Alternate name for FBI

Rule of thumb: government agencies with police powers that have "security" in the name are agencies set up by autoritarian/dictatorial regimes to protect the regime from opponents (KGB, Stasi...)
Department of Homeland Security...

Or the Belgian Veiligheid van de Staat, better known as Staatsveiligheid, meaning Security of the State, which would be Staatssicherheit in German:DDoesn't seem to be quite as effective as the Stasi used to be. Doesn't have police powers either, just investigative.

An a serious note, a better rule of thumb would be to say that in any police agency with "security", the security is not that of the populace but of "The State" as a whole, be it democratic or otherwise.
 
Department of Homeland Security...

Or the Belgian Veiligheid van de Staat, better known as Staatsveiligheid, meaning Security of the State, which would be Staatssicherheit in German:DDoesn't seem to be quite as effective as the Stasi used to be. Doesn't have police powers either, just investigative.

Rule of thumb for rules of thumb: they are generally true, but not always :cool:

An a serious note, a better rule of thumb would be to say that in any police agency with "security", the security is not that of the populace but of "The State" as a whole, be it democratic or otherwise.

Well, in democratic states such tasks are handled by police (regular or specialised) while in autoritarian ones they are handled by specialized agencies
 
The Federal Bureau of Regulation.

FBR.

See: "The President's Analyst" starring James Coburn. Pay particular attention to the "Director of the FBR", who has a striking resemblance to a slimmed down version of Edna.
 
WOODROW WILSON!!!!

Rule of thumb: government agencies with police powers that have "security" in the name are agencies set up by autoritarian/dictatorial regimes to protect the regime from opponents (KGB, Stasi...)

Well, here's how I think an Internal Security Bureau could have came about: just have woodrow wilson set an organization that monitors and suppresses dissent during WW1.

After all Wilson was a pretty EVIL president, so I dont think it is a stretch for him to create an american version of the Okhrana of KGB.
 
Well, here's how I think an Internal Security Bureau could have came about: just have woodrow wilson set an organization that monitors and suppresses dissent during WW1.

After all Wilson was a pretty EVIL president, so I dont think it is a stretch for him to create an american version of the Okhrana of KGB.
Speaking of Internal Security ...

How about The Federal Bureau of Suppression (FBS), from Harry Turtledove's Short Story "Must and Shall" ...

Keeping The Nazis from Arming a Southern Insurrection, in a World Where Lincoln was Killed During The Battle of Fort Stevens!
 
Federal Security Bureau or Federal Security Service

Federal Department of Homeland Security and Internal Affairs

(Yes, all of them sound like the NKVD or KGB or stuff like that - that's the point. ;))
 
Department of Interstate Investigation
Federal Office for Interstate Investigations
Interstate Investigation Bureau
Federal Office for Interstate Security and Law Enforcement
National Interstate Law Enforcement Bureau
 

The Vulture

Banned
There was originally a department in the BOI, the General Intelligence Division, that was Hoover's first responsibility and carried out the Palmer Raids. I feel the GID is a decent alternate name, and one with basis in reality. Which is why I'm using it in my TL.
 
Federal Bureau of Intimidation

(damn, I can't recall which story I have that from, but it had a MUCH nastier end to the civil war)
 
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