United to Protect: The FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center
Before the attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Intelligence Community had no central location from which to pool, share, and analyze information specifically related to terrorist threats.
Now, in an unprecedented government integration effort, experts from 16 federal agencies are sitting side by side at the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) with one major mission: avoiding another major terrorist attack on U.S. soil. read more...
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Four Virginia men, including two longtime employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, were arrested on charges of taking part in a conspiracy involving more than $20 million in bribes and kickback payments and the planned steering of a $780 million government contract to a favored contractor. Full Story - Richmond: FBI Recovers Valuable Civil War Battle Flag
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