The FBI and the Movies

Nonfiction

On June 29, 1908, U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte ordered the creation of a special force within the Department of Justice. Consisting of 28 agents and eight former Treasury Department investigators, it was designed to stop interstate crimes yet had no power to arrest perpetrators or carry firearms. Named the Bureau of Investigation, the agency was soon bogged down with its own inherent problems, becoming an object of corruption and contempt-until May 19, 1924.

Author

Bob Herzberg

Publication Year

2007

Publisher

McFarland

Pages

276

Where to Purchase

Amazon

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