Mr.
Schiff: Hi, welcome to "FBI 100, A Closer
Look." I'm Neal Schiff of the Bureau's Office
of Public Affairs along with FBI Historian Dr.
John Fox. John, Public Corruption. A big problem.
How did the Watergate case in the 70s bring change
within the FBI?
Dr.
Fox: "Neal, Watergate came on the heels of
the death of J. Edgar Hoover. So the Bureau dealt
with this hugely important case dealing with corruption
and the White House. And it lead to a lot of hard
work in trying to work through what really was
a cover up going on."
Mr.
Schiff: What are some big public corruption
cases investigated by the FBI over the years?
Dr.
Fox: "Well Neal we've been doing it for a
long time. In the 1930s it was election corruption
in Kansas City. The early 1980s we had a case
called ABSCAM in which we were looking at public
corruption in New Jersey and in our own Congress.
And around the same time we were looking at corruption
in the judicial system in Chicago in a case called
Greylord which led to the arrest and eventual
prosecution of hundreds of people who had been
involved."
Mr.
Schiff: Of course FBI encourages anyone who
has information about public corruption to
call in?
Dr.
Fox: "Absolutely. We have opportunities on
our web site to get information about how you
can report a crime if you suspect that one's been
committed. And there are even various ways to
report those through the Internet."
Mr.
Schiff: Of course the FBI's web site is www.fbi.gov.
From the FBI's Public Affairs office, along with
Bureau Historian Dr. John Fox, I'm Neal Schiff
with "FBI 100, A Closer Look."
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