Mr.
Schiff: Hi, welcome to "FBI 100, A Closer
Look." I'm Neal Schiff of the Bureau's Office
of Public Affairs along with FBI Historian Dr.
John Fox. Wall Street is something we hear about
every day. But John, what happened back in 1920,
terrorism on Wall Street, was shocking?
Dr.
Fox: "Well Neal on the morning of September
16th a driver parked his cart on the side of the
street, right across from the Public Assay Offices
and the JP Morgan building. And within moments
it blew up killing more than 30 people and injuries
hundreds."
Mr.
Schiff: So the FBI, then called the Bureau
of Investigation, worked with other police agencies
to try and figure out what happened?
Dr.
Fox: "Yes, the Bureau, the New York Police
Department, Secret Service and many other agencies
were involved and trying to track down leads across
the country to identify who perpetrated this attack."
Mr.
Schiff: Early terrorism can we say?
Dr.
Fox: "Yes. Actually evidence was found at
the scene that the likely perpetrators were anarchists
who believed that all government should be overthrown.
In fact they had been responsible for several
bombings the year before as well and so the Bureau
had been working hard to try and figure out who
they were."
Mr.
Schiff: From the FBI's Public Affairs office,
along with Bureau Historian Dr. John Fox, I'm
Neal Schiff with "FBI 100, A Closer Look.
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