Quaestors were originally appointed by the consuls to investigate criminal acts and determine if the consul needed to take public action.

The FBI is the nation's lead federal law enforcement agency for investigating and preventing acts of domestic and international terrorism.

That means that it cannot be enough to investigate individual acts by individual officers, as if they were merely bad apples.

Namely getting rid of double jeopardy, and the 1998 racism act (which forces police to investigate acts of racism).

On the issue of prison rape, Glynn is not quick to investigate acts of sexual abuse and violence for two main reasons.

In part, he blamed the inspector general's office, which investigates improper acts by school employees.

The ability to investigate possible criminal acts committed by the President is the very reason the law was created - and the very reason it remains necessary.

"In investigating such heinous acts, there will be no harassment of innocent citizens," he said.

In 1975, three young reporters and a priest are investigating criminal acts tied to Gumersindo Montenegro - a rising politician with a bright future.

It has a permanent anti-terrorist task force headed by magistrates whose only mandate is to investigate acts of terrorism and potential terrorist threats.