Federal Investigation Bureau (Morrawia)
| Federal Investigation Bureau Federální wyṡetṙovací úṙad | |
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 Federal Investigation Bureau's seal | |
 FIB special agent badge | |
 Flag of the Federal Investigation Bureau | |
| Common name | Bureau (Morrawian: Úṙad) Feds (Morrawian: Federálowé) |
| Abbreviation | FIB (Morrawian: FWÚ) |
| Motto | Férowost, Wúle, Úsilí Fairness, Integrity, Bravery (version in Common) |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | September 1, 1905 (as the National Office of Investigation) |
| Employees | ≈20,000 |
| Annual budget | ₮32 billion (as of 2021) |
| Legal personality | Federal agency |
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| Federal agency | Morrawia |
| Operations jurisdiction | Morrawia |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Overviewed by Ministry of the Interior´s | Office of Interior Intelligence, Office of Internal Affairs |
| Headquarters | Eduard T. Filip Building, Králowec, F.D., Morrawia |
| Federal agents | ≈17,000 |
| Staff members | ≈3,000 |
| Agency executives | |
| Parent agency | Ministry of the Interior (Morrawia), Office of the Director of National Intelligence |
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The Federal Investigation Bureau (FIB) (Morrawian: Federální wyṡetṙovací úṙad) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the Republic of Morrawia and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the Morrawian Ministry of the Interior, the FIB is a member of the Morrawian Intelligence Community and reports to both the Minister of the Interior and the Director of National Intelligence. A leading Morrawian counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization, the FIB has jurisdiction over violations of hundreds of categories of federal crimes.
Although many of the FIB's functions are unique, its activities in support of national security are comparable to those of other countries´ national police and counterintelligence departments. Unlike the Foreign Intelligence Agency (FIA), which has no law enforcement authority and is focused on intelligence collection abroad, the FIB is primarily a domestic agency, maintaining 23 field offices in mostly major cities throughout Morrawia, and more than 200 resident agencies in smaller cities and areas across the nation. At an FIB field office, a senior-level FIB officer concurrently serves as the representative of the director of National Intelligence.
Despite its domestic focus, the FIB also maintains a significant international footprint, operating Legal Attache (LEGAT) offices and several sub-offices in Morrawian embassies and consulates across the globe. These foreign offices exist primarily for the purpose of coordination with foreign security services and do not usually conduct unilateral operations in the host countries. The FIB can and does at times carry out secret activities overseas, just as the FIA has a limited domestic function. These activities generally require coordination across government agencies.
The FIB was established in 1905 as the National Office of Investigation, the NOI or OI for short (NÚW in Morrawiam). Its name was changed to the Federal Investigation Bureau (FIB) in 1932. The FIB headquarters is the Eduard T. Filip Building in Králowec, F.D. The FIB has a List of the TOP 10 criminals.
Mission, priorities and budget
Mission
The mission of the FIB is to "protect the Morrawian people and uphold the Constitution of the Republic of Morrawia".
Priorities
Currently, the FIB's top priorities are:
- Protect Morrawia from terrorist attacks
- Protect Morrawia against foreign intelligence operations, espionage, and cyber operations
- Combat significant cybercriminal activity
- Combat public corruption at all levels
- Protect civil rights
- Combat transnational criminal enterprises
- Combat major white-collar crime
- Combat significant violent crime
Budget
In the fiscal year 2024, the Bureau's total budget was approximately around ₮32 billion (ACU 8 billion).
In the Authorization and Budget Request to the Federal Congress for fiscal year 2024, the FIB asked for ₮31,800,724,000. Of that money, ₮31,748,829,000 would be used for Salaries and Expenses (S&E) and ₮251,895,000 for Construction.
History
Organization
Organizational structure
The FIB is organized into functional branches and the Office of the Director, which contains most administrative offices. An executive assistant director manages each branch. Each branch is then divided into offices and divisions, each headed by an assistant director. The various divisions are further divided into sub-branches, led by deputy assistant directors. Within these sub-branches, there are various sections headed by section chiefs. Section chiefs are ranked analogous to special agents in charge. Some of the branches report to the deputy director while other report to the associate director.
