The formation of the FBI goes back to a group of special agents created in 1908, by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte, under President Theodore Roosevelt. It sprung up during the Progressive Era, a time when people supported a crime intervention team and believed government intervention was necessary in this type of society. Congress was also very supportive toward the Attorney General's plan. They enacted a law preventing the Department of Justice from engaging in secret service operatives, giving all of the investigative power to Bonaparte and his team of special agents. On July 26, 1908, Bonaparte ordered his special agents to report to Chief examiner Stanley W. Finch. This force of agents was later named the Bureau of Investigations by the new Attorney General George Wickersham. The Chief Examiner was changed to Chief of the Bureau of Investigations. Stanley W. Finch was Chief from 1908 to 1912.
The purpose of the Bureau of Investigation was to investigate the crimes "of......
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