Task Force Officers (TFOs) often undergo extensive specialized training, gain additional investigative experience, and manage complex JTTF investigations during their tenure.

Today, the Bureau has special agents and support professionals in more than 80 overseas offices, pursuing terrorist, intelligence, and criminal threats with international dimensions in every part of the world.

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The highest rank in the FBI is the director. The office is filled by presidential appointment, provided the Senate votes to confirm. The FBI director answers to the U.S. attorney general, the director of national intelligence and various congressional committees.

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Implementing Structural Changes to Enhance Counter-Terrorism Efforts Over the past seven years, the Justice Department and its component agencies have fundamentally restructured their operations to better address national security threats and prevent terrorist attacks. Some of the major structural reforms include the following:

No one wants to think about a terrorist attack but it is important to be prepared in case such an event happens. Terrorist attacks may include the use of explosives, flammable agents, biological and chemical agents causing detrimental impacts in multiple areas including infrastructure, economy, nature and human health.

As part of this strategic shift, the FBI has overhauled its counterterrorism operations, expanded intelligence capabilities, modernized business practices and technology, and improved coordination with its partners. Some of the significant adjustments include

Prosecution on such charges is often an effective method, and sometimes the only available method, of deterring and disrupting terrorist planning and support activities.