Federal Bureau of Investigation

  The FBI's main goal is to protect and defend the United States, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies also partners.

Rank Structure

The following is a complete listing of the rank structure found within the FBI

• Field Agents
• New Agent Trainee (until graduation from Quantico)
• Special Agent
• Senior Resident Agent (non-supervisory, in a Resident Agency (satellite office)
• Supervisory Senior Resident Agent (only applies in Resident Agency offices.
• Supervisory Special Agent
• Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge (ASAC)
• Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC)
• FBI Management
  • Unit Chief
  • Section Chief
  • Deputy Assistant Director
  • Assistant Director
  • Associate Executive Assistant Director
  • Executive Assistant Director
  • Associate Deputy Director
  • Deputy Director
  • Director

Joint Terrorism Task Force

A Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) is a partnership between various American law enforcement agencies that is charged with taking action against terrorism, which includes the investigation of crimes such as wire fraud and identity theft. The agencies that a JTTF comprises generally include the Federal Bureau of Investigation, other federal agencies (notably Department of Homeland Security components such as U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, theU.S. Secret Service), state and local law enforcement

JTTFs engage in surveillance, electronic monitoring, source development and interviews in their pursuits. FBI task forces obtain written memoranda of understanding(MOUs) between participating law enforcement agencies.