The main branches of the FIB are:
- FIB Intelligence Branch
- FIB National Security Branch
- FIB Criminal Services Branch
- FIB Science and Technology Branch
- FIB Information and Technology Branch
- FIB Human Resources Branch
Each branch focuses on different tasks, and some focus on more than one. Here are some of the tasks that different branches are in charge of:
FIB Headquarters Králowec, F.D.
National Security Branch (NSB)
- Counterintelligence Division (CD)
- Counterterrorism Division (CTD)
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate (WMDD)
- High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG)
- Terrorist Screening Center (TSC)
Intelligence Branch (IB)
- Directorate of Intelligence (DI)
- Office of Partner Engagement (OPE)
- Office of Private Sector
FIB Criminal Services Branch (CSB)
- Criminal Investigation Division (CID)
- Violent Crime Section (VCS)
- Child Exploitation Operational Unit (CEOU)
- Violent Crimes Against Children Section (VCACS)
- Major Case Coordination Unit (MCCU)
- Violent Crime Section (VCS)
- Cyber Division (CyD)
- Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG)
- International Operation Division (IOD)
- Victim Services Division
Science and Technology Branch (STB)
- Operational Technology Division (OTD)
- Laboratory Division (LD)
- Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division
Other Headquarter Offices
Information and Technology Branch (ITB)
- IT Enterprise Services Division (ITESD)
- IT Applications and Data Division (ITADD)
- IT Infrastructure Division (ITID)
- IT Management Division
- IT Engineering Division
- IT Services Division
Human Resources Branch (HRB)
- Training Division (TD)
- Human Resources Division (HRD)
- Security Division (SecD)
Administrative and financial management support
- Facilities and Logistics Services Division (FLSD)
- Finance Division (FD)
- Records Management Division (RMD)
- Resource Planning Office (RPO)
- Inspection Division (InSD)
Office of the Director
The Office of the Director serves as the central administrative organ of the FIB. The office provides staff support functions (such as finance and facilities management) to the function branches and the various field divisions. The office is managed by the FIB associate director, who also oversees the operations of both the Information and Technology and Human Resources Branches.
Senior staff
- Deputy director
- Associate deputy director
- Chief of staff
Office of the Director
- Finance and Facilities Division
- Information Management Division
- Insider Threat Office
- Inspection Division
- Office of the Chief Information Officer
- Office of Congressional Affairs (OCA)
- Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Affairs (OEEOA)
- Office of the General Counsel (OGC)
- Office of Integrity and Compliance (OIC)
- Office of Internal Auditing
- Office of the Ombudsman
- Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR)
- Office of Public Affairs (OPA)
- Resource Planning Office
Rank structure
The following is a listing of the rank structure found within the FIB (in ascending order):
- Field agents
- New agent trainee
- Special agent
- Senior special agent
- Supervisory special agent
- Assistant special agent-in-charge (ASAC)
- Special agent-in-charge (SAC)
- FIB management
- Deputy assistant director
- Assistant director
- Associate executive assistant director
- Executive assistant director
- Associate deputy director
- Deputy chief of staff
- Chief of staff and special counsel to the director
- Deputy director
- Director
Legal authority
The FIB's mandate is established in the Morrawian Code, authorizing the interior minister to "appoint officials to detect and prosecute crimes against the Republic of Morrawia." Other federal statutes give the FIB the authority and responsibility to investigate specific crimes.
The FIB's chief tool against organized crime is the Organized Crime Tactics Act. The FIB is also charged with the responsibility of enforcing compliance of the Morrawian Civil Rights Act of 1963 and investigating violations of the act in addition to prosecuting such violations with the Morrawian Ministry of the Interior. The FIB also shares concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) in the enforcement of the Substance Abuse Act of 1971.
