After the successful completion of a background investigation and an appointment into a New Agents Class, Special Agent applicants will be designated into one of five career paths: Intelligence, Counterintelligence, Counterterrorism, Criminal, or Cyber. In addition, applicants appointed to either Counterintelligence or Counterterrorism may receive a further specialty nomination to Weapons of Mass Destruction matters. This specialty appointment is based upon the applicant’s education, prior employment, preference as well as their knowledge, skills, and abilities. With all five career paths overseeing intelligence and investigative activities, specifics on each division are as follows:
Directorate of Intelligence
The mission of the intelligence program is to optimally position the FBI to meet current and emerging national security and criminal threats by:
Aiming core investigative work proactively against threats to U.S. interests,
Building and sustaining enterprise-wide intelligence policies and, capabilities, and
Providing useful, appropriate, and timely information and analysis to national security, homeland security and law enforcement community.
