2006-09-11 20:21:27 · 22 answers · asked by Sonny Walkman 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
the FBI has jurisdiction in the U.S and its territories, while the CIA works overseas. Plus the Cia is a lot more secretive than the FBI, and do alot of covert missions and work.
2006-09-12 08:44:06 · answer #1 · answered by scififed 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation. This agency is technically the Federal Police, and fall under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government. They can be involved in local cases that are violating Federal laws.
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency. This agency gathers information for the American Government to determine courses of action to be taken in the event there would be a threat the the American population.
Now while they should work together in some instances, they are separate entities and therefore fall under the rule that the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. Thus, if an international incident happens, they try to blame the other, but it is not necessarily the job of the FBI to keep track of what is happening in the world. Their main concern is to keep the citizens in the US from breaking Federal Laws.
2006-09-12 03:44:20 · answer #2 · answered by einsteins_mom 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With out going to any specifics, in general
The CIA handles anything that involves the United states directly or indirectly
speaking onfederal levels The FBI handles the pieces that were left by the CIA in other words things that are out of the hands of police officers, like a murder commited by a master mind, and a simple example of the job of the CIA is gathering info's from the socialists as to what they are doing, or things connected with assasinations...etc...
2006-09-12 03:26:57 · answer #3 · answered by Gabriel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The FBI operates within the confines of the USA, The CIA operates world wide
2006-09-12 03:49:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The FBI work on the land of US and the CIA are assassines for the US government.
2006-09-13 07:18:31 · answer #5 · answered by Mr curious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FBI main job is to handle internal security (within US border) CIA deals mostly with outside threats
2006-09-12 03:23:58 · answer #6 · answered by mark g 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both agencies investigate crimes and seek action to prevent them. I think FBI deals with internal problems while CIA deals with international problems. There are a lot of overlapping responsibilities and hence the need for good cooperation.
2006-09-12 03:26:38 · answer #7 · answered by openpsychy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
FBI looks after internal security of the USA and where as the CIA looks after counter intelligence of foreign spies and gathers information , draws plans to topple foreign governments at the behest of the president of the USA.
2006-09-12 03:26:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as i know, FBI is like the "Police" but in a US wide scale, while CIA is an intelligence agency that conducts investigations abroad.
2006-09-12 03:23:14 · answer #9 · answered by VeronicaB 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The CIA is an intelligence agency and has no mandate for domestic intelligence gathering. The FBI is a law enforcement agency and handles domestic counterintelligence.
2006-09-12 03:24:26 · answer #10 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