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| Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
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| Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
| Reports to | Attorney General Director of National Intelligence |
| Seat | J. Edgar Hoover Building, Washington, D.C. |
| Appointer | The President with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the President. (10 years by statute), renewable (only by the Senate) |
| Formation | July 26, 1908 |
| First holder | Stanley Finch |
| Deputy | Deputy Director |
| Website | www.fbi.gov |
The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a United States federal law enforcement agency, and is responsible for its day-to-day operations. The FBI director is appointed for a single 10-year term by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate.[1][2][3] The FBI is an agency within the Department of Justice (DOJ), and thus the director reports to the attorney general of the United States.[4]
The director briefed the president on any issues that arose from within the FBI until the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 was enacted following the September 11 attacks. Since then, the director reports in an additional capacity to the director of national intelligence, as the FBI is also part of the United States Intelligence Community.[5]
The current director is Christopher A. Wray, who assumed the role on August 2, 2017, after being confirmed by the United States Senate, taking over from Acting Director Andrew McCabe after the dismissal of former Director James Comey by President Donald Trump.[6]
- ^ "Directors, Then and Now". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
On October 15, 1976, in reaction to the extraordinary 48-year term of J. Edgar Hoover, Congress passed Public Law 94-503, limiting the FBI Director to a single term of no longer than 10 years.
- ^ "28 U.S. Code § 532 - Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation". LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ "FBI Director: Appointment and Tenure" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ "Organization, Mission & Functions Manual: Attorney General, Deputy and Associate". US Department of Justice. August 27, 2014. Archived from the original on January 31, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ "FBI Intelligence Reform Since September 11, 2001: Issues and Options for Congress". Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ The New York Times, May 9, 2017, "F.B.I. Director James Comey Is Fired by Trump"