Palinology™

“WHEREAS, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was established on July 26, 1908, and commemorates its 100th anniversary this month. The FBI continues to evolve to meet its national security and criminal investigative missions in a post-September 11 world.

WHEREAS, today’s FBI is stronger and more agile than ever before. The FBI is becoming a highly-trained, electronically sophisticated, internationally networked organization. The FBI’s mission is to defend America from global terrorism and global crime, while at all times upholding our civil liberties.

WHEREAS, the FBI was created 100 years ago because crime had begun to cross country and state lines. Today, thanks to the rise of globalization, crime and terrorism can cross international boundaries with a single keystroke. Our adversaries can be anywhere in the world or on the internet.

WHEREAS, the FBI is not just facing kidnapers, gangsters, and thieves-it is facing terrorists, spies, hackers, violent gangs, international organized crime syndicates, corrupt corporations, and public officials and those who traffic in weapons, narcotics, and even human beings.

The FBI has as its core values:

• Rigorous obedience to the Constitution of the United States; • Respect for the dignity of all those we protect;

• Compassion;

• Fairness;

• Uncompromising personal integrity and institutional integrity;

• Accountability by accepting responsibility for our actions and decisions and the consequences of our actions and decisions; and

• Leadership, both personal and professional.

WHEREAS, the FBI has more than 90 dedicated FBI agents and professional support employees who serve in Alaska.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sarah Palin, Governor of the state of Alaska, do hereby proclaim July 26, 2008, as:

FBI Day

in Alaska, and encourage Alaskans to wish the FBI a happy 100 year anniversary.”

(Governor Palin Proclamation, Official Alaska Press Release, June 12, 2008.)