Agencies
Every agency on the site, grouped by mandate — foreign intelligence, signals & cyber, military, domestic security, law enforcement. Within each group, sorted by country then by name. Pages marked in progress have stub entries; full references are being written progressively.
Law enforcement · 4
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The federal law-enforcement agency responsible for the enforcement of US firearms, explosives, arson, and alcohol-and-tobacco statutes. Documented in this corpus through the 1992 Ruby Ridge investigation and initial encounter, the 1993 Waco Siege ATF raid, and the post-2009 Operation Fast and Furious "gun-walking" controversy.
Drug Enforcement Administration
The principal United States federal agency for the enforcement of controlled-substances law. The Office of National Security Intelligence within DEA was added to the Intelligence Community in 2006.
Federal Air Marshal Service
The covert in-flight law-enforcement arm of the Transportation Security Administration — sworn federal officers (GS-1801 series) who fly armed and undercover on selected US commercial flights to deter and defeat hijacking and other onboard threats. Created in 1962 as the FAA's Sky Marshal Program, formalised as the Federal Air Marshal Service in 1985, expanded dramatically after 11 September 2001, transferred from TSA to ICE in November 2003, and returned to TSA in 2005. Coverage of commercial flights is well under one per cent; secondary VIPR teams deploy at surface-transportation hubs.
United States Marshals Service
The oldest US federal law-enforcement agency, established 1789. Responsible for federal fugitive apprehension, federal court security, witness protection, and federal prisoner transport. Documented in this corpus through the August 1992 Ruby Ridge encounter, the post-2007 aerial-IMSI-catcher "Dirtbox" programme, and the 2018 Securus location-tracking client relationship.
How the index is organised
This index groups every intelligence agency on the site by mandate — foreign intelligence, signals & cyber, military, domestic security, law enforcement, with coordination services at the top. Within each group, entries are sorted by country and then by name. The grouping mirrors the per-country agency lists so the typology stays consistent across the site. Each card shows the agency's country of origin, its formal name and acronym, and a short editorial description. Click through to the agency page for the full reference entry — founding date, statutory basis, jurisdiction, parent ministry, headquarters, official channels, and a structured account of role, history, and notable operations footnoted to primary sources.
Coverage spans foreign-intelligence services (the CIA, SIS, DGSE, BND, GRU, SVR, MSS, RAW, and so on), domestic-security services (MI5, FBI, BfV, ASIO, DGSI), and signals-intelligence agencies (NSA, GCHQ, CSE, ASD, GCSB, FAPSI's successors). Entries marked in progress are stubs awaiting full reference treatment; they are kept on the index so the navigation between related services is preserved while the detailed text is written.
If you know the country but not the acronym, start at the Countries index. If you are looking for an operation, scandal, or theme that crosses agencies, see the Dossiers. The methodology page documents how operations are categorised as confirmed, alleged, or disputed.