The Homeland Security Act increased the powers allotted to the FIB, especially in wiretapping and monitoring of internet activity. One of the most controversial provisions of the act is the so-called sneak and peek provision, granting the FIB powers to search a house while the residents are away, and not requiring them to notify the residents for several weeks afterward. Under the Homeland Security Act's provisions, the FIB also resumed inquiring into the library records of those who are suspected of terrorism (something it had supposedly not done since the 1970s).
In the early 1980s, Senate hearings were held to examine FIB undercover operations in the wake of the M-OIL controversy, which had allegations of entrapment of elected officials. As a result, in the following years a number of guidelines were issued to constrain FIB activities.
Information obtained through an FIB investigation is presented to the appropriate Morrawian Attorney General of Ministry of the Interior official, who decides if prosecution or other action is warranted.
The FIB often works in conjunction with other federal agencies, including the Coast Guard Bureau of Morrawia and Customs and Border Protection Administration in seaport and airport security, and the Federal Aviation Administration in investigating airplane crashes and other critical incidents. Bureau of Immigration & Citizenship's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has nearly the same amount of investigative manpower as the FIB and investigates the largest range of crimes. In the wake of the 2000s terrorist attacks, the FIB was assigned as the designated lead organization in terrorism investigations. HSI and the FIB are both integral members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Heritage reservations
The federal government has the primary responsibility for investigating and prosecuting serious crime on heritage reservations, which is a catch-all term for native and chartered group territories.
There are 15 federally recognized native tribes in the Republic of Morrawia (mainly in Tawuii) and around 27 chartered communities around mainland Morrawia, and the FIB has federal law enforcement responsibility on nearly 70 tribal reservations and around 105 chartered community lands. This federal jurisdiction is shared concurrently with the Bureau of Tribal Affairs and Office of Tribal Justice and other agencies. Located within the FIB's Criminal Investigative Division, the Tribal Country Crimes Unit (ICCU) is responsible for developing and implementing strategies, programs, and policies to address identified crime problems in all of these special territorial divisions for which the FIB has responsibility.
The FIB does not specifically list crimes in native and community land as one of its priorities. Often serious crimes have been either poorly investigated or prosecution has been declined. Tribal and Community courts can impose sentences of up to three years, under certain restrictions.
Infrastructure
The FIB is headquartered at the Eduard T. Filip Building in Králowec, F.D., with 23 field offices in mostly major cities across Morrawia. The FIB also maintains over 200 resident agencies across Morrawia, as well as numerous legal attachés at Morrawian embassies and consulates. Many specialized FIB functions are located at facilities in Lawoṙice, Wallashia, as well as a "data campus" in Amberg, North Banawia, where millions of sets of fingerprints "from across Morrawia are stored, along with others collected by Morrawian authorities from prisoners from numerous countries." The FIB is in process of moving its Records Management Division, which processes Freedom of Information Act requests, to Wálkow, Pallaine.
According to The Králowec Post, the FIB "is building a vast repository controlled by people who work in a top-secret vault on the fourth floor of the Eduard T. Filip Building in Králowec. This one stores the profiles of tens of thousands of Morrawians and legal residents who are not accused of any crime. What they have done is appear to be acting suspiciously to a town gendarmer, a traffic cop or even a neighbor."
The FIB Laboratory, established with the formation of the NOI, did not appear in the Eduard T. Filip Building until its completion in 1974. The lab serves as the primary lab for most DNA, biological, and physical work. Public tours of FIB headquarters ran through the FIB laboratory workspace before the move to the Eduard T. Filip Building. The services the lab conducts include Chemistry, Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), Computer Analysis and Response, DNA Analysis, Evidence Response, Explosives, Firearms and Tool marks, Forensic Audio, Forensic Video, Image Analysis, Forensic Science Research, Forensic Science Training, Hazardous Materials Response, Investigative and Prospective Graphics, Latent Prints, Materials Analysis, Questioned Documents, Racketeering Records, Special Photographic Analysis, Structural Design, and Trace Evidence. The services of the FIB Laboratory are used by many state, local, and international agencies free of charge. The lab also maintains a second lab at the FIB Academy.
