FBI+Background


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=FBI History= The FBI was founded in 1908 by Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte under President Theodore Roosevelt. Teddy wanted a government agency that would investigate land thieves in the west and big trusts in the east so he made the FBI. It mainly investigated violations of federal laws, though. In 1917, WWII brought the Selective Service Act, which gave the FBI the responsibility of prosecuting people that refused to register for the draft, and in 1919 the Stolen Motor Vehicle Act made stealing a motor vehicle a federal crime, therefore making the FBI responsible for prosecutions of stolen cars.

=The Hoover Era= In 1924, when J Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI, things started to change drastically for the FBI.