DHS Jurisdiction Debate

Commenters question and clarify why responsibilities fall under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rather than agencies like the FBI, DOJ, DoD, or NSA, discussing organizational structures, sub-agencies, and jurisdictional overlaps.

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US DEA ATF BLM DOE DHS ICE DSIT INS NSA department agencies departments government fbi dept security nsa doj branch

Sample Comments

ry0ohki May 15, 2013 View on HN

Shouldn't it be the FBI or DOJ then, not DHS?

peterhajas May 22, 2012 View on HN

Do you mean the Department of Homeland Security?

soarfourmore Apr 21, 2021 View on HN

you must mean “The IC” or DOJ not the US military? The DoD doesn’t have jurisdiction

thephyber Feb 15, 2020 View on HN

Note that the a Secret Service, ATF and ICE are all sub-departments within DHS, although there was talk as recently as this month to move Secret Service back to Treasury Dept. It does seem clear that some of these departments have lesser tarnished reputations than, say, CBP (which generally struggles to recruit anyone literate, let alone the standards of the FBI or Secret Service).

jonlucc Mar 19, 2014 View on HN

Can someone explain why this falls under DHS and not the FBI?

SaltySailor Mar 18, 2014 View on HN

Now run by the DHS and the NSA!

cronix Feb 11, 2020 View on HN

Those are US gov't agencies, not "dissidents in other nations."

noobermin Jan 23, 2020 View on HN

This might not count as much, but the DoD is a different organization than the FBI or the CIA.

tolstoshev Oct 1, 2019 View on HN

It's called the Department of Defense, not Offense :)

infinite8s Jun 17, 2013 View on HN

The NSA and the Justice Department are part of the same branch of government.