Founded in 1908 as a group of bank examiners and labor law investigators, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has become one of the premier law enforcement agencies in the world. The FBI's broad mission includes investigating everything from international terrorism and organized crime to human trafficking and white-collar crime. This new book examines the FBI from its earliest days, focusing on its main areas of activity, major cases, changes in protocol, and key tools that the agency uses to accomplish its goals. Key topics covered include: -The mission of the FBI -The FBI laboratory -The FBI during World War II -Soviet espionage -Organized crime -White-collar crime -Civil rights -Domestic and international terrorism.