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1. SAC: Special agent in charge of Houston field office looks at the new FBI
Working
closely and sharing information with other federal agencies? Leveraging
resources with state, county and local government? This is the FBI? In this interview, Andrew R. Bland, III, special agent in charge of the FBI's Houston Division Field Office,
discusses the new realities of operating a field office. "We simply
can't get the job done individually," he says. "We have to force
multiply."
Hear It Now (July 8, 2008)
2. CRIMINAL BRANCH: Despite new counterterrorism focus, the FBI continues to pursue criminals
When
average Americans think of the FBI, they generally think about the
investigation and arrest of criminals. That's the job of Michael
Anderson, head of the criminal branch of the FBI's Houston Division Field Office. In this interview, he discusses the realities of this FBI tradition as the bureau approaches its 100th birthday.
Hear It Now (July 8, 2008)
3. COUNTERTERRORISM: The FBI's mission in counterterrorism focuses on preventing the next attack
When
it comes to investigating terrorism, the FBI's mission has changed from
finding out what happened to preventing the next attack. In this
interview, Special Agent Brad Dierdorff, supervisory special agent for
the counterterrorism program of the FBI's Houston division field office, explains how his team meets that mission.
Hear It Now (July 15, 2008)
4. COUNTER INTELLIGENCE: Modern espionage prefers to steal R&D, FBI supervisory special agent says
Supervisory Special Agent Don Graves, program coordinator for the counterintelligence program of the FBI's Houston division field office, talks about the challenges his team faces daily in protecting the nation's fourth largest city from espionage. More and more, he says, the FBI's focus is on stopping the theft of research and development information rather than of finished products. Knowledge is not only easier to steal and more portable, but it is often more valuable, he says.
Hear It Now (July 22, 2008)
5. CYBER CRIME: Cyber crime is now among the FBI's priorities, Houston special agent says
The sheer ubiquity of the personal computer has raised cyber crime to a top priority at the FBI, says Supervisory Special Agent Mark Webster, supervisor of the computer crimes squad of the FBI's Houston division field office. His office focuses on four categories of cyber crime:
hacking, child pornography, theft of intellectual property and online fraud.
Hear It Now (July 29, 2008)
6. FIELD INTELLIGENCE GROUP: FBI's field intelligence groups connect dots within the data of homeland security
It's not enough to gather massive amounts of data on homeland security issues. Someone has to review it, collate it and distribute it to the nation's intelligence communities. That someone is the FBI, or more precisely the FBI's field intelligence groups. In this interview, we hear from Special Agent in Charge Carlos Barron, who heads the intelligence branch (including the field intelligence group) of the FBI's Houston division field office.
Hear It Now (Aug 5, 2008)
7. VIOLENT CRIMES AND GANGS: Street gangs recognize no boundaries, says supervisor of Houston FBI task force
Street gangs recognize no boundaries, and are more than willing to conduct carjackings, home invasions, robberies, drug trafficking and burglaries in suburbs as well as inner cities. With more then 130 documented in just the Greater Houston area, gangs pose a major risk to average Americans, says Supervisory Special Agent Brian Ritchie, who leads the violent crimes and gangs task force in the FBI's Houston division field office.
Hear It Now (Aug. 12, 2008)
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8. PUBLIC CORRUPTION: Public corruption can have impact on national security
Corruption in government at any level strikes at the core of the nation, says Special Agent Jennifer Smith of the public corruption squad at the Houston field office of the FBI. This includes bribery, extortion and voter fraud. In this interview, Smith describes a case involving the corruption of two federal air marshals.
Hear It Now (Sept. 16, 2008)
9. CIVIL RIGHTS: Civil rights remains high priority for enforcement
The FBI may have made terrorism its top priority, but the bureau remains vigilant on civil rights, says Special Agent Albert Tribble of the FBI's Houston division.
Hear It Now (Sept. 16, 2008)
10. CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN: FBI targets pimps who turn children into
prostitutes
Prostitution makes victims of children as young as nine, says Special Agent Patrick Franson of
the Houston Division field office. He assigned to the Innocence Lost Initiative, which targets
pimps who use underage girls as prostitutes. In this interview, Franson explains what the FBI is
doing to slow down child prostitution.
Hear It Now (Oct. 7, 2008)
11. FBI RECRUTING: Bureau deals with challenges in finding new agents
It is possible to be an FBI agent and have a life beyond the bureau, says special agent Lucretia
Robinson, applicant coordinator for the Houston Division. But the FBI is finding it increasingly
difficult to find recruits who are willing to relocate and who are physically fit.
Hear It Now (Oct. 21, 2008)
12. CHAIR INMA: InfraGard provides partnership between FBI and
volunteers
InfraGard is an FBI-affiliated public-private partnership with over 26,000 volunteer members
across the country working toward infrastructure protection. In this interview, we learn more
about InfraGard from the current chair of the the National Board of Directors of the InfraGard
National Members Alliance.
Dr. Kathleen L. Kiernan i is a 29-year veteran of Federal Law Enforcement and is the CEO
of Kiernan Group, an international consulting firm which supports federal and civil clients. She
previously served as the assistant director for the Office of Strategic Intelligence and
Information for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) where she was
responsible for the design and implementation of an intelligence-led organizational strategy to
mine and disseminate data related to explosives, firearms and illegal tobacco diversion, the
traditional and non-traditional tools of terrorism.
Hear It Now (Oct. 28, 2008)
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