Jimmy's course was mostly completed, and then a new training session was arranged for the post-911 period, surveillance and counterterrorism.

After 911, the focus of the FBI's work began to shift, and a lot of power was shifted to counter-terrorism, and the FBI began to learn the CIA's methods, collect intelligence in advance, and use hundreds of millions of fingerprint databases and criminal files in the FBI laboratory, as well as the files of the Immigration Bureau, to monitor suspects suspected of terrorist attacks in advance, monitor their whereabouts and business, and prevent terrorist attacks.

There is a figurative analogy, before 911, the FBI was like a catcher in a baseball game, the pitcher threw the ball and received it, and after the crime occurred, the FBI took over and immediately launched an investigation and dealt with it. The CIA is like a pitcher, they take the initiative to strike first after aggregating information.

After the 911 incident, the FBI changed its role and divided it into two, on the one hand, it did its job as a receiver, and on the other hand, it changed its role and entered the role of a pitcher, and after summarizing information, it investigated and arrested suspects involved in terrorist attacks in advance.

In the FBI Academy, Jimmy's cohort is also the first cohort to receive counter-terrorism training, and the current training content is not very complete, mainly focusing on intelligence analysis.

The FBI trainees invited the relevant personnel of the FBI laboratory who were also in Kuantico to popularize the types and quantities of relevant intelligence in the current FBI system, as well as the groups they need to focus on in their future work, as well as some ways to obtain intelligence, and the content related to cooperation with other agencies.

FBI Laboratories is one of the departments of the FBI's Bureau of Science and Technology. The lab provides forensic forensics services at no cost to FBI agencies, state and local law enforcement agencies, and yes, there's an important word here, free.

The functions of the FBI laboratory include on-site investigation, case inspection, testimony in court, and technical training, and currently has three departments.

Biometric Analysis, fingerprint databases, DNA verification, etc., are all part of the department.

Forensic Response, on-site investigation, ballistic testing, detection and analysis of biological and chemical reagents and other radioactive or dangerous evidence departments, also provides photo and video identification, and has a special field department to provide on-site identification, video and other services for other departments.

The Scientific Analysis Division analyzes the chemical composition and toxic composition of substances, analyzes gunpowder residues and other gun traces, documents handwriting identification, tire imprints and shoe print analysis, etc., and also provides analysis of criminal activity codes and illegal business practices.

In 2003, the Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) was added, which was suspected of stealing business with the ATF, but it was clear that the ATF could not handle the FBI.

For prospective agents like Jimmy, several additional observation-related trainings have been added, such as how to distinguish a mentally stressed person in public, analyze whether they are carrying dangerous items from their appearance and the shape of their clothes, and whether the suspect repeatedly goes in and out of public places.

The other is how to deal with terrorist threats in large places, such as sports fields, large shopping malls, office buildings and other areas, including evacuating crowds, checking dangerous points, etc.

According to the data provided by the FBI Academy, in the nearly six months since the beginning of 911, the FBI headquarters has dispatched at least one-quarter of the agents and intelligence analysts from all over the country to be responsible for counter-terrorism-related content, and all the experts involved in chemistry, explosions, and physics who have been recorded in the register have been included in the surveillance plan.

For foreigners, especially immigrants in the Middle East, contacting the immigration bureau to conduct a large-scale investigation has triggered many complaints and prosecutions against the FBI for violating citizens' privacy rights. However, in the context of counter-terrorism, they have all been suppressed.

That's where the FBI's shift from receiver to pitcher comes from.

Jimmy's content at the FBI Academy has basically ended, and the last thing is assessment and assignment.

On the side of the college, the assessment is not like the university to do all the test papers, here is mainly directly arranged case processing, in addition to the final assessment, there is also a daily score, which is the final audit content of whether it can become an FBI agent.

After Jimmy and the others completed the assessment, they were asked to fill out a list similar to our college entrance examination volunteers.

The FBI has field offices and more than 400 local offices in 56 cities across the United States. The larger sub-bureau has hundreds of people, and the smaller one has more than 10 people. The sub-bureau has offices in towns and villages across the United States. In addition, the FBI has foreign offices in 62 countries around the world.

Regardless of whether they are hired or not, everyone has to fill out a copy, and then the college will issue an envelope to each person, which is the institution where the student reports. In addition, according to relevant information, the basic salary of a junior agent is $57,000 per year, which is much higher than the average salary in the United States.

Jimmy and the others finished filling out the classroom and walked out of the classroom, where there was an agent in the hallway wearing sunglasses and his hands crossed in front of him.

Agent: "Jimmy Young?" ”

Jimmy: "Yes, sir. What's the matter? ”

Agent: "Follow me, someone wants to see you." ”

Jimmy followed the agent out of the school building. He wasn't worried that this person was fake, this was the FBI Academy, not a university campus that cats and dogs could enter, and such a high-profile wait outside the classroom, it must be someone from the academy or someone from another FBI agency.

Thinking of the volunteer list filled out today, Jimmy probably has some ideas.

Jimmy and the agent came to the office building, this is his first time here, nothing happens, they can't enter the office building, and the students here don't have cards to swipe.

Jimmy followed the agent to a senior secret service office, but there was no name on the door, so Jimmy had no idea which department he was entering the office.

The agent knocked on the door and led Jimmy into the office, where he said to the middle-aged man in the office, "Jimmy Young has brought it." ”

Middle-aged man: "Well, you can go out." When the agent left, the middle-aged man said to Jimmy, "Sit down." ”

Jimmy sat down, and the middle-aged man found Jimmy's from a pile of folders on the table.

Middle-aged: "Jimmy Young, former assistant sheriff of Pulaski County, right." Have you ever thought about the department you're going to next? ”

Jimmy: "No, sir, I don't have a department in particular that I want to go to, I obey the Academy's arrangement. ”

The middle-aged man laughed: "Even if you stay in the academy as an instructor?" ”

Jimmy: "Well, of course, if that's how the academy is arranged, that's fine. ”