The Quentinian Intelligence Department
| Quentinian Intelligence Department | |||||
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| Motto: Infiltration, Information, Destruction and Protection | |||||
| Type: Intelligence Agency Executive Department | |||||
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| Locations | Mechanicsburg (HQ) Bakersfieldville Rodriguezville | ||||
| Facilities | Robert Dogood Complex Others (See list) | ||||
| Employees | Estimated 92,340 | ||||
| Budget | Ð3.66 billion ($36.6 billion) | ||||
| History | |||||
| First QUID Meeting Held: | July 18th, 1829 | ||||
| Becomes Federal Department: | February 27th, 1838 | ||||
| Executives | |||||
| Commissioner | Kalvin Warner | ||||
| Director of Homeland and Logistics | Lori Wiggins | ||||
| Director of Foreign Operations | Levi Baker | ||||
| Director of Counterintelligence | Tyler Falkekx | ||||
| Megasite | quid.gov.nwd[1] | ||||
The Quentinian Intelligence Department (QUID) is the main civilian foreign and domestic intelligence and security agency of the United States of Quentin, tasked with collecting and analyzing information from around the world, enforcing federal law and gathering domestic intelligence, performing sabotage and other covert operations, and performing all counterintelligence operations. The QUID is officially organized as an executive department of the federal government, however is not represented on the Cupboard executive panel like other departments, and is not headed by an executive secretary. Unlike other nations, whose intelligence is divided into certain branches, the QUID is the only intelligence agency in the nation, besides the military intelligence agencies, and provides intelligence to numerous sources including Congress, the armed forces, and the President.
Considered by many historians as one of the most successful and influential intelligence agencies in the world, the QUID was founded in 1829 to assist the effort of the Territories of Quentin against the Republic of Megatridimensional Order in the Quentinian War for Independence. The department was successful in numerous operations during the war, giving critical information to the army and destroying supplies of the Megatridimensional military. After the war, the QUID was established under the new federal government in 1835, establishing a headquarters and executive officials. In 1842, the department officially became an executive department, however did not receive representation on the Cupboard like other departments did.
Today the QUID is still classified as an executive department, and has become much more prominent among the departments, with recent considerations being made for the QUID to become a member of the Cupboard. The department is led by its Commissioner, currently Kalvin Warner, and is organized into three main bureaus, with numerous offices underneath of those. The Commissioner of the QUID, while not on the Cupboard, is a member of the Quentinian Defense Committee and advises the Joint Subordinate Military Council, as well as the President, though informally.
Purpose
The Quentinian Intelligence Department has four main goals, which were laid out in the QUID Operating Charter with its founding in 1835. These goals are constantly changing in complexity and meaning, however are the main four purposes of the department still today:
- Foreign and Domestic Intelligence Collection and Analysis
- Enforcement of Federal Law
- Counterintelligence
- Covert Operations and Paramilitary Operations
Organizational Structure
The QUID is organized as an executive department, meaning it has three bureaus which operate underneath of it, and several offices which operate underneath those bureaus. All bureaus and offices are listed below, along with descriptions and head officials.
Bureau of Homeland and Logistics
The Bureau of Homeland and Logistics is the bureau within the QUID devoted to homeland intelligence and federal law enforcement activities. The QUID is not the major domestic federal law enforcement agency, that being the Fort McCarthy Defense Force, however the purpose of this bureau is to assist and operate alongside the FMDF to give intelligence and investigative help. The bureau has BLANK offices, and is directed by the Director of Homeland and Logistics, Lori Wiggins.
History
See also: Notable Operations of the QUID
The QUID was created in 1829, when the USQ was The Territories of Quentin, Territories under the control of the Republic of Megatridimensional Order. During that time, the Territories had declared their independence from the MTO, and were fighting the Quentinian War for Independence over recent taxes and the issue of independence. The Territorial Assembly, the leading governmental body of the Territories, created the QUID in 1829 to destroy MTO weaponry and supplies, and gather information on military operations to support the overall war effort. In those early days, the QUID was able to destroy many munitions of the MTO, as well as getting behind their lines, and sometimes even into the MTO itself to accomplish their missions. They were so successful that many historians believe the QUID inspired the MTO to enhance their own intelligence operations in later years.
After the Territories became The United States of Quentin in 1830, the QUID continued to operate and grow, recruiting new members and establishing a permanent base in Mechanicsburg, as well as setting up a command structure with leaders. In 1838, 3 years after the Department of Foreign Affairs was established by The House of Bureaucrats, the QUID became a federal department by order of President of the USQ George Firedawn. The QUID has some of the qualities of an executive department (i.e. leaders appointed by the President, large number of employees) except for two: The fact that it operates under and reports to another department, the Foreign Affairs Dept., and the fact that they have no secretary in the Cupboard, both things that indicate an executive bureau.
Regardless of all this, it is officially recognized as an executive department. After being recognized as such in 1838, President Firedawn proceeded to appoint the first Commissioner of the QUID, Matthias Charleton in 1839, who in turn established the QUID Operations Base at Bakersfieldville in 1843, one of their three contemporary bases. Their final base was established in 1909, in Rodriguezville.
