Federal Security Bureau (United States)

Federal Security Bureau
	Federal Security Bureau
Common name	Federal Security Bureau
Abbreviation	FSB
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Motto	Fidelis, Officium, Fortitudo
	Fidelity, Service, Bravery
Agency overview
Formed	25 June 1731
Employees	3,305 (October 31, 1732)
Annual budget	US$ 292 million (1732)
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency; (Operations jurisdiction)	United States
Legal jurisdiction	As per operations jurisdiction.
Constituting instrument	FSB Organic Act
General nature	Federal law enforcement; Civilian agency;
Operational structure
Headquarters	FSB Building; Fœderal Capital Territory
Sworn members	2,479 (October 31, 1732)
Secretary responsible	Chad Wolfe, U.S. Secretary for ; Public Safety & Civil Defense
Agency executives	William Pope, Director; AABB, Assistant Director;
	US Department of; Public Safety & Civil Defense
Major units	4 FSB Academy ; FSB Laboratory ; Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) ; Law Enforcement Bulletin Unit (LEBU) ;
Departments	7 Department B: Administration ; Department Q: IT and InOps technology ; Section 1: Central services and support ; FSB Section 2: Extremism (left– and right–wing) ; Section 3: Border and maritime security ; Section 4: Counter-espionage and counter-sabotage ; Section 5: Security threats posed to or by foreign extremists from abroad ; Section 6: Tashbaan extremism and terrorism ;
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	Federal Security Bureau

The Federal Security Bureau (FSB) is the Federal domestic security agency of the United States. Together with the departments of public safety at the State and Territorial level, it is tasked with intelligence-gathering on threats concerning the democratic order; the existence and security of the Union, the States thereof, and their Territories; and the peaceful coexistence of peoples; with counter-intelligence; and with protective security and counter-sabotage.

The FSB reports to the United States Department of Public Safety and Civil Defense. Since 1 November 1732, the agency has been headed by William Pope.

Oversight[edit | edit source]

The FSB is overseen by the United States Secretary for Public Safety and Civil Defense as well as the Federal Council, the United States Congress, and other Federal institutions. The U.S. Secretary for Public Safety and Civil Defense has administrative and functional control of the FSB. Parliamentary control is exercised by the Federal Council and United States Congress in general debate, question times and urgent inquires. The FSB is also under judicial control and all its activities can be legally challenged in court. Based on the right of information, the general public can direct inquires and petitions at the FSB.

Tasks and activities[edit | edit source]

FSB is mandated by the United States Congress to assist the thirty States and their thirty-nine Territories in the fight against inter-State and international crime, such as illicit drugs, trafficking in human beings, intellectual property crime, cybercrime, counterfeiting and terrorism, by serving as a center for law enforcement co-operation, expertise and criminal intelligence. The Bureau or its officials do not have executive powers — and therefore they do not have powers of arrest and cannot carry out investigations without the approval of State authorities: However, while no such approval is required from Territorial authorities, FSB guidelines direct the Bureau to treat the Territories as if they were States, unless to do so would create or exacerbate a public safety or national security issue.

FSB reported it would focus on countering cybercrime, organized crime, and terrorism as well as on building its information technology capacities during the 1730–1734 strategy cycle. The US Federal Council’s Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) of 1731 identified eight priority crime areas: cybercrime; drug production, trafficking and distribution; human trafficking and illegal immigration; organized crime; criminal finances and money laundering; document fraud; and online trade in illicit goods and services.

Additionally, the Bureau’s tasked activities in detail include analysis and exchange information, such as criminal intelligence; co-ordination of investigative and operational action as well as joint investigation teams; preparation of threat assessments, strategic and operational analyses and general situation reports; and developing specialist knowledge of crime prevention and forensic methods. The Federal Security Bureau is also directed to assist the Federal Council and the US Government in developing strategic and operational priorities.

Operations[edit | edit source]

While the FSB uses all kinds of surveillance technology and infiltration, they mostly use open sources. The FSB publishes a yearly report which is intended to raise awareness about anti-constitutional activities.

Main concerns of the FSB are:

Left-wing political extremists, platforms, movements and parties, notably certain factions within progressive parties and movements, as well as other smaller parties and groups preaching authoritarian progressivism.
Right-wing political extremists (mainly National Progressives, including the NDP, National Progressive Underground political parties and smaller groups preaching National Progressivism/National Socialism, and fascism).
Extremist organisations of foreigners living in the United States (most prominently Tashbaanist terrorists).
Scientology (considered by the United States government an authoritarian, anti-democratic commercial organization, criminal enterprise, and terrorist group rather than a religion).
Organized crime is also mentioned as a threat to the Republic, law and order, and free enterprise in the Union's business economic system. However, organized crime is only marginally, if at all, actively combated by the FSB in the States, as it falls within the reserved powers of the States; and in the Territories, under FSB and other Federal regulations concerning subsidiary, Territorial and territorial-local law enforcement are understood to have primary jurisdiction over organized crime.

FSB in relation to federal Territories[edit | edit source]

The FSB was established to handle criminal intelligence and combat serious inter-State organised crime and terrorism through cooperation between competent authorities of the thirty States united and their thirty-nine Territories. The Bureau has no executive powers, and its officials are not entitled to arrest suspects or act inside any of the States without prior approval from their competent authorities; however, no such approval is required where the Territories are concerned, although it is customary for FSB to treat Territories like States in this regard. In the Territories, the FSB not only have full police Authority (including full Authority to arrest as well as carry weapons), but the Agency also is vested with nearly-limitless oversight Powers of all law enforcement Agencies established in and by the Territories. In a sense, within the Territories, all Territorial law enforcement (including municipal police forces established under Territorial law) and their personnel and assets, are de facto local arms of the FSB. In particular, within the Territories the FSB have Power to dismiss, and even re-assign (to other parts of the Territory or even to another Territory entirely), Territorial law enforcement officers, including the leadership of Territorial law enforcement.

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