NCJ Number
124671
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 58 Issue: 6 Dated: (June 1990) Pages: 48-52
Date Published
1990
Length
5 pages
Annotation
To meet the challenges posed by organized crime, terrorism, white-collar crime, and foreign counterintelligence, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) developed a long-range automation strategy during the 1970s and early 1980s highlighting future exploitation of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and other advanced technologies.
Abstract
Throughout the 1980s, the FBI updated its strategy and added labor racketeering and narcotics to its priorities. In 1987, the agency developed a prototype expert system to support major domestic and international terrorism investigations. The system uses the "enterprise theory" by analyzing groups, identifying relationships among subjects and their modus operandi, and establishing a level for reasonable suspicion and for proof of probable cause. The Investigator's Notebook expert system component assists the individual investigator in filing notes, compiling the file review checklist, and fulfilling FBI policy requirements. A new FBI counterintelligence expert system identifies new links among known terrorists and ranks targets for surveillance. The agency also developed a prototype for an organized crime/racketeering expert system. All the systems feature ease of learning, flexible interface, and the use of agent terminology.