Mr.
Schiff: It
was July
26 th, 1908,
and the Bureau
of Investigation,
later to
become the
FBI, was
created...
Mr. Fox: "We had about two dozen matters that we investigated. From peonage that was an early civil rights crime to fraud in the government in U.S. prisons and U.S. courts to some national security concerns.”
Mr. Schiff: Dr.
John Fox, the
FBI’s
Historian...
Mr. Fox: "We were charged with investigating treason accusations as well as the neutrality laws of the day which said that you couldn’t hatch a revolution on U.S. soil and then go and try and overthrow a foreign government.”
Mr.
Schiff: Fox
says that
before the
mid 1930s,
there were
some crimes
that weren’t
federal violations...
Mr.
Fox: "Bank Robbery, Helping a Fugitive to Escape, Killing a Federal Officer, Kidnapping.”
Mr.
Schiff: There’s
a lot of
history in
the FBI’s
first 100
years. Learn
all about
it and see
the kids’ page
at www.fbi.gov.
I’m Neal
Schiff of
the Bureau
and that’s
what’s happening
at the “FBI,
This Week.”
