, Elizabeth Terrill (1908-1963)\u003cbr\u003eBielaski, Alexander Bruce (1883-1964)\u003cbr\u003eBlack Panther Party (1966-1982)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack v. United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBonaparte, Charles J. (1851-1921)\u003cbr\u003eBranch Davidians\u003cbr\u003eBrasco, Donnie (Joseph D. Pistone, 1939-)\u003cbr\u003eBreak-ins\u003cbr\u003eBritish Intelligence, FBI and\u003cbr\u003eBurns, William John (1861-1932)\u003cbr\u003eCampus Police, FBI and\u003cbr\u003eCapitol Hill Insurrection\u003cbr\u003eCelebrity Criminals of the 1930s\u003cbr\u003eChambers, Whittaker (1901-1961)\u003cbr\u003eChristianity, FBI and\u003cbr\u003eChurch Committee\u003cbr\u003eCitizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI\u003cbr\u003eCivil Rights\u003cbr\u003eClegg, Hugh H. (1898-1979)\u003cbr\u003eClinton, Hillary, Email Investigation\u003cbr\u003eCOINTELPRO-Black Nationalist Hate\u003cbr\u003eCOINTELPRO-New Left\u003cbr\u003eCOINTELPRO-White Hate Groups\u003cbr\u003eCold War Espionage\u003cbr\u003eComey, James Brien (1960-)\u003cbr\u003eComintern Apparatus (COMRAP)\u003cbr\u003eCommunist Control Act of 1954\u003cbr\u003eCommunist Infiltration (COMINFIL)\u003cbr\u003eCommunist Party USA\u003cbr\u003eCongress, FBI and\u003cbr\u003eCongressional Oversight\u003cbr\u003eCook, Fred J. (1911-2003)\u003cbr\u003eCooper, Courtney Ryley (1886-1940)\u003cbr\u003eCoplon, Judith (1921-2011)\u003cbr\u003eCounterintelligence\u003cbr\u003eCounterintelligence Program\u003cbr\u003eCounterterrorism\u003cbr\u003eCrime Records Section\/Division\u003cbr\u003eCriminal Investigative Division\u003cbr\u003eCummings, Homer (1870-1956)\u003cbr\u003eCybercrime\u003cbr\u003eDeLoach, Cartha (1920-2013)\u003cbr\u003eDepartment of Justice\u003cbr\u003eDepartment of Justice Investigative Guidelines\u003cbr\u003eDillinger, John (1903-1934)\u003cbr\u003eDirector of the FBI\u003cbr\u003eDivisions\u003cbr\u003eDomestic Terrorism\u003cbr\u003eDonovan, William Joseph (1883-1959)\u003cbr\u003eDrug Enforcement\u003cbr\u003eDyer Act (Motor Vehicle Theft Act)\u003cbr\u003eEconomic Espionage\u003cbr\u003eElectronic Surveillance\u003cbr\u003eEspionage Act of 1917\u003cbr\u003eFBI Academy\u003cbr\u003eFBI Agents Association\u003cbr\u003eFBI Headquarters\u003cbr\u003eFederal Employee Loyalty-Security Program\u003cbr\u003eFelt, Mark (1913-2008)\u003cbr\u003eField Office\u003cbr\u003eFiles\u003cbr\u003eFinancial Crime\u003cbr\u003eFinch, Stanley Wellington (1872-1951)\u003cbr\u003eFlynn, William J. (1867-1928)\u003cbr\u003eForeign Agents Registration Act\u003cbr\u003eForeign Intelligence Surveillance Act\u003cbr\u003eFortas, Abe (1910-1982)\u003cbr\u003eFoxworth, Percy E. (1906-1943)\u003cbr\u003eFreedom of Information Act\u003cbr\u003eFreeh, Louis J. (1950-)\u003cbr\u003eGandy, Helen (1897-1988)\u003cbr\u003eG-Men (Government Men)\u003cbr\u003eGoldman, Emma (1869-1940)\u003cbr\u003eGray, L. Patrick, III (1916-2005)\u003cbr\u003eHanssen, Robert (1944-)\u003cbr\u003eHate Crimes\u003cbr\u003eHearst, Patty (1954-)\u003cbr\u003eHiss, Alger (1904-1996)\u003cbr\u003eHoffa, James (Jimmy) R. (1913-n.d.)\u003cbr\u003eHollywood Ten\u003cbr\u003eHoover, J. Edgar (1895-1972)\u003cbr\u003eHostage Rescue Team\u003cbr\u003eHottel, Guy (1902-1990)\u003cbr\u003eHouse Un-American Activities Committee\u003cbr\u003eHuston Plan\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Was a Communist for the FBI\u003c\/i\u003e (1951)\u003cbr\u003eInformation Technology\u003cbr\u003eIngalls, Laura Houghtaling (1893-1967)\u003cbr\u003eIntelligence Community, FBI and\u003cbr\u003eIntelligence Letter Program (INLET)\u003cbr\u003eInvestigative Techniques\u003cbr\u003eIran-Contra Affair\u003cbr\u003eJohnson, John \"Jack\" Arthur (1878-1946)\u003cbr\u003eJohnson, Lyndon B. (1908-1973)\u003cbr\u003eJones, James Wormley \"Jack\" (1884-1958)\u003cbr\u003eJones, Milton A. (1913-1994)\u003cbr\u003eKansas City Massacre\u003cbr\u003eKelley, Clarence M. (1911-1997)\u003cbr\u003eKennedy Assassination\u003cbr\u003eKennedy Assassination Records Review Board\u003cbr\u003eKennedy, John F. (1917-1963)\u003cbr\u003eKidnappings\u003cbr\u003eKing, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)\u003cbr\u003eLaboratory Services\u003cbr\u003eLadd, D. Milton (1903-1960)\u003cbr\u003eLegal Attaché (Legat)\u003cbr\u003eLGBTQ Persons, FBI and\u003cbr\u003eLibrary Awareness Program\u003cbr\u003eLindbergh, Charles A. (1902-1974)\u003cbr\u003eLowenthal, Max (1888-1971)\u003cbr\u003eMafia, FBI Discovery of\u003cbr\u003eMalcolm X (1925-1965)\u003cbr\u003eMann Act\/White Slave Traffic Act of 1910\u003cbr\u003eMcCabe, Andrew (1968-)\u003cbr\u003eMcCarran Act of 1950\u003cbr\u003eMcCarthy, Joseph (1908-1957)\u003cbr\u003eMcCarthyism\/Hooverism\u003cbr\u003eMeans, Gaston B. (1879-1938)\u003cbr\u003eMississippi Burning Case (MIBURN)\u003cbr\u003eMost Wanted Fugitives Program\u003cbr\u003eMueller, Robert (1944-)\u003cbr\u003eNathan, Harold (1880-1963)\u003cbr\u003eNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People\u003cbr\u003eNational Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime\u003cbr\u003eNational Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States\u003cbr\u003eNational Crime Information Center\u003cbr\u003eNational Intelligence Act of 1980\u003cbr\u003eNational Popular Government League\u003cbr\u003eNichols, Louis B. (1906-1977)\u003cbr\u003eNixon, Richard M. (1913-1994)\u003cbr\u003eNuclear Nonproliferation, FBI and\u003cbr\u003eObscene File\u003cbr\u003eObscenity Investigations\u003cbr\u003eOffice of Liaison and International Affairs\u003cbr\u003eOffice of Professional Responsibility\u003cbr\u003eOffice of Public and Congressional Affairs\u003cbr\u003eOklahoma City Bombing\u003cbr\u003eOmnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968\u003cbr\u003eOperation Solo\u003cbr\u003eOrganized Crime\u003cbr\u003eOsage \"Reign of Terror\"\u003cbr\u003ePalmer Raids (1919-1920)\u003cbr\u003ePan Am Flight 103\u003cbr\u003ePentagon Papers\u003cbr\u003ePeonage\u003cbr\u003ePike Committee\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Surveillance\u003cbr\u003ePopular Culture, FBI in\u003cbr\u003ePreventative Detention Programs\u003cbr\u003eProfiling\u003cbr\u003eProhibition Enforcement, FBI and\u003cbr\u003ePurvis, Melvin (1903-1960)\u003cbr\u003eRacketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970\u003cbr\u003eReforms of the FBI after 9\/11\u003cbr\u003eRemington, William (1917-1954)\u003cbr\u003eReno, Janet (1938-2016)\u003cbr\u003eResident Agencies\u003cbr\u003eResponsibilities Program\u003cbr\u003eRoosevelt, Eleanor (1884-1962)\u003cbr\u003eRoosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)\u003cbr\u003eRoosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)\u003cbr\u003eRuby Ridge Standoff\u003cbr\u003eRussian Hacking of 2016 Presidential Election\u003cbr\u003eSedition Act of 1918\u003cbr\u003eSelective Service Act of 1917\u003cbr\u003eSenate Internal Security Subcommittee\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks\u003cbr\u003eSessions, William (1930-2020)\u003cbr\u003eSex Deviates Program and File\u003cbr\u003eSlacker Raids\u003cbr\u003eSmith Act of 1940\u003cbr\u003eSmith, William French (1917-1990)\u003cbr\u003eSociety of Former Special Agents of the FBI\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Agent\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Intelligence Service\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Weapons and Tactics\u003cbr\u003eStevenson, Adlai, II (1900-1965)\u003cbr\u003eStone, Harlan Fiske (1872-1946)\u003cbr\u003eStrzok, Peter (1970-)\u003cbr\u003eStudents for a Democratic Society\u003cbr\u003eSullivan, William (1912-1977)\u003cbr\u003eSupreme Court, FBI and\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurvey of Racial Conditions in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSymbionese Liberation Army\u003cbr\u003eTamm, Edward A. (1906-1985)\u003cbr\u003eTeapot Dome Scandal (1921-1924)\u003cbr\u003eTolson, Clyde (1900-1975)\u003cbr\u003eTruman, Harry S. (1884-1972)\u003cbr\u003eTrump, Donald J. (1946-)\u003cbr\u003eTurrou, Leon George (1895-1986)\u003cbr\u003eTWA Flight 800\u003cbr\u003eUnabomber\u003cbr\u003eUndercover Operations\u003cbr\u003eUSA Patriot Act\u003cbr\u003eVENONA Program\u003cbr\u003eVietnam War\u003cbr\u003eViolent Crime\u003cbr\u003eWalsh, Thomas (1859-1933)\u003cbr\u003eThe Watergate Scandal\u003cbr\u003eThe Weather Underground\u003cbr\u003eWebster, William (1924-)\u003cbr\u003eWelles, Benjamin Sumner (1892-1961)\u003cbr\u003eWhite Slave Division\u003cbr\u003eWhitehead, Don (1908-1981)\u003cbr\u003eWickersham Commission\u003cbr\u003eWorld Trade Center Bombing\u003cbr\u003eWorld War I Espionage\u003cbr\u003eWorld War II Espionage\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe X-Files\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrimary Documents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1.\u003c\/b\u003e Department of Justice 1871 Law Enforcement Appropriation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2.\u003c\/b\u003e President Theodore Roosevelt's Fifth Annual Message to Congress, 1905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3.\u003c\/b\u003e Attorney General Annual Report 1907, Need of a Detective Force\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4.\u003c\/b\u003e Attorney General Order of 1908, Creating the FBI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5.\u003c\/b\u003e Attorney General Annual Report 1908, Reporting Creation of FBI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e6.\u003c\/b\u003e Attorney General Letter to President Roosevelt on Creation of FBI, 1909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e7.