United States Department of Justice National Security Division

National Security Division
Seal of the United States Department of Justice National Security Division
Division overview
Formed March 9, 2005 (2005-03-09)
Headquarters Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C., United States
Division executive
Parent Division United States Department of Justice
Website www.justice.gov/nsd

The United States Department of Justice National Security Division (NSD) is the division of the DOJ that handles all national security functions of the department. Created by the 2005 USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization, the division consolidated all of the department's national security and intelligence functions into a single division. The division is headed by the Assistant Attorney General for National Security.

History

The National Security Division was created under Section 506 of the 2005 USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization,[1] which was signed into law by President George W. Bush on March 9, 2006.[2]

It consolidated the department's national security efforts within one unit, bring together attorneys from the Counterterrorism Section and Counterespionage Section of the Criminal Division and from the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review (OIPR), with their specialized expertise in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and other intelligence matters. This fulfilled a recommendation of the Iraq Intelligence Commission (Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction).[3]

In 2010, its budget was $88 million.[4]

Leadership

The head of the National Security Division is an Assistant Attorney General for National Security (AAG-NS) appointed by the President of the United States. The current AAG-NS is John Demers.

Organization

The National Security Division is overseen by Assistant Attorney General John Demers. The assistant attorney general is assisted by three deputy assistant attorneys general, who are all career attorneys, who each oversee a different branch of the division's sections.

  • Assistant Attorney General for National Security
    • Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Counterterrorism and Counterespionage
      • Counterterrorism Section
      • Counterespionage Section
    • Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Intelligence
      • Office of Intelligence
        • Operations Section
        • Oversight Section
        • Litigation Section
    • Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Law and Policy
      • Law and Policy Section
    • Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism
    • Executive Office

List of assistant attorneys general

Name President
nominating		 Sworn in Left office
Kenneth Leonard Wainstein[5] George W. Bush September 28, 2006[6] March 30, 2008
J. Patrick Rowan October 3, 2008[7] January 20, 2009[8]
David S. Kris Barack Obama 2009 2011
Lisa Monaco July 1, 2011[9] March 8, 2013
John P. Carlin April 2014 October 15, 2016[10]
John Demers Donald Trump February 22, 2018 Incumbent

References

  1. ↑ "USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005." Government Printing Office.
  2. ↑ "H.R.3199 Major Congressional Actions." THOMAS.
  3. ↑ "Fact Sheet: USA PATRIOT Act Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005." United States Department of Justice 2 March 2006.
  4. ↑ "DEPARTMENT Of JUSTICE", Government Printing Office. Retrieved 7 aug 2011
  5. ↑ "Presidential Nomination: Kenneth Leonard Wainstein". 24 April 2008.
  6. ↑ #06-655: 09-28-06 Kenneth L. Wainstein Sworn in as First Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division
  7. ↑ "results.gov : Resources For The President's Team". 27 October 2008.
  8. ↑ "Nomination Press Release - Assistant Attorney General | The White House". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  9. ↑ "Meet the Assistant Attorney General". justice.gov.
  10. ↑ "Wednesday 10-12-2016 John Carlin, who is about to step down as assistant attorney general for national security, discusses terrorism and cyber security". Retrieved 2016-10-23.
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