Both FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) are two agencies that collect and act upon information that is either related to crimes or affects national security. Although, they often cooperate, they differ in more points of view. The FBI, primarily, is a law enforcement agency that performs crime investigation and collects intelligence concerning domestic security, while the CIA is not responsible for the latter. The FBI also has to coordinate information collection and evaluation, and for this, it has offices oversea. The CIA chiefly focuses on international intelligence, and it often cooperates with international intelligence agencies in order to exchange information. The FBI handles domestic law enforcement issues, coordinates national efforts to find missing persons, deals with processing criminal evidence, while the CIA does not handle law enforcement. The FBI is an older organization.
