The FBI teaches you lie detection, people reading and intelligence skills

Chapter 60 How to Make an Excellent Intelligence Personnel (1)
Through the recruitment and training of the FBI, it can be seen that an excellent intelligence officer must not only have a strong body, a wise mind, and a super psychological quality, but also have high-end skills and techniques that ordinary people do not have through cruel training.This chapter will introduce you to the FBI's responsibilities, mission, recruitment and training, work content, investigation tools and investigation methods, etc.

§§§Section [-] Responsibilities and Missions of Intelligence Officers
The mission of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is to uphold the law by investigating violations of federal criminal law, to protect the United States from foreign intelligence agents and terrorist activities, to provide leadership and law enforcement assistance to federal, state, local, or international agencies, And can perform the above-mentioned duties in accordance with the needs of the public and under the premise of complying with the U.S. Constitution.Based on this mission of the FBI, the FBI has the following responsibilities:
(1) Investigate and collect evidence for violations of U.S. interests (except those explicitly authorized by law or designated by other agencies);
(2) conduct counterintelligence activities and coordinate the counterintelligence activities of other intelligence agencies within the United States;

(3) Coordinate various departments and agencies of the U.S. government to protect the security of U.S. critical infrastructure, identify and investigate physical and cyber attacks on infrastructure by terrorists and criminal groups;

(4) Conduct professional investigations and authorize intelligence collection to identify and respond to threats to the United States from terrorists and their supporters at home and abroad; conduct investigations beyond borders to bring criminals of terrorist activities to justice.To advance this work, the FBI designs, expands, and conducts counterterrorism operations that enhance the FBI's ability to minimize terrorist threats;

(5) to track down and apprehend fugitives in violation of federal law, and, at the request of local authorities, to track down and arrest local fugitives;

(6) Conduct professional investigations to identify, disrupt, and destroy existing and emerging criminal enterprises that affect U.S. interests; conduct international liaison and transnational operations, pursuant to legal authority and executive orders, to investigate threats to the American people and their property international criminal and terrorist organizations;
(7) Collect, analyze and evaluate intelligence information about criminal activities and criminal schemes;

(8) Establish and implement a quality outreach program to ensure that community partners work closely with the FBI;

(9) Conduct human investigations at the request of the Ministry of Justice and whenever required by law, etc.;

(10) Establish and conduct law enforcement training programs, enhance research, and provide assistance to state and local law enforcement personnel; participate in law enforcement actions between federal, state, and local agencies to address common crime problems;
(11) to develop new methods, techniques, systems, equipment, and equipment to improve and enhance law enforcement, and to assist in State, local, and international law enforcement training;
(12) To maintain and manage the FBI Laboratories, to provide free technical and scientific assistance not only to the FBI, but also to all statutory law enforcement agencies, other units of the Department of Justice, and other federal agencies, in disaster events and other humanitarian providing identification assistance services for the purpose;
(13) Provide timely and relevant criminal justice information and identification services to the FBI and the community;

(14) Investigate and evaluate actions and work performance, ensure compliance with laws and regulations, and ensure the efficiency, effectiveness and economical savings of actions;

(15) Effective and appropriate communication and disclosure to Congress, the media, and the public regarding the FBI's mission, values, actions, and performance;

In 1991, the international situation changed drastically. After the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, the US government no longer needed to go all out to deal with the threat of communism. The FBI also adjusted its deployment of forces accordingly.Its focus has shifted from counterintelligence operations to increasingly serious terrorism.In order to strengthen its anti-terrorist activities, it has assigned more than 300 special agents who used to deal with the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe's intelligence activities in the United States to various states to deal with terrorists.Today, it can be said that anti-terrorism has become the top priority of the FBI. Of course, this does not exclude its missions in counterintelligence personnel, domestic criminal detection, and foreign intelligence collection.