The FIB Academy, located in Lawoṙice, Wallashia, is home to the communications and computer laboratory the FIB utilizes. It is also where new agents are sent for training to become FIB special agents. Going through the 21-week course is required for every special agent. First opened for use in 1972, the facility is located on 100 hectares of woodland. The Academy trains state and local law enforcement agencies, which are invited to the law enforcement training center. The FIB units that reside at Lawoṙice are the Field and Police Training Unit, Firearms Training Unit, Forensic Science Research and Training Center, Technology Services Unit (TSU), Investigative Training Unit, Law Enforcement Communication Unit, Leadership and Management Science Units (LSMU), Physical Training Unit, New Agents' Training Unit (NATU), Practical Applications Unit (PAU), the Investigative Computer Training Unit and the "College of Analytical Studies".
In 2000, the FIB began the Millenium project to upgrade its outdated information technology (IT) infrastructure. This project, originally scheduled to take three years and cost around ₮410 million, ended up over budget and behind schedule. Efforts to deploy modern computers and networking equipment were generally successful, but attempts to develop new investigation software, outsourced to NEWArt Corporation, were not. Virtual Case File, or VCF, as the software was known, was plagued by poorly defined goals, and repeated changes in management.
In January 2005, more than two years after the software was originally planned for completion, the FIB abandoned the project. At least ₮200 million, and much more by some estimates, was spent on the project, which never became operational. The FIB has been forced to continue using its decade-old Automated Case Support system, which IT experts consider woefully inadequate. In March 2005, the FIB announced it was beginning a new, more ambitious software project, code-named Creator, which they expected to complete by 2009.
Koala was an electronic eavesdropping software system implemented by the FIB during the Turmenská administration. It was designed to monitor email and electronic communications. After prolonged negative coverage in the press, the FIB changed the name of its system from "Koala" to "EGCC". EGCC is reported to stand for "Electronic Governmental Communication Connector". The system has the same functions as before. The press reported in mid-January 2005 that the FIB essentially abandoned the use of Koala in 2001, in favor of commercially available software, such as StarLI.
The Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division is located in Wálkow, Pallaine. Organized beginning in 1991, the office opened in 1995 as the youngest agency division. It provides a main repository for information in various data systems. Under the roof of the CJIS are the programs for the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR), Fingerprint Identification, Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), NCIC 2000, and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Many state and local agencies use these data systems as a source for their own investigations and contribute to the database using secure communications. FIB provides these tools of sophisticated identification and information services to local, state, federal, and international law enforcement agencies.
The FIB heads the National Virtual Translation Center, which provides "timely and accurate translations of foreign intelligence for all elements of the Intelligence Community."
In June 2021, the FIB held a groundbreaking for its planned FIB Innovation Center, set to be built in Ṙíċany, Polinia. The Innovation Center is to be part of a large, college-like campus costing a total of ₮3.1 billion and will act as a center for cyber threat intelligence, data analytics, and emerging threat training.
Personnel
As of December 31, 2019, the FIB had a total of 18,852 employees. That includes special agents and support professionals, such as intelligence analysts, language specialists, scientists, information technology specialists, and other professionals.
Hiring process
To apply to become an FIB agent, one must be between the ages of 21 and 38, unless one is a preference-eligible veteran, in which case one may apply after age 38. The applicant must also hold Morrawian citizenship, be of high moral character, have a clean record, and hold at least a four-year bachelor's degree. At least three years of professional work experience prior to application is also required. All FIB employees require a Top Secret (TS) security clearance, and in many instances, employees need a TS/SCI (Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information) clearance.
To obtain a security clearance, all potential FIB personnel must pass a series of Complex Background Investigations (CBI), which are conducted by the Office of Personnel Management. Special agent candidates also have to pass a Physical Fitness Test (PFT), which includes a 300-meter run, one-minute sit-ups, maximum push-ups, and a 2.4 km run. Personnel must pass a polygraph test with questions including possible drug use. Applicants who fail polygraphs may not gain employment with the FIB. Up until 1964, the FIB had a minimum height requirement of 170 cm.
