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(U) What Happened to the United States Customs Service? (part 2)
FROM:
NSA Representative to BCBP/BICE (S112)
Run Date: 11/22/2004
Here's the conclusion of our article on border security. Part 1 was posted last week. (U//FOUO)
A Closer Look
(U) The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP) consolidates approximately 40,000
employees represented by the uniformed inspector personnel of the United States Customs
Service, the former Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization Service--which was abolished as
an agency in conjunction with the formation of the Department of Homeland Security--and the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. BCBP's prime mission is the inspection of all
conveyances of transportation, goods, and people that cross our nation's borders and essentially
serve as our country's last line of defense.
(U) The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (BICE) brings together the
enforcement and investigative arms of the former Immigration and Naturalization Service,
Federal Protective Service, United States Air Marshals, and the United States Customs Service.
This effort involves approximately 20,000 employees committed to enforcing the full range of
immigration and customs laws, protection of our federal buildings, and the protection of
commercial air travel.
SID Support to Border Security
(U//FOUO) With the statutory creation of BCBP and BICE on 1 March 2003 in the new
Department of Homeland Security, SID readied itself to support any new intelligence structures
and requirements. SID's Representative to BCBP and BICE, Mr.
, worked from the front
lines to keep the corporation and our leadership informed about coming changes and helped
educate the "new" customer base about our products and services. NSA's Homeland Security
Support Office (D08) was also instrumental in helping SID respond to this transition by hosting
numerous briefings by the BCBP and BICE intelligence leadership, as well as analyst exchanges
with our Production Lines.
(U//FOUO) In actuality, big change comes slowly, and neither NSA nor our customers wanted to
disrupt the excellent, long-established SIGINT partnerships. It made sense, therefore, to
continue supporting the BCBP and BICE intelligence elements as we had done when they were in
legacy Customs and INS. With time, as the new DHS components adjusted to their new home
and missions, SID made appropriate updates to the reporting requirements and dissemination
lists. Every SID Production Line contributes to the varied missions of BCBP and BICE. If a
product deals with issues that may impact our border security, then these organizations should
be recipients (check out the MARSP listings for "BICE" and "CUSTOMS").
(U//FOUO) Facilitating the BCBP and BICE relationships with SID is the following team:
SID Representative to BCBP & BICE:
SID Account Manager for BCBP & BICE:
SID Senior Executive Account Manager (SEAM) for BCBP:
SID Senior Executive Account Manager (SEAM) for BICE:
NCR/DHS: Larry Castro
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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