The seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, part of the U.S. Department of Justice, is displayed at the J. Edgar Hoover Building on August 8, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
The agency’s top artificial intelligence leader said the agency has 139 approved use cases, more than double the number of entries in its public AI inventory.
The FBI shows some of the drones agents confiscated during the World Cup on July 29, 2026. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
A police drone above Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, ahead of England’s opening game against Croatia at the 2026 World Cup on June 17, 2026. (Photo by James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin testifies before the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. Mullin answered subcommittee members’ questions about his department’s FY2027 budget. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The agency is looking for ways to partner with the Department of Justice unit as UAS threats multiply, Secretary Markwayne Mullin told lawmakers during a hearing.
General view of the Adidas Trionda, official match ball of the FIFA World Cup 2026 at SoFi Stadium on June 9, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt McNulty – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
Troy Edgar testify during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on June 3, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
ICE CIO Dustin Goetz sits on the far right during a panel discussion at AFCEA Bethesda’s LEAPS Summit in Washington, D.C on May 14, 2026. (Photo by Lisa Nipp)
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. James Adams III and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testify during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 18, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
FBI Director Kash Patel told lawmakers during a hearing that the agency is purchasing commercially available information that is then used in law enforcement operations.
Officials from the FBI, DEA and Naval Criminal Investigative Service said the build-versus-buy IT debate is no longer viewed as a toss-up within most agencies.