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| − | The '''Belarian Intelligence Office (BIO)''' is an intelligence agency of the Federal Republic of [[Belarum]]. The BIO is tasked with collecting and analyzing information collected from foreign governments, corporations, various organizations, individuals, and even rival intelligence agencies within the European Union, as well as the world. The Belarian Intelligence Office is also responsible for disseminating information vital to the safety and security of the FRB directly to the Belarian President, as well as to various policy makers in the Ministry of Defense and members of the Senate. Over the years, the BIO has also carried out many “covert operations”, some of which have come under tremendous controversy. | + | The '''Belarian Intelligence Office (BIO)''' is an intelligence agency of the Federal Republic of [[Belarum]]. The BIO is tasked with collecting and analyzing information collected from foreign governments, corporations, various organizations, individuals, and even rival intelligence agencies within the [[European Union]], as well as the world. The Belarian Intelligence Office is also responsible for disseminating information vital to the safety and security of the FRB directly to the Belarian President, as well as to various policy makers in the Ministry of Defense and members of the Senate. Over the years, the BIO has also carried out many “covert operations”, some of which have come under tremendous controversy. |
The Belarian Intelligence Office headquarters are located in Bastia on the Sepal River. The functions of the BIO are roughly equivalent with the First Directorate of the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/kgb KGB] of [[the --Soviet Union--]]. | The Belarian Intelligence Office headquarters are located in Bastia on the Sepal River. The functions of the BIO are roughly equivalent with the First Directorate of the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/kgb KGB] of [[the --Soviet Union--]]. | ||
Revision as of 11:47, 14 May 2006
The Belarian Intelligence Office (BIO) is an intelligence agency of the Federal Republic of Belarum. The BIO is tasked with collecting and analyzing information collected from foreign governments, corporations, various organizations, individuals, and even rival intelligence agencies within the European Union, as well as the world. The Belarian Intelligence Office is also responsible for disseminating information vital to the safety and security of the FRB directly to the Belarian President, as well as to various policy makers in the Ministry of Defense and members of the Senate. Over the years, the BIO has also carried out many “covert operations”, some of which have come under tremendous controversy.
The Belarian Intelligence Office headquarters are located in Bastia on the Sepal River. The functions of the BIO are roughly equivalent with the First Directorate of the KGB of the --Soviet Union--.
History
After Belarum’s triumph in the Baltan War, it quickly became evident that measures would need to be taken in order to insure that the outbreak of such a war would never take place again. As a security measure, Executive Order 121 was enacted by President Alfred Jigger, which led directly to the creation of the Belarian Intelligence Office under the supervision of the Ministry of Defense. Initially, the MoD opposed the creation of the BIO, but public support grew for such an agency after it became evident that the MoD had largely failed in protecting Belarum from the Baltan invasion.
The Belarian Intelligence Office is unique in that it falls under the Ministry of Defense for organizational purposes, but does not answer to the Ministry of Defense directly, instead answering directly to the President. The BIO’s charter outlines its operational powers, which include the ability to operate domestically only if authorized by the President of the Federal Republic. This has occurred several times, including after the 1989 Oristano subway bombing and concurrent senator kidnappings, acts which were carried out jointly between the terrorist group Gorzowa Liberation Force (GLF) and a relatively unknown patchwork of former military officers of the Baltan Empire.