On July 2008, 7, the FBI celebrated its 26th birthday.The "Star Tribune" in Minnesota, USA, commented on the century-old history of the FBI: "They started as a group of gunmen wearing starched shirts, responsible for investigating financial crimes and checking counterfeit goods. After decades, they devoted themselves to dealing with gangsters." The battle of gangs, bank robbers, kidnappers and intelligence agents. Now, they are in the online world and in front of monitors to monitor international crimes and terrorism happening all over the world. This is how the FBI has evolved in 100 years." The News Agency reported on "From Bonaparte to Bin Laden - FBI 100 Years", which said: In the past 100 years, the FBI has grown from a small unit with only a few dozen detectives to a company with more than 3 employees. Important government agency, "it has become a legend".

FBI Director Robert Mueller made a statement at the FBI's 9th birthday party, during which he expressed deep shame that the FBI failed to prevent the 11 terrorist attacks.At the same time, he pointed out that the September 9 incident was indeed a turning point for the FBI.Since then, the FBI's priority task has been fighting terrorism. Its task is not simply to track and catch criminals, but to stop terrorists before they launch terrorist attacks and pre-empt them.Miller believes: "This may be a more difficult task, more difficult than the crimes we have dealt with in the past 11 years, but this is our mission, and we will succeed." At the same time, Miller assured the American people : Whether at home or abroad, you will be protected. "The FBI's mission is never-ending. The threats we face today may not be the threats we face in 100 or 5 years. The FBI must always identify threats as quickly as possible and mobilize resources to deal with them in real time. these threats."

Under Robert Mueller's reforms, the FBI's new programs and efforts will focus on the following areas:

(1) Reorganize the counter-terrorism department, reconfirm the relationship between senior officials of the counter-terrorism department and grassroots agents, and adopt forward-looking rather than reactive measures;

(2) Create a separate office for U.S. surveillance, headed by a former CIA agent;

(3) Formation of the National Joint Counter-Terrorism Task Force;
(4) Form a flight team.The FBI's flight team will quickly fly to the United States and around the world to cooperate with the investigation;
(5) Add several counterterrorism teams within the FBI, including a team responsible for tracking the financial situation of terrorist organizations, a team to prevent terrorist attacks, and two teams for data analysis;

(6) Improve and advance the relationship between the FBI and foreign intelligence agencies;

(7) Implement technological upgrades within the FBI, including replacing all computers with state-of-the-art computers;
(8) 518 special agents responsible for anti-narcotics and anti-crime will also gradually participate in anti-terrorism missions.

In the eyes of some American politicians, they believe that FBI Director Robert Mueller can do this, and he will do it more perfectly.Most people in the United States also believe that the FBI will learn its lesson and will ensure its own safety under the leadership of Robert Mueller.

§§§Section [-] Recruitment and Training of Intelligence Personnel
As of 2009, the FBI employed more than 3 employees, including 1972 special agents and nearly 7000 support staff, laboratory technicians, and administrators.Once upon a time, the FBI had very few female and minority agents.Even as late as 1000, there were not a single female FBI agent, and only a handful of them were minorities.But now, there are at least [-] women among the employees, more than [-] ethnic minorities, and even more than [-] disabled people.

So how were these FBI employees recruited?In fact, when Director Hoover raised the FBI to a very high pinnacle of power, the FBI was recruiting a lot of people every year.Applicants first apply online, and the FBI conducts preliminary screening to eliminate those with criminal records, and then choose among the remaining people to be American citizens, aged between 23 and 36, and have full-time jobs for more than three years. Experience, bachelor degree or above, physics, computer science, information technology, engineering, accounting, finance, law enforcement or other investigation-related disciplines, as well as military, intelligence, language and other fields, if you are a student of linguistics, you must be proficient Candidates with multiple languages ​​and other conditions.

Then, the FBI will conduct a detailed investigation on the background of these applicants who have passed the screening for the first time. Applicants must undergo various tests such as lie detectors, illegal drugs, and credit records, and even former and current colleagues, neighbors, friends, and colleagues. Teachers will be the subject of questioning, and after all doubts have been ruled out, these talents will be notified in writing by the FBI, and then enter the stage of written examination and interview.Those who have passed are only FBI reserve personnel, and they need to go through hard and step-by-step training before they can be formally accepted by the FBI.

