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Congress created the Department of Justice (DOJ) The DOJ created the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) The San Antonio Office of the BOI is opened and is the second Field Office (FO) to be established. The San Antonio FO covered all territory west of the Mississippi River. The office was located within the San Antonio Post Office Building. The BOI established Divisional Headquarters (DH) in Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Ohio; Kansas City, Kansas; New York, New York; San Antonio, Texas; San Francisco, California; and Portland, Oregon. The SAC, San Antonio, established a "temporary RA" (Resident Agency) in El Paso, Texas. The BOI became the U.S. BOI An executive order consolidated the U.S. BOI and the Prohibition Bureau to form the Division of Investigation (DOI) The San Antonio Post Office Building was demolished and the present United States Courthouse and Post Office Building was constructed. San Antonio FO is still located within this same building. President signs DOJ appropriation bill, Public Law 22, changing the name of DOI to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) FBIHQ approved the establishment of an RA in Waco, Texas. FBIHQ approved the establishment of an RA in Austin, Texas. The RAs now included Austin, Brownsville, Laredo, Belton, Waco, Del Rio, McAllen and Kerrville, Texas. A new RA was established in Fredericksburg, Texas, at the request of the White House due to its proximity to the LBJ ranch. FBIHQ authorized the SAC to close the one-Agent Fredericksburg RA John H. Wood, Chief U.S. District Judge, was assassinated near his home in San Antonio, Texas. The resultant FBI investigation, WOODMUR, was the most extensive in Bureau history up to that time. Charles V. Harrelson and four others were convicted in 1982/1983 of the murder. Chief District Judge William Steele Sessions, a resident of San Antonio, was designated by President Reagan as Director of the FBI. He was confirmed unanimously by the Senate and received the oath of office on November 2, 1987. The San Antonio Division is comprised of the San Antonio Field Office and 6 RA's located at: Austin, Brownsville, Del Rio, Laredo, McAllen and Waco, Texas. |
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