FBI director

Federal investigative head

The FBI director is the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the principal federal law enforcement agency in the United States.

The position carries a ten-year term limit, intended to insulate the role from political pressure.

Directors have sometimes become controversial figures themselves: The president fired the FBI director amid the ongoing investigation.

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law enforcement role

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Criminal organization's top figure

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federal hierarchy/oversight

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Officer assigned regular route

field agent · cabinet secretary · private citizen

jurisdiction/scope

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Elected local law enforcer

mall cop · private detective

Family

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