Monday-
No school SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday-
went over forum post leaders
talked about super bowl plays
FBI
basic facts
director- James Corney
Bigger organization
part of Department of Justice
History
founded on July 26, 1908
first director John Hoover
years where not every many people got caught 1921-1933
named changed in 1935
Powers and Responsibilities
protect from terrorist
protect from foreign intelligence operations
protect against cyber-attacks and technology crimes
combat public corruption at all levels
protect civil rights
break up gangs and works against them
work against violent crimes/ major crimes
Controversies
Hitler controversy
Hitler escaped the Allied forces
hid in Andes mountains
heavily guarded
many other Nazi’s joined him
he died at age 95, in Brazil
FBI didn’t act
J. Edgar Hoover bribed by threats to family let the Mafia go and some major crimes
Secret service
1. Basic Facts-Where is it located, how many people work for it, current leader, etc.
SS HQ 3 blocks from White House
120 field offices in all 50 states
there are dozen offices in foreign countries as well
personnel is 1,300 uniformed officers
2,100 special agents
1,700 more for support
guys in uniform division provide protection for the White House and other buildings in Washington
Special agents are usually assigned to field operations for a few years before they qualify for higher offices.
only one agent has ever died while protecting president
never had a traitor or spy in its ranks
FBI started as part of the Secret Service
2. Is it part of a bigger organization? If so, what.
part of the DHS
3. History
President Lincoln authorized on April 15, 1865.
began operating on July 5, 1865 to stop counterfeiting
started as department of treasury
changed to protect president after McKinley was killed
leslie Coffelt first officers to die while protecting the President
Authorized by congress to protect the president, VP and their families fully in 1951
after Kennedy was killed put in charge of the candidates as well.
September 11, 2001 67 SS Special Agents went to people to save people one was killed
2001, the USA patriot act came into effect
Wednesday-
4. Powers/Responsibilities
originally primary goal was to stop counterfeiting
now they also protect presidents and major leaders
stop financial crimes like counterfeiting, treasury security, and major fraud
5. Major controversies surrounding organization
2009-10 Joe Biden motorcade was involved in a series of accidents one of them fatal to a bystander
August 2011 several agents got in trouble for having “Animal House” type parties throughout the nights while they were supposed to be protecting the president
April 2012 several agents in Cartagena, Colombia were fired when they were accused of being with prostitutes and drinking all night while they were supposed to be preparing for Obama’s visit.
Went over Latin American Map
Thursday-
went over Latin American map
went over non-map test information
went over what will be on the test
explained what you should know for the test
studied the non map test
Friday-
- took non-map test
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