State Security Agency
| LuAjhensia luMashkhan aluMamlukim aluBakhilfaniya | |
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| Formed | July 12, 1985 |
| Jurisdiction | Packilvania and global |
| Headquarters | Bingol, Packilvania |
| Motto | "We are always watching" |
| Employees | 12,780 |
| Annual budget | 4 billion KRB |
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| Parent agency | Department of State Security |
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The State Security Agency (Packilvanian: luAjhensiya luMaskhan luMamlukim aBakhilfaniya, SSA) is a civilian intelligence agency of Packilvania. It is responsible for domestic counterintelligence and counterterrorism.
History
When the Packilvanian Communist Party ceded control of the government to the Carriers of Mercy, the Bedonite dynasty gained control of the state security apparatus. The newly established Parliament of Packilvania disbanded the intelligence agencies of the Packilvanian Communist Party and the Carriers of Mercy. The Packilvanian State Security Agency was established by the passage of the State Security Act (luKhanon aluMaskhan aluMamlukim) signed by Sultan Amhoud I.
The first Director (muSharif) was Eron Dohal who had previously served as the Head of Intelligence of the Carriers of Mercy and the Deputy Commissioner for Reeducation and Indoctrination under the Communist government. He was responsible for laying the foundations of the processes, systems and structures that exist in and form the scaffolding of the organisation. In its nascence, the PSSA's primary objective was to secure the position of the Bedonite dynasty and eliminate threats to their rule.
Purpose and Function
The purpose of the organisation is to ensure domestic stability, and to protect the state from security threats. Its functions include collecting, processing, analysing, and disseminating intelligence to protect the nation from security threats. Its focus is on sapient intelligence gathering. It focuses largely on guarding domestic civilian infrastructure, strategic resources, institutions and officials. This is in contrast with the Packilvanian Military Intelligence Agency which fulfils this function for the Packilvanian Armed Forces to magnify its capabilites in combat scenarios and to protect the military from external Threats. It also contrasts with the Packilvanian Expeditionary Forces which is a paramilitary force responsible for carrying out espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance on foreign targets.
Jurisdiction and leadership
The PSSA is under Council of Ministers via the Department of State Security, a civilian national executive department controlled by the incumbent Minister of State Security, Prince Lohadek. It is responsible for extracting intelligence from people, documents and physical evidence. It does not fulfil the functions of law enforcement, whose role is to ensure compliance with the law. Furthermore, its power over the Internet and surveillance technology has been directed to the Cyber and Telecommunications Security Agency. Its responsibility for foreign intelligence gathering has been reassigned to the Foreign Intelligence Agency.
Operations
- Domestic Counterintelligence: Agents of the SSA are implanted by the state in government bodies and state owned corporations to ensure that those bodies are protected from intelligence threats as well ensuring that internal security threats are rooted out. This includes the police, government agencies etc.
- Domestic Counterterrorism: Agents of the SSA identify potential terrorists, neutralise and/or exterminate them and undermine their operations. They extract information from people convicted under the Combating of Terrorism Act. They detain people convicted under this act.
- Domestic Security Monitoring: They identify, analyse and report security threats under the scope of their duties to relevant bodies such as the police.