What is the NSA's equivalnt to the CIA's Clandestine Service?
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There is no HUMINT operational side of the NSA.  To the extent that it has one, it is the DIA, as both are DoD components.
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Unfortunately, they don't have definite roles. The FBI is supposed to in charge of federal investigations within the country. The CIA is supposed to be in charge of intelligence in foreign nations and against foreign nationals within in the country, though the FBI seems to have jurisdiction over those people as well. The US Marshalls are somewhat more clearly defined. They protect the courts and judges and enforce their rulings. So, for instance, US Marshalls were instrumental in ensuring desegregation. The other federal law enforcement agencies are extremely well defined, being limited to either a specific location (like the Capitol Police) or specific statutes (like the ATF), but there is some overlap with them and all the other agencies. The FBI, for instance, can enforce the same laws as the ATF. The source below has a list of federal law enfrocement agencies. The other aspects of national security are all classified as military, and by definition are only supposed to target foreign nations or foreign nationals in America.
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Here is the right answer:\n\nThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal criminal investigative and intelligence agency which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice. The mission of the FBI is to uphold the law through the investigation of violations of federal criminal law; to protect the United States from foreign intelligence and terrorist activities; to provide leadership and law enforcement assistance to federal, state, local, and international agencies; and to perform these responsibilities in a manner that is responsive to the needs of the public and is faithful to the United States Constitution. The Bureau's motto is "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity."\n\nInformation obtained through an FBI investigation is presented to the appropriate U.S. Attorney or DOJ official, who decides if prosecution or other action is warranted. Top priority has been assigned to three areas: counterterrorism, foreign counterintelligence, and cyber crime.\n\nThe Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. A third function of the CIA is to act as the "hidden hand" of the government by engaging in "covert actions" at "the direction of the President."[1] It is this last function that has caused most of the controversies regarding the CIA over the years.\n\nThe CIA acts as the primary American provider of central intelligence estimates. It is believed to make use of the surveillance satellites of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the signal interception capabilities of the NSA, including the ECHELON system, the surveillance aircraft of the various branches of the U.S. armed forces and the analysts of the State Department and Department of Energy. At one point, the CIA even operated its own fleet of U-2 surveillance aircraft. The agency has also operated alongside regular military forces, and also employs a group of clandestine officers with paramilitary skills in its Special Activities Division. Micheal Spann, a CIA officer killed in November 2001 during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, was one such individual. The CIA also has strong links with other foreign intelligence agencies such as the UK's MI6 and Canada's CSIS.
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Try this site\n\nhttp://cia.gov/
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Bern\nhttp://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2057.html
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Actually they have a lot to with national security.\n\nTo what degree has the Foreign Service been penetrated by career intelligence officers? To a very considerable degree. Roughly three out of five supposedly State Department employees working abroad are in fact CIA officers. The number of young university and college graduates recruited by the CIA is steadily rising and now stands at more than 800 annually. In the last ten years, 7500 such graduates have been recruited and trained as intelligence officers at educational institutions like the CIA Camp Peary Training Center, the Foreign Service* Institute, and the National Intelligence Academy. The number is almost half of the entire CIA personnel working at Langley and at its stations abroad. \n\n\nAnd George Tenet just joined the School of F.S.
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The CIA is in no way connected to the Department of Defense. To look into applying for a job with the CIA, see the source below.
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No.  I work with MI6 and if anything, the Americans get more information from the British than the other way around.  The Americans focused so much on technical intelligence that they lost access to human resources.  They're rebuilding their human networks - with the British help.\n\nNo - this isn't classified - it's public record.
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FBI is national and CIA is international...
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The FBI, because more than any other group - they operate outside the bounds of the law.  I'm not sure there's much oversight of this group and they can pretty much do whatever they want.
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is this a riddle?\n\nmm.. cia.gov?
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FBI, CIA, NSA, SECRET SERVICE, DOD, Homeland security
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Of course and here's why\n\nAgainst the NSA international spying program\nAgainst the SWIFT program\nWant Geneva Convention protection for non uniformed terrorists\nGive terrorists Constitutional rights\nAgainst a fence on theMexico and the United States boarder\nWant amnesty for illegals (ask Ted Kennedy)\n\nList goes on. Those are off the top of my head
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Spamfighter613 - nice knee-jerk reaction there.\n\nThe NSA is generally tasked with cryptography - breaking codes and creating new ones for the government to use.
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The Mossad is the Israeli Intelligence Service.
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I have no problem with covert operations but I also have no problem with freedom of the press.  I think the administration (whichever party is in power) should be responsible for policing leaks and avoiding press coverage.
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sure.  there are 15 federal agencies involved in intelligence activities, collectively they are referred to as the "intelligence community."\n\nthey are:\n\n- army, navy, air force and marines each have an intelligence division.\n- CIA\n- defense intelligence agency (military intel)\n- department of homeland security (border/terrorism intel)\n- department of energy (nuclear related intel)\n- FBI\n- national geospatial intelligence agency (spy satellites, mostly)\n- national reconnaissance office\n- national security agency (communications and codebreaking)\n- state department (diplomacy and official channels)\n- treasury department\n- US coast guard\n\nyou can see a nice slideshow that outlines their relationships here:\nhttp://www.intelligence.gov/ic_in_a_nutshell/index.htm