February 2-6

[6Ellen]

Monday - No school!

Tuesday - 

FBI

• Facts:
  • Headquarters in Washington D.C.
  • Director - James Correy
  • $8.3 billion budget
  • Motto- Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity
  • Part of Department of Justice
• History
  • Founded July 26, 1908
  • Made to identify criminal facts
  • John Hoover - first director
  • 1921-1933 Lawless Years - crimes without punishment / prohibition
  • 1935 - Name chanced to Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Powers
  • Protect US from terrorists
    • look for operatives in the states
    • cut off sympathizers
  • Protect against spies and foreign intelligence
  • Protect against cyber-based attacks and high-technology crimes
  • Combat public corruption at all levels
  • Protect civil rights
  • Combat transnational/national criminal organizations - Gangs
  • Combat significant violent crimes
• Controversies
  • Hitler escaped the Allied forces and fled, hid in the Andes Mountains in Argentina, heavily guarded, many other top Nazi's joined him, and died at age 95 in Brazil.
  • J. Edgar Hoover talking to the mafia from bribery

Secret Service

• Facts
  • SS HQ is 3 blocks form the White House
  • 120 field offices in the US
  • Dozen offices in foreign counties 
  • 1,300 uniformed officers
  • 2,100 special agents
  • 1,700 more for support
  • Uniformed - White House division (protect the White House and other buildings in Washington)
  • Special Agents are usually assigned to field operations for a few years before they qualitfy for perso protection ad after they can choose between several assignments
  • Only one agent has ever died protecting the president (in the 1950s)
  • Has never has a traitor in spy or it's ranks
  • FBI started as part of the Secret Service
  • Primary Job at start - counter counterfeiting/part of treasury ... Secret Service was then moved after 9/11 to the Department of Homeland Security
• History
  • President Lincoln authorized the creation of the Secret Service
  • Made to counter counterfeiting
  • William P. Wood was first chief
  • Started in Department of Treasury
  • In 1901, Congress requested the SS to be in charge of presidential protections
  • First U.S. domestic intelligence and counterintelligence
  • 1950, Leslie Coffelt became the only agent to die while protecting the president
  • 1951, Congress permanently authorized SS to protect the President, Vice President, President-elect, and their immediate families
  • After the assassination of Robert Kennedy, Congress set the SS in charge of protecting candidates for president and their immediate families
  • 1984, Congress passed the Comprehensive Crime Control Act, which extended their duties of fraud to cred card and computer fraud 
  • On 9/11, 67 SS Agents went into the buildings to rescue people
  • 2003, moved to the DHS
  • SS continues to protect the president and investigate crimes of fraud and counterfeit
• Powers
  • Primary responsibilities
    • are to protect the current president and past presidents and foreign leaders in America.
    • To stop financial crimes and counterfeit currency, treasury security, and major fraud
• Controversies
  • 2009/10 - Joe Biden's motorcade was involved in a series to accidents, one of them fatal to a bystander
  • August 2011 - Several agents got in trouble for having "Animal Party" type of party while they were supposed to be protecting the First Family
  • April 2012 - Several agents in Columbia were fired when being accused with prostitutes and drinking all night when they were supposed to be preparing for Obama's visit

Wednesday - Finish Secret Service Presentation (above) and worked on the Central America Map.

Thursday - Learned Central America Map and started to study for the current event test.