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==History== | ==History== | ||
The National Security Division was created under Section 506 of the [[USA PATRIOT Act#Reauthorizations|2005 USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization]],<ref>"[http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:h3199enr.txt.pdf USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207055201/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:h3199enr.txt.pdf |date=2010-12-07 }}." [[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Printing Office]].</ref> which was signed into law by [[President of the United States|President]] | The National Security Division was created under Section 506 of the [[USA PATRIOT Act#Reauthorizations|2005 USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization]],<ref>"[http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:h3199enr.txt.pdf USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207055201/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:h3199enr.txt.pdf |date=2010-12-07 }}." [[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Printing Office]].</ref> which was signed into law by [[President of the United States|President]] George W. Bush on March 9, 2006.<ref>"[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR03199:@@@R H.R.3199 Major Congressional Actions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127221834/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR03199:@@@R |date=2008-11-27 }}." [[THOMAS]].</ref> | ||
It consolidated the department's [[national security]] efforts within one unit, bringing together attorneys from the Counterterrorism Section and Counterespionage Section of the [[United States Department of Justice Criminal Division|Criminal Division]] and from the [[Office of Intelligence Policy and Review]] (OIPR), with their specialized expertise in the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]] and other intelligence matters. This fulfilled a recommendation of the [[Iraq Intelligence Commission]] (Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction).<ref>"[http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/March/06_opa_113.html Fact Sheet: USA PATRIOT Act Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060913044241/http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/March/06_opa_113.html |date=2006-09-13 }}." United States Department of Justice 2 March 2006.</ref> | It consolidated the department's [[national security]] efforts within one unit, bringing together attorneys from the Counterterrorism Section and Counterespionage Section of the [[United States Department of Justice Criminal Division|Criminal Division]] and from the [[Office of Intelligence Policy and Review]] (OIPR), with their specialized expertise in the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]] and other intelligence matters. This fulfilled a recommendation of the [[Iraq Intelligence Commission]] (Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction).<ref>"[http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/March/06_opa_113.html Fact Sheet: USA PATRIOT Act Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060913044241/http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/March/06_opa_113.html |date=2006-09-13 }}." United States Department of Justice 2 March 2006.</ref> | ||
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| [[Kenneth L. Wainstein|Kenneth Leonard Wainstein]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/nominations/1656.html|title=Presidential Nomination: Kenneth Leonard Wainstein|date=24 April 2008|access-date=25 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224113903/https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/nominations/1656.html|archive-date=24 February 2018|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|url-status=live}}</ref> | | [[Kenneth L. Wainstein|Kenneth Leonard Wainstein]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/nominations/1656.html|title=Presidential Nomination: Kenneth Leonard Wainstein|date=24 April 2008|access-date=25 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224113903/https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/nominations/1656.html|archive-date=24 February 2018|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| rowspan="2" | | | rowspan="2" | George W. Bush | ||
| September 28, 2006<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/September/06_nsd_655.html |title=#06-655: 09-28-06 Kenneth L. Wainstein Sworn in as First Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division |access-date=2009-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508181700/http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/September/06_nsd_655.html |archive-date=2009-05-08 |url-status=live }}</ref> | | September 28, 2006<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/September/06_nsd_655.html |title=#06-655: 09-28-06 Kenneth L. Wainstein Sworn in as First Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division |access-date=2009-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508181700/http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2006/September/06_nsd_655.html |archive-date=2009-05-08 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
| March 30, 2008 | | March 30, 2008 | ||