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

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