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Article: FBI, CIA Try to Set Turf Rules as Bureau Branches Out; State Department Is Concerned About Possible Conflicts Between Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy Goals
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- The Washington Post
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- March 18, 1996
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Last month, at a closed-door session at the U.S. Embassy in
Rome, FBI and CIA agents stationed in Europe met to establish ground
rules to coordinate their operations to meet the growing threat of
global organized crime, terrorism and international narcotics
trafficking.
The FBI, which has investigative offices in 23 countries and
training missions in many more, plans to increase its foreign
activities, pushed not only by its own bureaucracy but by the White
House. The administration wants to capitalize on the bureau's
reputation for crime fighting, which has been heavily promoted in
newly independent countries.
The growing FBI overseas contingent is establishing liaison ...