BY
THE NUMBERS
FBI Transformation Since 2001
09/06/06
Founded 98 years ago with 34 investigators,
the FBI has grown into a law enforcement
and intelligence agency with more than 30,000
agents, analysts and professional employees.
Dramatic events five years ago changed the
course of the FBI, its methods and its mission.
Numbers speak volumes, so here are a few
examples to help illustrate the FBI’s
evolution since 2001.
12,515: Number of Special
Agents as of March 2006
30,430: Total number of
FBI employees as of March 2006
5: Years since FBI Director
Robert S. Mueller was appointed head of
the FBI
9/11: The day terrorists attacked the U.S. and
set in motion a major restructuring of FBI priorities
Hiring:
1,023: Intelligence
analysts on 9/11/01.
2,161: Intelligence analysts
as of 9/11/06
784: Linguists on 9/11
1,371: Linguists today
192: New special agents
hired in FY 2001
535: New special agents
hired so far this year
9: New intelligence analysts
hired in FY 2001
266: New intelligence analysts
hired so far this year
401: New hires in FY 2001
1,610: New hires so far
this year
Information Technology:
30,000: Desktop
computers deployed since 2001
53: Sources of counterterrorism
data investigators can search in a single
query on IDW, a proprietary tool the FBI
built to “connect the dots.”
2004: Year the FBI deployed IDW, or Investigative
Data Warehouse, to agents, analysts and law enforcement partners.
13,000: IDW accounts around the world
3 to 5: Seconds it takes IDW to search 700 million
records in separate databases.
Training:
16: Weeks of new-agent
training at the FBI Academy in Virginia on
9/11
18: Weeks of new-agent training today
0: Hours of intelligence training for new agents
on 9/11
24: Hours of intelligence training for new agents
today
54: Hours of counterterrorism/counterintelligence
training for new agents on 9/11
92: Hours of counterterrorism/counterintelligence
training for new agents today
1,713: Intelligence analysts trained through ACES,
an analytical training program
392: Intelligence analysts trained in the new Cohort
program, an intense five-week training regimen designed for analysts
at the FBI Academy.
Information Sharing:
0: Intelligence
Information Reports (IIRs) filed before 9/11
20,281: Current IIRs. The reports are a means to
share raw intelligence. Other intelligence products include Assessments,
which address how to deal strategically or technically with a threat;
and Bulletins, which are finished assessments that reveal trends
and significant developments.
0: Intelligence assessments pre 9/11
827: Current intelligence assessments
0: Intelligence bulletins pre 9/11
399: Current intelligence bulletins
Partnerships:
35: Joint Terrorism
Task Forces (JTTFs) pre 9/11
101: Current number of JTTFs,
which are groups of federal, state and local
law enforcement officials working alongside
each other to investigate or respond to terrorist
acts.
6: Regional Computer Forensics Laboratories, digital
forensics labs where FBI and local law enforcement investigators
examine digital evidence.
22,000: Complaints received each month at the Internet
Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
700,000: Complaints received since IC3 was founded
by the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center in 2000. Of
those, 450,000 were referred for investigation.
Corruption:
1,060: Government
employees, including 177 federal officials,
convicted for corrupt activities
25: Percent increase in public corruption cases
investigated
622: Agents working public corruption matters, an
increase of 264 since 2002.
465: Corporate fraud investigations involving “cooking
the books.”
49: Percent increase in number of informations and
indictments in money-laundering cases since 2001.
2,187: Arrests in money-laundering cases since 2001.
International:
44: Legal Attaché (Legat)
offices overseas pre 9/11
57: Legat offices today
20: Percent of international students attending
the National Academy at Quantico
If you would like to know more about how
the FBI has evolved to meet new and emerging
threats, visit our Transformation
page and fact sheets.
