Atlantic Intelligence Agency

The Atlantic Intelligence Agency (AIA) is a central intelligence agency of the Lorentian Government, who reports to the Defense Minister, that is responsible for protecting the Lorentian citizens from terrorists or other harmful means of disasters caused by another human.

The AIA is responsible for counter-terrorism, ensuring the safety of Lorentian citizens, ensuring that the nation is prepared in case of an attack, and assisting police departments around the country to help find a person.

AIA is located in the federal district in Atlantic City, Lorenta. Many of the AIA's daily tasks are handled through the HQ. Although the main HQ is in Atlantic City, the AIA has secret bases of operation located all over Lorenta to help ensure safety and the element of surprise in case of an emergency situation.

Pre 9/11
The AIA, created in 1955, was the first intelligence agency in Lorenta to be funded by federal taxes. After the agency was set up, several roles were given to the AIA to help protect Lorenta. They were responsible for preventing crime and assisting in investigation.

In 1975, the AIA was responsible for preventing the assasination of the current executive branch. The plan included to kill the president, his cabinet, vice president, and their families while also killing all of the ministry heads. All plotters were captured and sentenced to death by lethal injection.

After 1980, the AIA saw a decrease in violent crimes (murder, suicides, etc.) around 45%.

During the 1990s, crimes began to pick up and the government launched an attack on crime by giving the AIA more power, and more money. Although many officials (representatives and senators) were against the power, they all agreed something needed to be done to help bring down the crime rates. During this time, the crime ratings went down by 29%.

After 9/11
After the terrorist attacks in New York City, NY, the Lorentian Government knew that terrorism would have to be dealt with. A new division of the AIA was created to help collect intelligence on terrorist groups and to foil (or prevent) terrorist attacks on Lorentian soil. The division pushed to keep all terrorist groups out of Lorenta.

In the late 2000s, the bombing of the legislative building awakened the government to push more agreesively against terrorism. The Lorentian Protection Act was passed to ensure that terrorism would be taken as an act of war if commited on Lorentian Soil. After 2009, the Lorentian Congress admended the LPA to ensure that ALL terrorists would be put to death by lethal injection.