𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ "𝗙𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆, 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆" 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝟭𝟭/𝟮𝟵/𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➤ The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➤ The Justice Department had been tasked with the regulation of interstate commerce since 1887, though it lacked the staff to do so. It had made little effort to relieve its staff shortage until the Oregon land fraud scandal at the turn of the 20th Century. President Roosevelt instructed Attorney General Charles Bonaparte to organize an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.