\u003c\/b\u003e Attorney General Testimony before House on Creation of FBI, 1909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e8.\u003c\/b\u003e Description of FBI Target Jack Johnson, 1927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e9.\u003c\/b\u003e Department of State Message on Trying to Extradite Johnson, 1915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e10.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Document on Ida Wells, 1919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e11.\u003c\/b\u003e Peonage Act of 1867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e12.\u003c\/b\u003e Attorney General Annual Report 1911, on Peonage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e13.\u003c\/b\u003e Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e14.\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction of White Slave Traffic Act, 1910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e15.\u003c\/b\u003e Stanley Finch Speech, 1912, on White Slavery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e16.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI White Slave Trafficking Enumeration Sheet, 1911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e17.\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction of Dyer Act, 1919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e18.\u003c\/b\u003e Amendment to the FBI's Appropriation Act, 1916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e19.\u003c\/b\u003e The Espionage Act of 1917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e20.\u003c\/b\u003e The Selective Service Act of 1917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e21.\u003c\/b\u003e Sedition Act of 1918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e22.\u003c\/b\u003e Bureau of Investigation Report on Enforcing the Selective Service Act, Section 12, 1917-1918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e23.\u003c\/b\u003e Bureau of Investigation Orders to Agents during the Palmer Raids, 1920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e24.\u003c\/b\u003e Testimony of Abuses during the Palmer Raids, 1920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e25.\u003c\/b\u003e Second Testimony of Abuses during the Palmer Raids, 1920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e26.\u003c\/b\u003e Statement by Harlan Fiske Stone on Palmer Raids, 1921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e27.\u003c\/b\u003e Hoover's Orders to Agents Regarding Obscene Evidence, 1925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e28.\u003c\/b\u003e FDR's Order to Resume Intelligence Investigations, 1936, Part 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e29.\u003c\/b\u003e FDR's Order to Resume Intelligence Investigations, 1936, Part 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e30.\u003c\/b\u003e FDR's Secret Order Authorizing FBI Use of Wiretaps, 1940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e31.\u003c\/b\u003e Truman's Reauthorization of FDR's Wiretap Order, 1946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e32.\u003c\/b\u003e Hoover's Letter to FDR Ingratiating Himself with President Roosevelt, 1940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e33.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Memo on Senator Joseph McCarthy's Cooperation with FBI, 1952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e34.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Dissemination of Information to Senator Joseph McCarthy's Committee and Others, 1953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e35.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Document Authorizing COINTELPRO, 1956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e36.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Document on COINTELPRO-New Left, 1968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e37.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Document on COINTELPRO-Black Nationalist Hate, 1967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e38.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Document on FBI Break-ins, 1966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e39.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Responsibilities Program Document, 1953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e40.\u003c\/b\u003e President Lyndon Johnson's Executive Order Exempting FBI Director Hoover from Mandatory Retirement, 1964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e41.\u003c\/b\u003e Example of VENONA Program Decrypt Re: Judith Coplon, 1944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e42.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Director Hoover's Letter to the White House Regarding Arrested LGBTQ Americans, 1950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e43.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Document on 1950 Origin of the FBI's Sex Deviates Program, 1951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e44.