FBI INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS: Coordination Within Justice on Counterintelligence Criminal Matters Is Limited

Abstract

Recent Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intelligence investigations identifying possible significant criminal violations have brought to light serious problems that have limited whether and when the FBI coordinates its investigations with the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Criminal Division. These investigations involved allegations that the Peoples Republic of China was seeking to influence the 1996 Presidential election in the United States and that nuclear weapons design secrets at the Los Alamos National Laboratory had been compromised. Timely coordination 1 on such intelligence investigations can be important because the Criminal Division may be able to advise the FBI on ways to (1) preserve its intelligence sources so that they would not be compromised in the event of subsequent prosecution and (2) enhance the evidence needed to prosecute the alleged crimes. In addition, prosecutors need sufficient time to familiarize themselves with a case in order to address any court proceedings emanating from the perpetrators arrests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA393247

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  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Congress
  • Counterterrorism
  • Crime
  • Criminal Investigations
  • Electronic Mail
  • Foreign Intelligence
  • Governments
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  • Intelligence Collection
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Surveillance
  • Terrorism
  • United States

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