Centennial Honors College
Western Illinois University
Undergraduate Research Day 2012
Podium Presentation
Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity
Atif Bukhari
Faculty Mentor: Hyeyoung Lim
Law Enforcement and Justice Administration
This project involves examining the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). It also
consists of exploring current and past administrative and organizational issues within the FBI. The
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is an agency belonging to the United States Department of
Justice that provides services for both federal criminal investigations and internal intelligence, also
known as counterintelligence. There is some concern that the movement of investigative resources
from the FBI’s traditional criminal mission to the counterterrorism and counterintelligence mission may
undermine the agency’s ability to aggressively counter crime. The FBI is faced with issue of
protection and whether it can protect the United States from another 9/11-type attack. Another goal
of this project is to show how the FBI has handled that criticism as well as what changes were made
to effectively combat the department’s mission statement. The ongoing reformation of the FBI
presents possible opportunities in change in protection. The FBI’s reactive law enforcement culture,
with its alleged predilection for information may ultimately prove itself incapable of adapting to a
preventative counterterrorism and intelligence mission. This research highlights the importance of
communication, effectively training future agents, as well as cleaning house.