[zxv]

This kind of FBI involvement predates DHS, and has been continued in part because of the way the programs evolved.

Much of the US critical infrastructure is owned and operated by private industry. For that reason, a collaboration between the FBI and private industry was formed in 1996, called Infragard [0]. Today, there are chapters in each of various regions of the US, each with an FBI coordinator who facilitates the communication between feds and local industry.

[0] http://www.infragardmembers.org/critical-infrastructures.htm...

[sova]

Thank you for the intel. Did not know about Infragard until now. Brushing up on my history, I am at about 1914 in the chronology :)