The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence
and security service of the United States and its principal federal
law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United
States Department of Justice, the FBI is also a member of the U.S.
Intelligence Community and reports to both the Attorney General and
the Director of National Intelligence. A leading U.S.
counter-terrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative
organization, the FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than
200 categories of federal crimes.