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Also Known As	Bureau of Investigation • United States Bureau of Investigation • FBI
Areas Of Involvement	intelligence • national security • FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List • Today in History—March 14: The Birth of the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List • Criminal investigation
Related People	James Comey • William H. Webster • Kash Patel • Robert Mueller • J. Edgar Hoover • Mark Felt • Herbert Arthur Philbrick • Charles Joseph Bonaparte

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