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The current Director '''[http://www.fbi.gov/libref/directors/directmain.htm Directors of the FBI is ]'''
*[[Robert Mueller]], September 4, 2001 to present
*[[Thomas J. Pickard]], (Acting) 2001
*[[Louis J. Freeh]], 1993-2001
*[[Floyd I. Clark]], (Acting), 1993
*[[William S. Sessions]], 1987-1993
*[[John Otto]], (Acting) 1987
*[[William H. Webster]], 1978-1987
*[[Clarence M. Kelly]], 1973-1978
*[[William D. Ruckelshaus]], (Acting) 1973
*[[L. Patrick Gray]], (Acting) 1972-1973
*[[J. Edgar Hoover]], 1924-1972
*[[William J. Burns]], 1921-1924
*[[William J. Flynn]], 1919-1921
*[[William E.
Allen]], (Acting) 1919
*[[Alexander Bruce Bielaski]], 1912-1919
*[[Stanley Finch]], 1908-1912
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The '''[http://www.fbi.gov/ Federal Bureau of Investigation]''', commonly referred to as the '''FBI''' , "originated from a force of Special Agents created in 1908 by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte during the Presidency of [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. " [http://www. fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/historymain.htm See FBI History].
Major changes in how the FBI conducts its business came in 2001 when FBI Director was tasked "with a specific mandate to upgrade the Bureau's information technology infrastructure, to address records management issues, and to enhance FBI foreign counterintelligence analysis and security in the wake of the damage done by former Special Agent and convicted spy [[Robert Hanssen]]", the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, and, on October 26, 2001, the signing into law by President [[George W. Bush]] of [[Patriot Act I]], "which granted new provisions to address the threat of terrorism."[http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/changeman.htm]
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