Memo to the FBI

Memo

To:  English 1311 Students

From: Zachary Ornelas

Date: 12/6/2010

Re: Federal Bureau of Investigation and Counterterrorism Task Force

Message

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, or the FBI, is one of the most well know government agencies in the world. They deal with everything from White Collar Crimes, which consist of Bank Fraud and Embezzlement, to terrorism and counterterrorism. The FBI has more than 400 small offices and headquarters around the United States. The FBI also employs more than 35,000 employees from special agents that work out in the field to support professionals that work with intelligence and language specialists. (www.fbi.gov)

The main national security priority for the FBI is terrorism throughout the world and terrorism threats against the U.S. The FBI use counterterrorism to intercept those threats and attacks and stop them before they happen. The FBI has a counterterrorism taskforce within the Bureau to specifically work on intercepting and stopping terrorism attacks on the U.S and its citizens. One of the main points in counterterrorism is tracking Weapons of Mass Destruction, or WMD’s. The FBI use intelligence gathering to track down these weapons and stop the countries that have them from using them. (www.fbi.gov)

We need to put more resources into the government agencies that have these kinds of programs so we don’t have another disaster as 9/11. We need to stop the terror attacks before they are even thought of and put into motion. If the FBI had the resource they have now, I’m sure 9/11 could have been stopped and those 3000 lives that were lost on that tragic would be saved.