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Bobby Ray Inman

Another factor is the decision, made in 1976, to sharply divide the FBI and the foreign intelligence agencies. The FBI would collect within the United States the foreign intelligence agencies would collect overseas.

Bobby Ray Inman

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In 1976, a clear separation was established between the FBI and foreign intelligence agencies, assigning domestic intelligence work to the FBI and international intelligence gathering to the foreign agencies. This division meant that each agency focused exclusively on either inside the U.S.

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