FBI 10 Most Wanted: How US intelligence determines who makes notorious criminal list

The FBI gets assistance from local law enforcement agencies across the country to determine which criminals make its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, which deserves more media attention than it receives, according to a former agent.

"The people that are typically placed at the top are individuals who posed a grave threat to national security or the security of the people of the nation," former FBI special agent and Navy SEAL Jonathan Gillam told Fox News Digital. "Those are two different things. One … has to do with the ability of the nation to protect its secrets and the other is to protect people … in their homes."

Fugitives who make the list pose an "imminent threat" to the nation, according to Gillam, meaning that person "can cause great damage" to a specific person or the country, therefore threatening national security.

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