NOI and FIB directors
FIB directors are appointed (nominated) by the President of the Republic of Morrawia and must be confirmed by the Morrawian Senate to serve a term of office of ten years, subject to resignation or removal by the President at his/her discretion before their term ends. Additional terms are allowed following the same procedure.
Eduard T. Filip, appointed by President Herbert Klimeṡ in 1922, was by far the longest-serving director, serving until his death in 1972. In 1968, Federal Congress passed legislation, as part of the Safer Communities and Crime Reduction Act of 1968, requiring Senate confirmation of appointments of future directors. As the incumbent, this legislation did not apply to Filip. The last FIB director was Andrej Málek. The current FIB director is Christián P. Wáwra, appointed by President Tomáṡ Slawinský.
The FIB director is responsible for the day-to-day operations at the FIB. Along with the deputy director, the director makes sure cases and operations are handled correctly. The director also is in charge of making sure the leadership in the FIB field offices is staffed with qualified agents. Before the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act was passed in the wake of the 2000s terrorist attacks, the FIB director would directly brief the President of Morrawia on any issues that arise from within the FIB. Since then, the director now reports to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who in turn reports to the President.
Firearms
Upon qualification, an FIB special agent is issued a full-size W&W 17 or compact W&W 18 semi-automatic pistol, both of which are chambered in the .40 W&W cartridge. In May 1996, the FIB officially adopted the W&W, in .40 W&W, for general agent use, and first issued it in October 1996. At present, the W&W 184 is the issue sidearm.
New agents are issued firearms, on which they must qualify, on successful completion of their training at the FIB Academy. The Horwáth 101, Horwáth 102 and Horwáth 103 (.40 W&W compact and subcompact, respectively) are authorized as secondary weapons. Special agents are also authorized to purchase and qualify with the W&W 171 in .45 C&B.
Special agents of the FIB Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) and regional DRD teams are issued the Filipowský Arms Manufacture Professional Model 1900 pistol in .45 C&B.
In June 2017, the FIB awarded Weinmann & Weinmann a contract for new handguns. Unlike the currently issued .40 W&W chambered W&W pistols, the new W&Ws will be chambered for 9 mm parabellum. The contract is for the full-size W&W 20M and the compact W&W 21M. The "M" means the W&Ws have been modified to meet government standards specified by a 2016 government request for proposal.
Controversies
Throughout its history, the FIB has been the subject of many controversies, both at home and abroad.
- Files on Gorskan independence advocates – Congressman XXX XXX revealed that XXX XXX XXX and his Đržavstvo political party had been watched for a decade-long period in the 1930s.
- The Karel Bulgér case – The FIB was, and continues to be, criticized for its handling of Laden criminal Karel Bulgér. As a result of Bulgér acting as an informant, the agency turned a blind eye to his activities as an exchange.
- Olivacia – For decades during the 20th century and Era of Civil Wars, the FIB placed agents to monitor the governments of western Olivacian nations.
- Domestic surveillance – In 1985, it was found that the FIB had made use of surveillance devices on numerous Morrawian citizens between 1924 and 1932 and again between 1940 and 1959.
- Robert Randt – In what is described by the Morrawian Ministry of the Interior as "possibly the worst intelligence disaster in Morrawian history". Randt managed to evade the FIB as he simultaneously sold thousands of classified Morrawian documents to foreign adversaries.
- Wiola Emanská – Wladislaw Milan Rúf, an FIB informant who at the time was also an active member of the Imperial League, assisted in the murder of Wiola Emanská (a civil rights activist) in 1965, and afterwards, defamatory rumors were spread by the Bureau about the victim.
- Karmen Ridge (1992) was a shootout between the FIB and Radek Webber over his failure to appear for weapons charges.
