Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation is named in 165 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1935 to 2026.
Federal Bureau of Investigation on the timeline
165 events · 1935–2026 · click any marker
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-28 | FBI Indianapolis Field Office Receives Nassar Allegations from USA Gymnastics, Fails to Open Investigation for 14 Months
4 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · W. Jay Abbott · Michael Langeman · USA Gymnastics · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2014-09-17 | Apple Announces iOS 8 Encryption Makes iPhones Unlockable Even by Apple
4 src Apple · Tim Cook · National Security Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2014-07-21 | Human Rights Watch Report - FBI Terrorism Prosecutions "Often An Illusion"
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Human Rights Watch · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2014-07-15 | Former Utah Attorneys General Shurtleff and Swallow arrested on 23 corruption counts
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2013-08-08 | Lavabit Encrypted Email Service Shuts Down Rather Than Comply with NSA Demands
4 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · Edward Snowden | confirmed | |
| 2011-09-01 | FBI Surveils Occupy Wall Street as "Terrorist Threat" Before First Protest
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2010-09-24 | FBI Raids Anti-War Activists' Homes in Coordinated Nationwide Operation
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2010-06-27 | Anna Chapman and Russian Spy Ring Arrested in Manhattan
4 src Anna Chapman · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Russian Intelligence | confirmed | |
| 2010-06-27 | DOJ charges 'Illegals Program' (including Anna Chapman); 10 plead guilty and are swapped
4 src Anna Chapman · U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2009-05-20 | Newburgh Four Arrested in FBI Entrapment Sting - "Buffoonery" Made Into Terrorism
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2008-12-11 | Bernie Madoff Arrested for $65 Billion Ponzi Scheme After SEC Ignored Warnings for 16 Years
5 src Bernie Madoff · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2008-06-30 | Alexander Acosta Approves Secret Non-Prosecution Agreement with Jeffrey Epstein
3 src Alexander Acosta · Jeffrey Epstein · Alan Dershowitz · Kenneth Starr · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2007-09-01 | FBI Inspector General Reports 35% Error Rate on Terror Watchlist
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2007-03-09 | DOJ Inspector General Documents Systematic FBI Surveillance Abuse
3 src Glenn Fine · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2007-01-01 | Palantir Begins Rapid Expansion Across U.S. Government Agencies
2 src Palantir Technologies · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2006-03-01 | FBI Infiltrates Orange County Mosques with Informant in Dragnet Surveillance
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2004-01-05 | Scott Bloch Dismisses 1,000+ Whistleblower Cases at OSC
3 src Office of Special Counsel · U.S. Congress · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2002-08-01 | Cheney Establishes Legal Framework and Authorization for CIA Torture Program
6 src Dick Cheney · George W. Bush · David Addington · John Yoo · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2002-06-24 | Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci Convicted in Operation Plunder Dome Corruption Trial, Sentenced to Five Years for Racketeering Conspiracy
4 src Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2001-11-01 | NSA Launches MAINWAY Database for Mass Metadata Collection
3 src National Security Agency · AT&T · Verizon · T-Mobile · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-01 | FBI Begins Development of Carnivore/DCS1000 Internet Surveillance System
4 src Louis Freeh · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Electronic Frontier Foundation · Electronic Privacy Information Center | confirmed | |
| 1996-09-03 | Maria Farmer's FBI complaint against Epstein/Maxwell stamped, ignored for a decade
2 src Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1996-08-29 | Maria Farmer reports Epstein/Maxwell assault to NYPD, five days before separate FBI complaint
1 src Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · New York Police Department · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1994-10-25 | Clinton Signs CALEA Requiring Telecom Networks to Be Wiretap-Ready By Design
4 src Bill Clinton · Louis Freeh · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Edward Markey · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1992-07-17 | GAO Tells Markey the FBI Had Dealt With Carrier Security Officers, and Neither the FBI Nor Industry Had Studied Wiretap Alternatives
1 src Edward Markey · Federal Bureau of Investigation | reported | |
| 1992-03-18 | Barr and Sessions Convene Carrier Executives on FBI Digital Telephony Bill, Per FBI Director Freeh's Later Account
2 src William Barr · William Sessions · Louis Freeh · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | reported | |
| 1992-03-06 | FBI Announces Digital Telephony Legislation
2 src William Sessions · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Louis Freeh | reported | |
| 1991-06-15 | FBI Cellular Surveillance Pilot Programs Establish Mass-Collection Template Before CALEA
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · William Sessions · National Security Agency | confirmed | |
| 1988-01-01 | S&L Crisis Prosecutions: 1,000+ Bankers Convicted, Contrasts Sharply with 2008
3 src Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Office of Thrift Supervision | confirmed | |
| 1976-03-10 | Attorney General Levi Issues First Written Guidelines Limiting FBI Domestic Security Investigations
2 src Gerald Ford · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 1975-04-26 | Church Committee Exposes Systemic Intelligence Agency Abuses
3 src Frank Church · Central Intelligence Agency · National Security Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1975-04-22 | Church Committee: Landmark Democratic Resistance Framework Against Intelligence Abuses
3 src Frank Church · U.S. Senate · Central Intelligence Agency · National Security Agency · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1975-01-27 | Church Committee begins exposing illegal intelligence activities
4 src Frank Church · Church Committee · Seymour Hersh · Central Intelligence Agency · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1973-10-20 | Saturday Night Massacre: Nixon Fires Special Prosecutor Cox, Richardson and Ruckelshaus Resign in Protest
