In the United States,a special agent is an official title used to refer to certain investigators or detectives of federal,military,tribal,or state agencies who primarily serve in criminal investigatory positions. Additionally,some special agents operate in criminal intelligence,counterterrorism,or counterintelligence-based roles as well,with one or all of these roles occasionally taking precedence over criminal investigatory tasks.
The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the primary investigative law enforcement agency of the U.S. Department of the Navy. Its primary function is to investigate major criminal activities involving the Navy and Marine Corps. However,its broad mandate includes national security,counterintelligence,counterterrorism,cyberwarfare,and the protection of U.S. naval assets worldwide. NCIS is the successor organization to the former Naval Investigative Service (NIS),which was established by the Office of Naval Intelligence after the Second World War. One-half of NCIS personnel are civilian,with the other half being US government investigators —1811 series special agents. NCIS agents are armed federal law enforcement investigators,who frequently coordinate with other U.S. government agencies and have a presence in more than 41 countries and on U.S. Navy vessels. NCIS special agents are supported by analysts and other experts skilled in disciplines such as forensics,surveillance,surveillance countermeasures,computer investigations,physical security,and polygraph examinations.
The Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) is the criminal investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Inspector General. DCIS protects military personnel by investigating cases of fraud,bribery,and corruption;preventing the illegal transfer of sensitive defense technologies to proscribed nations and criminal elements;investigating companies that use defective,substandard,or counterfeit parts in weapon systems and equipment utilized by the military;and stopping cyber crimes and computer intrusions.
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is a federal security and defense agency of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) that reports to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. DCSA is the largest counterintelligence and security agency in the federal government and is responsible for providing personnel vetting,critical technology protection,counterintelligence,training,education and certification. DCSA services over 100 federal entities,oversees 10,000 cleared companies,and conducts approximately 2 million background investigations each year.
The Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) is a division of the United States Coast Guard that investigates crimes where the U.S. Coast Guard has an interest. It is composed of civilian (GS-1811),active duty,reserve enlisted,and warrant officer special agents.
Coast Guard Intelligence (CGI) is the military intelligence branch of the United States Coast Guard,and a component of the Central Security Service of the United States Department of Defense.
The United States Department of the Navy's Multiple Threat Alert Center (MTAC) provides indications and warning for a wide range of threats to Navy and Marine Corps personnel and assets around the world.
Thomas A. Betro is the former director of Naval Criminal Investigative Service in Quantico,Virginia.
Cesare Frank Figliuzzi,Jr. is an American former law enforcement agent and author,who served as assistant director for counterintelligence at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Figliuzzi was previously the special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cleveland Division,which includes all of northern Ohio,and the major cities of Cleveland,Toledo,Youngstown,Akron,and Canton.
Joseph M. Demarest,Jr. is an associate executive assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),and was formerly the assistant director in charge of the FBI's cyber division. He is responsible for the FBI's operations to protect the United States from cyber-based national security threats.
The 1st season of the American police procedural drama NCIS was originally broadcast between September 23,2003,and May 25,2004,on CBS.
The United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division is a federal law enforcement agency that investigates crimes against people and property within the United States Marine Corps.
Gordon M. Snow was an assistant director of the FBI over the Cyber Division through 2012,the FBI Director of Counterintelligence for the Middle East in 2001,and currently directs Global Security Operations for Cleveland Clinic.
John Edward "Ted" Gordon was a retired United States Navy rear admiral who served as Judge Advocate General of the Navy from 1990 until 1992.
United States Army Counterintelligence (ACI) is the component of United States Army Military Intelligence which conducts counterintelligence (CI) activities to detect,identify,assess,counter,exploit and/or neutralize adversarial,foreign intelligence services,international terrorist organizations,and insider threats to the United States Army and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD),with ACI Command (ACIC) managing the U.S. Army's CI activities world wide,being delegated Secretary of the Army CI authorities.
Scott Andrew Stearney was an American naval aviator and vice admiral of the United States Navy who served as commander of the Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain.
The United States Department of the Navy Police is the uniformed security police program of the United States Navy. It provides professional,civilian,federal police officers to serve and protect U.S. Navy personnel,properties,and installations. DoN Police personnel represent the Department of the Navy's contribution to the Department of Defense Police program. DoN Police officers primarily work alongside U.S. Navy masters-at-arms,the military police of the U.S. Navy. Although under the Department of the Navy,the United States Marine Corps (USMC) maintains its own civilian law enforcement program for Marine Corps-centric installations,the USMC Civilian Police. Despite both employing civilian special agents,neither the Naval Criminal Investigative Service nor the USMC Criminal Investigation Division fall-under the auspices of the DoN/DoD Police;both agencies have their own chains of command.
Omar R. Lopez is an American special agent and attorney serving as the sixth civilian director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) since 2019. He is the first Hispanic American to serve in the role. Lopez was previously the executive assistant director for the NCIS national security directorate.
The director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service leads the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) agency as it investigates and defeats threats from across the foreign intelligence,terrorist,and criminal spectrum by conducting operations and investigations ashore,afloat,and in cyberspace,to protect and preserve the superiority of Navy and Marine Corps warfighters.
