An overview of the National Security Branch, or the (NSB) is that it has four separate, but major components. These components or branches are divided into Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Terrorist Screening System. The FBI National Security Branch was created by a presidential directive and his headed by a Senior Bureau official with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The NSB was founded in September of 2005 (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2016).
The NSB is comprised of the offices of Counterintelligence Division, Counterterrorism Division, High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, Terrorist Screening Center, and WMD Directorate. These agencies act in unison, as the lead office responsible to detect, deter and disrupt national security threats our country. The NSB is evolving and continually refines its capabilities to deal with the ever evolving threats faces by the United States, and how to specifically prioritize them and plan for …show more content…
The FBI as an agency, strives to keep a balance between protecting ensuring and privacy of the American population. Their mission is to collect information whenever possible concentrating on specific threats to the nation, while preserving the rights and civil liberties of the people (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2016). The NSB in partnership or conjunction with the FBI, has their focus centered on activities and threats, which might prove to be dangerous to the people as a whole, or in direct violation of federal laws. Terrorism itself, can be either foreign or domestic in nature. A key component of the NSB’s fight on terrorism is the national joint terrorism task force (Federal Bureau of Investigation,