Mr. Soto, the head of the board, said the case shows that the board is establishing itself as a full-fledged investigatory agency.

Based on the traditional Chinese censorate, the Control Yuan is an investigatory agency that monitors the other branches of government.

Mayor Koch said the Tyler report had been referred to "appropriate investigatory agencies."

In the same month CTI was created as a counter-Twisted investigatory agency, the President appointed him its chief.

"I don't know why they're spending money on an outside investigatory agency," the mayor said, noting that the city has its own Department of Investigation to look into suspected misconduct.

Their vigilance, some officials have said, helped keep pressure on investigatory agencies to find the bombers.

ICE is the second largest investigatory agency, yet, anecdotal evidence indicates the general public is largely unfamiliar with it.

I continued, in my most lawyerly, officious tone, "Major Tran now works in an investigatory agency in the Pentagon.

"With a proper investigatory agency," Nurt said, "those crimes can be stopped, as well as even more heinous ones."

Nurt was the first one out the door, apparently eager to begin his work setting the investigatory agency up.