Western Intelligence Agency

Unlike most nations, who maintain both civilian and military intelligence agencies, the WFP uses a single streamlined organization for both domestic and military intelligence gathering. Known as the Western Intelligence Agency (WIA) the organization is an independent arm of the WFPA, headed by a director who is answerable only to the High Council or the WFPA Field Marshal. It contains three distinct divisions: intelligence, analysis and operations. Many teams specialize in foreign or domestic operations (as well as civil and military fields) but there are no legal restrictions on where they can be employed or the subjects they can investigate. There are, however, restrictions on the range of actions that may be taken against Protectorate citizens or residents, principally ensuring due process of law is followed and citizen's rights are respected.

The removal of artificial operation and analysis restrictions gives the WIA unparalleled flexibility to pursue its objectives. A single intelligence team may follow suspects from Fort James to Port Oasis without the need to hand-off to another group, while investigators assigned to monitor smuggling activity in Fort William are free to use information gathered in Wounded Knee or Valeria. It has been suggested that while there are few arguments over jurisdiction or information sharing, the size of the organization and its freedom of operation can cause other problems. Though teams are assigned to work on league-wide analysis there is often too much information to analyze concisely, with a resulting loss of emphasis on the 'big picture'.

Legally the WIA Operations Arm - the branch charged with carrying out sabotage, assassination and kidnapping

and the special forces regiments of the WFPA are distinct entities. In practice there is considerable

overlap in personnel with the WIA maintaining its own core forces (often serving in a dual role as intelligence field agents) but borrowing additional personnel from the WFPA to meet requirements as they arise.

Type

Military, Intelligence

Leader

Hernandez Ilya

Leader Title

Director

Parent Organization

Western Frontier Protectorate

Location

Fort William