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Sex Deviates Program Policy Memo, 1951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e45.\u003c\/b\u003e National Archives Documents on Destruction of the FBI's Sex Deviates File, 1977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e46.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Memo on Its PROHO Program, 1965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e47.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Document on Providing Nixon Administration with Information on LGBTQ Americans, 1970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e48.\u003c\/b\u003e Anonymous Letter, with Typos, from the FBI to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., November 21, 1964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e49.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Document on \"Racial Matters,\" 1963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e50.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Document Authorizing Its INLET Program for the Nixon White House, 1969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e51.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Document Detailing FBI Director Hoover's Advice to President Nixon Re Obscenity, 1970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e52.\u003c\/b\u003e 1976 Law Limiting the FBI Director's Term\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e53.\u003c\/b\u003e Senator Ted Kennedy's Comments on FBI Charter, 1978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e54.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Director William Webster's Comments on FBI Charter, 1978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e55.\u003c\/b\u003e Attorney General Levi's Guidelines for FBI Investigations, 1976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e56.\u003c\/b\u003e Attorney General Levi's FBI Informant Guidelines, 1976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e57.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Documents on Its Adult Obscenity Initiative of the 2000s, 2004-2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e58.\u003c\/b\u003e Attorney General Holder's Guidelines on Communications with the White House, 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e59.\u003c\/b\u003e Attorney General Holder's Guidelines on Activities during an Election, 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e60.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Director James Comey's Personal Memos of His Interactions with President Trump, 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e61.\u003c\/b\u003e A Review of Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election, June 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e62.\u003c\/b\u003e Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's Memo on FBI Director Comey Firing, 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e63.\u003c\/b\u003e Selections from the FBI Summary Document on the FBI's Clinton Email Investigation, 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e64.\u003c\/b\u003e FBI Director Comey's Letter to Congress on Resumption of Clinton Email Probe, 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e65.\u003c\/b\u003e The Steele Dossier, 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e66.\u003c\/b\u003e Select Portions of the FBI's Carter Page FISA Application, 2016\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Editors and Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis authoritative set provides a one-stop resource for understanding specific FBI controversies as well as for those looking to understand the full history, law enforcement authority, and inner workings of the nation's most famous and important federal law enforcement agency.\u003cbr\u003eThis authoritative two-volume reference resource uses a combination of encyclopedia entries and primary sources to provide a comprehensive overview of the FBI, detailing its history, most famous leaders and agents, institutional structure and authority, law enforcement responsibilities, reporting relationships to other parts of government, and major events and controversies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday the FBI sits squarely at the intersection of major controversies surrounding the presidential campaign and administration of Donald Trump, foreign interference in U.S. elections, and politicization of law enforcement. But the FBI has always been in the political spotlight--its history is dotted with episodes that have come under heavy scrutiny, from its surveillance of civil rights leaders during the 1960s to the methods it employs to combat domestic terrorism in the post-9\/11 era. 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