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There are categories for fictional portrayals of the San Fransisco, Los Angeles, Pittsburg, New York City Police Departments and with the FBI getting proximate attention on film and television, it makes sense that shows and movies that use the FBI as subject matter should have Its own category. Please explain why what I created was deleted.--[[Special:Contributions/67.84.73.254|67.84.73.254]] ([[User talk:67.84.73.254|talk]]) 17:24, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
There are categories for fictional portrayals of the San Fransisco, Los Angeles, Pittsburg, New York City Police Departments and with the FBI getting proximate attention on film and television, it makes sense that shows and movies that use the FBI as subject matter should have Its own category. Please explain why what I created was deleted.--[[Special:Contributions/67.84.73.254|67.84.73.254]] ([[User talk:67.84.73.254|talk]]) 17:24, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

== James B. Comey new head of the FBI? ==

Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: U.S. President Barack Obama has chosen James B. Comney the new head of the FBI, the New York Times. Comey has worked in the Ministry of Justice in the administration of George W. Bush. Choice Comney be confirmed by Congress.[[Special:Contributions/78.2.82.246|78.2.82.246]] ([[User talk:78.2.82.246|talk]]) 14:12, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

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Former good articleFederal Bureau of Investigation was one of the Social sciences and society good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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May 26, 2006Peer reviewReviewed
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July 9, 2006Featured article candidateNot promoted
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June 6, 2009Good article reassessmentDelisted
Current status: Delisted good article

WHERE'S WHITEY?

Why no mention of the FBI's corruption of special agents, U.S. attorneys and federal judges in the Whitey Bulger case? A conspiracy to protect a serial murderer for decades and wrongfully imprison four men for Bulger's murders is a relevant part of the FBI story. Not including this sorry episode (with links) here makes the page look like it's been censored by the FBI.

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Edit request on 10 March 2013

In response to organized crime, on August 25, 1953, the FBI created the Top Hoodlum Program.

SHOULD READ In response to news of the mafia's Apalachin conference, the FBI in 1957 created the Top Hoodlum Program. [2] 70.36.134.24 (talk) 15:07, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I followed the reference link already in the article: Turning Point: Using Intel to Stop the Mob, Part 2:

"In 1953, the New York office—facing rising mobster activity—specifically asked to open intelligence files on 30 top hoodlums in the city to get a general picture of their activities and to keep an eye out for violations of federal law. On August 25th of that year, we made it an official national “Top Hoodlum Program,” asking all field offices to gather information on mobsters in their territories and to report it regularly to Washington so we’d have a centralized collection of intelligence on racketeers."

Not sure how to reconcile the FBI's own website with your source, ISBN 978-0897749916. Maybe you can look up what is says happened in '53. See Apalachin Meeting. Seems there may have been multiple "Top Hoodlum Programs." – Wbm1058 (talk) 04:04, 14 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have closed this {{edit semi-protected}} request as nearly 2 weeks have elapsed and there is no consensus to edit the article. —KuyaBriBriTalk 20:46, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI

Under 'Civil Rights movement', it reads "In March 1971, the residential office of an FBI agent in Media, Pennsylvania was robbed; the thieves took secret files and distributed them to a range of newspapers, including The Harvard Crimson.[29]" This theft was in fact an activist attack on illegal FBI practices by a group that called itself "Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI". This sentence should read something like "In March 1971, the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI broke into the residential office of an FBI agent in Media, Pennsylvania and took secret files, which they distributed to a range of newspapers, including The Harvard Crimson.[29]", including a link to the relevant page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens'_Commission_to_Investigate_the_FBI I would take out the reference to the Harvard Crimson as well, since they distributed the materials to many papers, of which the Crimson was not the most important. Borgonlandor (talk) 03:55, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Post-Hoover heads of the FBI

Following the death of Hoover, there was a period in which FBI leaders were replaced frequently and the entire organization was reorganized and made into a law-abiding institution. The FBI was a central part of the Watergate scandal (explained clearly in Tim Weiner's "Enemies: A History of the FBI", and elsewhere). This period is not mentioned at all in this entry, though it is discussed elsewhere on Wikipedia. It now reads as though the FBI wrote the page themselves, leaving out the parts they don't want to talk about. This period needs to be included and entries added to various other pages with more detail, such as: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat — Preceding unsigned comment added by Borgonlandor (talk • contribs) 04:10, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fictional portrayals

There are categories for fictional portrayals of the San Fransisco, Los Angeles, Pittsburg, New York City Police Departments and with the FBI getting proximate attention on film and television, it makes sense that shows and movies that use the FBI as subject matter should have Its own category. Please explain why what I created was deleted.--67.84.73.254 (talk) 17:24, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

James B. Comey new head of the FBI?

Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: U.S. President Barack Obama has chosen James B. Comney the new head of the FBI, the New York Times. Comey has worked in the Ministry of Justice in the administration of George W. Bush. Choice Comney be confirmed by Congress.78.2.82.246 (talk) 14:12, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/06/17/whitey-bulger-s-trial-conspiracy-john-connolly-speaks.html
  2. ^ Athan Theoharis (ed.), The FBI: A Comprehensive Guide, 35
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