Historical Documents from the Bureau's Founding…
In his 1907 Report to Congress,
AG Bonaparte asked Congress to consider creating a detective
force in the Department of Justice.
On
January 17, 1908, Bonaparte testified to
Congress on the need for a DOJ detective
force.
AG
Bonaparte's July 26 memo
that represents the official beginning of the Bureau.
In
his 1908 Report to Congress,
Bonaparte announced the creation of a small force of
detectives in the Department of Justice.
When
President Roosevelt picked a fight with Congress, AG Bonaparte had to
defend
his new detective force in a letter to the President dated
January 14, 1909.
In
1935, Washington Star reporter Don Bloch wrote a long article
on AG Bonaparte.
A
short reflection on the early Bureau
written by James G. Findlay in 1943. Findlay entered
the Bureau in 1909.