Under normal circumstances, trainees are trained for three months each, and the training location is at the Department of Justice in Washington or the nearby Guantico Naval Base in Virginia. It is also a school established by Hoover to train the FBI.In the school, students attend classes five days a week, from 9:9 a.m. to [-]:[-] p.m. every day. If the learning tasks are heavy, additional classes are required on Saturdays and Sundays.During the training process, the instructors will often remind these trainees that although they have passed through many obstacles and come here, this is only the beginning, because only one of the hundreds of them can stand the strict review and test, and was finally appointed as a special agent .The instructors told them that they were "the best", the "best", and "the most carefully selected people in the world".And instill in them a sense of pride: Bureau agents must be "above" any other government official, just as the FBI itself is above all other agencies of the federal government.

Once the trainees had a sense of pride, the instructors immediately instilled individual heroism.This is a kind of American culture, and it is a required course for the FBI.Of course, these personal heroics are just extra-curricular exercises for loyal minds.In the following teaching, students will be instilled with a strong thought of loyalty.The FBI stipulates that every trainee must swear allegiance to the Constitution, defend the Constitution, and attack anyone who is regarded as an enemy by the United States.Every student must be loyal to the FBI - in the Hoover era, there is another one, that is, he must be loyal to Director Hoover.

During the 20-week course, in addition to learning shooting and fighting skills, as well as mastering the knowledge and skills of intelligence collection, analysis, law, and strategy and tactics, the trainees also have to participate in simulated actual combat.

However, in addition to the harsh training of the FBI, there is also a human side.The Bureau of Investigation stipulates that, apart from academics, female students do not have the same physical requirements as male students, but have lower requirements.In spite of this, there are still some people who can't pass the test. Therefore, in order to take care of the female agents, the FBI has "advanced" this regulation, that is, when the female agents are interviewed before they are hired, they start to arm them. A test of palm strength.So, when applicants fail this test, they know they're not going to pass.

Most of the content of the training courses can be reflected in the graduation examination subjects after the training.The original FBI Cadet Exam had six main and nine sub-subjects.The main subjects include federal criminal law and investigative methods, etc., and the sub-subjects include court appearance skills, firearm use, and even crime scene searches and speeches.And today, the FBI has added some new training courses. The trainees must learn body language and Islamic teachings, because they have to compete with terrorists, so these are must-learn content.After increasing the training content, the training time of the trainees has also been extended.The time the camp spends on counterterrorism and counterintelligence skills has also increased from 23 hours to 55 hours.In addition, the usual 16-week basic training will be extended by one week to accommodate changes in the training program.

Although the FBI's work is dangerous, the training content requires agents not to use weapons casually.The FBI has strict regulations on the use of weapons, and you cannot shoot casually unless it is an emergency that endangers your own or the lives of others.It is the same even when chasing suspects. For ordinary suspects, conventional methods are basically used. For serious suspects, the police will use stronger forces, such as dispatching special police and helicopters to round up, so as to reduce the casualties of agents.

After the exam, the admitted students will receive an envelope, in which they will be told which branch or office they will work in.Just like what the instructor instilled in the students, the FBI is indeed a head above all other agencies of the federal government. This can be seen from the treatment of secret agents. Most of them have a basic salary of [-] U.S. dollars a year. , Much higher than the average salary in the United States, and this is only the income of junior secret service personnel.

In this way, an FBI agent was born, thus actively fighting on the covert front.

§§§ Section [-] Job Content of Intelligence Officers

In the United States, for FBI staff, as long as they are within their duties, the FBI is willing to do anything.

So, what are the jobs of FBI staff?This, of course, has to start with the Bureau of Investigation itself.Even many years ago, the headquarters of the FBI already had the most advanced crime detection technology laboratories in the world at that time, such as the equipment and weapons inspection room, explosives laboratory, shoe print and rut research room, fingerprint identification and archives room , blood laboratory, handwriting identification room, document identification room, password research room, special photography research room and so on.

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