Mr.
Schiff: Hi, welcome to "FBI 100, A Closer
Look." I'm Neal Schiff of the Bureau's Office
of Public Affairs along with FBI Historian Dr.
John Fox. John, as we look back in the 99 year
history of the FBI, change has been a key word.
After the tragic terrorist acts of September 11,
2001, the FBI became much more than just an investigative
agency. And there were changes in August of 1975?
Dr.
Fox: "Yes. The Attorney General Levi and
Director Clarence Kelley decided to take responsibility
for investigating violent radical groups out of
the Intelligence Division of the Bureau and put
it into the Criminal Investigative Division so
that when we went after those groups, we weren't
simply looking at them simply because they spouted
off violent rhetoric, but because they actually
involved in violent crimes."
Mr.
Schiff: In another criminal matter John, for
a long time the FBI has investigated cases involving
the La Cosa Nostra, commonly known as the mob
or mafia. And a lot of that work comes out of
the New York City office?
Dr.
Fox: "Yes, in New York in 1995 for instance,
following an FBI investigation, Joseph Legrano,
a Colombo family soldier, was convicted of murder.
We had been investigating the Colombo family for
many years because they were in the midst of a
very violent civil war. And that investigation
alone led to almost five dozen convictions."
Mr.
Schiff: From the FBI's Public Affairs office,
along with Bureau Historian Dr. John Fox, I'm
Neal Schiff with "FBI 100, A Closer Look."
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