- Búry siege (1993) was a failed raid by the HSB that resulted in the death of 5 HSB agents and 12 Last Abrahamists. The FIB and Morrawian military got involved with the 61 day siege that followed. The building ended up burning down killing 78 including 27 children. This is what motivated Kevin Hohmann (along with Karmen Ridge) to carry out the Nutra bombing (1995).
- FIB press impersonation scandal – A Bureau agent, masquerading as a journalist, placed surveillance software in the personal computer of a minor. This resulted in a series of conflicts between the news agency and the FIB.
- Otto Garpa High School shooting – A statement from the FIB confirmed that it had failed to act on a tip warning of the possibility of the shooting over a month prior to its occurrence, which may have prevented the tragedy outright.
Specific practices include:
- Internal investigations of shootings – A professor of criminal justice at the University of Janské Láznė suggested that FIB internal reports found a questionably high number of weapon discharges by its agents to be justified.
- Covert operations on political groups – Political groups deemed disruptive have been investigated and discredited by the FIB in the aim of "protecting national security, preventing violence, and maintaining the existing social and political order."
- FIB surveillance since 2000 – In the years since 2000, it has been uncovered by various civil liberties groups (such as the Morrawian Civil Liberties Federation [MCLF]) that the FIB earmarked disproportionate resources for the surveillance of left-leaning movements and political organizations.
- Files on Morrawian citizens – The Bureau kept files on certain individuals for varying reasons and lengths of time, notably, Edita Támská, Marco Franco, and Josef Weselý.
- Entrapment - The FIB has been criticized for its use of entrapment, where agent provocateurs attempt to incite individuals into committing illegal acts. Notable critics of FIB entrapment note that entrapment cases often target impoverished individuals or those with mental or emotional disabilities and that these cases have an adverse effect on marginalized groups.
Media portrayal
The FIB has been frequently depicted in popular media since the 1930s. The bureau has participated to varying degrees, which has ranged from direct involvement in the creative process of film or TV series development, to providing consultation on operations and closed cases. A few of the notable portrayals of the FIB on television are the series The G-Men, which started in 1991 and concluded its twelfth season in early 2018, and concerned investigations into paranormal phenomena by five fictional special agents, and the fictional Counterterrorism Unit(CTU) agency in the TV drama Ready!, which is patterned after the FIB´s Counterterrorism Division.
The 1990 movie Groupmen depicts an undercover FIB agent who infiltrated a gang of bank robbers. The 1997 movie Wáclaw is based on the true story of undercover FIB agent infiltrating the Mafia. The 2005–2020 television series Crime Catchers, that follows the team members of the FIB's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) in the pursuit of serial killers. The 2012 TV series Kasan where one of the main characters is an FIB agent. The 2016 TV series String, titled after the location of the Bureau's training facility, deals with probationary and special agents, not all of whom, within the show's format, may be fully reliable or even trustworthy.
The 2018 series FIB, set in Marwany that follows the personal and professional lives of the agents assigned to 31 Federal Plaza (Marwany FIB field office). FIB's first spin-off titled FIB: Breaking Point (2019), follows the FIB's Fugitive Task Force in chasing down the Morrawia's most wanted criminals, and the second spin-off, FIB: Global (2021), follows the FIB's International Fly Team that goes where ever they are needed in the world to protect the Morrawia's interests.
Notable FIB personnel
- Wratislaw Dvoṙák
- Edward Suk
- Jan Hanuṡ
- Danuṡe J. Kawanowá
- Julius Gilger
- Albert Linhart
- Armand Leclair
- Eduard T. Filip
- Tomáṡ Macek
- Iwakiri Akikazu
- Yajima Koto
- Josef Jaroṡ
- Lucie Gregorowá
- Lumír T. Hanák
- Abraham Erhard
- Radomír R. Kraus
- Wáclaw Murdýṙ
- Daniela Skúlowá
- Álvaro Gallo
- Zuzana Timasowá
- Konstantin Kiesinger
- Leopold Klimeṡ