3 src Richard Nixon · Archibald Cox · Robert Bork · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1972-06-23 | Smoking Gun Tape: Nixon Orders CIA to Block FBI Watergate Investigation
3 src Richard Nixon · H.R. Haldeman · Central Intelligence Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1972-06-17 | Five Burglars Arrested Breaking into Democratic National Committee Headquarters at Watergate Complex
3 src James W. McCord Jr. · E. Howard Hunt · G. Gordon Liddy · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1972-05-02 | J. Edgar Hoover Dies in Office After 48 Years, Ending Longest FBI Directorship and Enabling Oversight Possibility
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Richard Nixon | reported | |
| 1972-01-01 | Jules Kroll founds innovative private intelligence firm Kroll Associates
4 src Jules Kroll · Kroll Associates · Central Intelligence Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1971-04-28 | Hoover Abolishes Formal COINTELPRO Operations After Media Expose, But Informal Operations Continue
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI | reported | |
| 1971-03-08 | COINTELPRO Exposed - FBI's Secret War on Civil Rights and Dissent Revealed
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · J. Edgar Hoover · Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI | confirmed | |
| 1970-07-14 | Nixon Approves Huston Plan Authorizing Illegal Surveillance, Rescinded After Hoover Objects
3 src Richard Nixon · J. Edgar Hoover · Richard Helms · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1969-12-04 | FBI and Chicago Police Assassinate Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton in Pre-Dawn Raid
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Chicago Police Department · Black Panther Party | confirmed | |
| 1969-05-09 | Kissinger Initiates Wiretapping of 17 Journalists and NSC Staff After Hersh Cambodia Leak
3 src Richard Nixon · Henry Kissinger · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1968-06-05 | Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated in Los Angeles After California Primary Victory
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · LAPD | confirmed | |
| 1968-04-04 | Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated in Memphis While Supporting Striking Sanitation Workers
3 src Martin Luther King Jr. · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1967-08-25 | FBI COINTELPRO Launches Black Nationalist Hate Groups Program Targeting Civil Rights Leaders
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Martin Luther King Jr. · Black Panther Party · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1964-11-21 | FBI Mails Anonymous Suicide Letter to Martin Luther King Jr., Weaponizing Surveillance Material
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · William C. Sullivan · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Martin Luther King Jr. | confirmed | |
| 1964-06-21 | Mississippi Burning Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner During Freedom Summer Voter Registration
3 src Ku Klux Klan · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1963-10-18 | Hoover Personally Briefs Johnson with King Sex-Surveillance Dossier, Weaponizing Personal Material Against Civil Rights Leader
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Lyndon B. Johnson · William C. Sullivan · Martin Luther King Jr. · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1963-10-10 | Attorney General Robert Kennedy Authorizes FBI Wiretapping of Martin Luther King Jr.
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Martin Luther King Jr. · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1963-09-15 | KKK Bombs 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Killing Four Young Girls
3 src Ku Klux Klan · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1957-07-08 | Hoover Formalizes "Official and Confidential" File System, Institutionalizing Personal Blackmail Infrastructure
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1956-08-28 | FBI Director Hoover Launches COINTELPRO to Target Communist Party and Domestic Dissent
6 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Communist Party USA | confirmed | |
| 1953-06-19 | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed at Sing Sing, Cold War's Most Controversial Death Penalty Case
3 src Roy Cohn · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Dwight D. Eisenhower | confirmed | |
| 1953-02-09 | Roy Cohn Establishes Blackmail and Intimidation Network
4 src Roy Cohn · Joseph McCarthy · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1952-01-01 | Hollywood Blacklist Reaches Peak with Over 300 Industry Professionals Banned
3 src House Un-American Activities Committee · American Legion · Federal Bureau of Investigation · J. Edgar Hoover | confirmed | |
| 1950-09-23 | McCarran Internal Security Act Passes Over Truman Veto, Codifies Red-Scare Surveillance Apparatus
3 src Harry S. Truman · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Communist Party USA | confirmed | |
| 1950-08-01 | State Department Revokes Paul Robeson Passport for Political Views and Soviet Support
3 src State Department · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1947-10-01 | Federal Loyalty Program Implementation Creates Permanent Political Background-Check Regime
3 src Harry S. Truman · Federal Bureau of Investigation | reported | |
| 1947-03-21 | Executive Order 9835 Establishes Federal Loyalty Program - 5 Million Screened, Guilt Presumed
4 src Harry S. Truman · Federal Bureau of Investigation · House Un-American Activities Committee | confirmed | |
| 1943-02-01 | Army Signal Intelligence Service Begins VENONA Soviet Cable Decryption, Foundation for Post-War Counterintelligence
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Agency | confirmed | |
| 1941-12-07 | FBI Pre-Pearl-Harbor Japanese-American Dossier System Provides Internment Target Lists
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Franklin D. Roosevelt | confirmed | |
| 1939-09-06 | Roosevelt Proclamation Consolidates All Domestic Intelligence Under FBI, Creating Peacetime Intelligence Monopoly
2 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1936-08-24 | Roosevelt Secret Oral Directive Authorizes FBI General Intelligence Without Statutory Basis
3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1935-07-01 | Bureau of Investigation Formally Renamed Federal Bureau of Investigation, Professionalization Era Begins
2 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Homer Cummings | confirmed |
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