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Also Known As Bureau of Investigation • United States Bureau of Investigation • FBI
Areas Of Involvement intelligence • criminal investigation • national security
Related People Kash Patel • William H. Webster • James Comey • Robert Mueller • J. Edgar Hoover • Herbert Arthur Philbrick • Louis J. Freeh

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