National Security Service (United States)

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

Abbreviation

FBI

Seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

agency information

Motto

Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity

Agency Overview

Formed

1908

Employees

30,762 (October 31, 2006)

Annual Budget

8.7 billion USD (2006)

Legal personality

Governmental agency

Jurisdictional Structure

Federal agency
(Operations jurisdiction)

United States

Legal jurisdiction

As per operations jurisdiction.

Governing body

United States Congress

Constituting instrument

United States Code Title 28 Part II Chapter 33

General nature

Civilian agency
Federal law enforcement

Operational Structure

Headquarters

J. Edgar Hoover Building, Washington, D.C.

Sworn members

12,659 (October 31, 2006)

Unsworn members

18,009 (October 31, 2006)

Agency executives

Child agencies

FBI Academy
FBI Laboratory
Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)
Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG)
Counterterrorism Division (CTD)

Major units

Field offices

56: List of FBI Field Offices

Notables
People	John Edgar Hoover, Director, for being the founding director William Mark Felt, former Federal Agent, for whistle blowing, Watergate scandal Joseph Leo Gormley, Forensic Scientist, for expert testimony
Programmes	FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives FBI Most Wanted Terrorists National Incident Based Reporting System Uniform Crime Reports
Significant Operation	COINTELPRO

Website

http://www.fbi.gov/

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The National Security Branch (NSB) is the sub-service within the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation that is responsible for counterterrorism, counterintelligence and intelligence. Headed by an Executive Assistant Director of the FBI, the NSB is responsible to the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI Director and the U.S. Attorney General. The NSB was formed by the unification of the FBI's FBI Counterterrorism Division, the Directorate of Intelligence and the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate.

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It is speculated that this will lead to the formation of "career paths" for FBI Special Agents; meaning that once a new agent has completed Special Agent Training at FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and has completed the mandatory probationary period, that he or she will choose to go into the National Security Branch, or go into the "Criminal" part of the Bureau and focus on crimes such as organized crime, narcotics, civil rights violations, fraud, and violent crime. Some advocates of this new program say that this re-organization will help the fight against terrorism by making it less bureaucratic.