Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is an agency of the government of the United States of America, and handles both criminal investigations and domestic intelligence operations. It is part of the US Department of Justice.

Formed in 1908 as the Bureau of Investigation, the agency grew to prominence as it helped combat bootleggers and organized crime during Prohibition in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was reformed as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under J. Edgar Hoover, who headed the bureau from 1935 to 1972. It also investigated espionage directed against the United States.

During the 1950's Red Scare in the Cold War era, the FBI was frequently involved in searching for activity of Communists and Communist sympathizers in the United States.

In 1957, two FBI agents, Paul Smith and Taylor were sent to interrogate Indiana Jones after his encounter with Irina Spalko in Hangar 51 and the betrayal of George McHale. As they began to question Jones' own allegiances, Jones was rescued by General Bob Ross, who vouched for Jones' loyalty to the United States. The FBI continued to put pressure on Jones, ransacking his office and files at Marshall College, eventually causing him to lose his job, which also resulted in the protest resignation by Jones' friend and dean, Charles Stanforth. After the destruction of Akator, and the defeat of Spalko and the Soviet expedition, the FBI cleared Jones of any Communist sympathies, and the college was able to re-hire him and Stanforth.

Appearances

 * Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
 * Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull novel
 * Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (comic)