Cutbacks hamper FBI investigations of financial crimes
The FBI is struggling to find enough agents and resources to investigate criminal wrongdoing tied to the country's economic crisis
The bureau slashed its criminal-investigative work force to expand its national-security role after the Sept. 11 attacks, shifting more than 1,800 agents, or nearly one-third of all agents in criminal programs, to terrorism and intelligence duties.
Current and former officials say the cutbacks have left the bureau seriously exposed in investigating areas such as white-collar crime, which has taken on urgent importance in recent weeks because of ...
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I could easily suspect that the bushies diverted the FBI out of white collar crime investigation to protect their core constituency, the fat cats on wall street. The great focus on domestic terrorism has always seemed like run-away fear mongering, and has recently shown strong signs of intimidation of political dissent.