Mission Statement

The mission of the NSB is to optimally position the FBI to protect the United States against weapons of mass destruction, terrorist attacks, foreign intelligence operations, and espionage by:

• integrating investigative and intelligence activities against current and emerging national security threats;

• providing useful and timely information and analysis to the intelligence and law enforcement communities; and

• effectively developing enabling capabilities, processes, and infrastructure, consistent with applicable laws, Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence guidance, and civil liberties.

Vision Statement

To the extent authorized under the law, build a national awareness that permits recognition of a national security threat, sufficiently early to permit its disruption. This will be a discerning process that promotes the collection of relevant information and minimizes the accumulation of extraneous data that unnecessarily distracts from the analytical process.

National Security Branch Organizational Chart

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Source: FBI Website