MIA

## Description:

The MIA, which stands for the Magic Intelligence Agency but is sometimes referred to as the "Unnatural Intelligence Community," is a covert division within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States of America. The MIA handles paranormal threats that originate from outside America's borders and gathers intelligence on the paranormal activities of foreign powers. The MIA works closely with the CBPA to manage global Magical occurrences and has come to blows with groups like [REDACTED] and even the JPCU on multiple occasions. The MIA is infamous for its loose-cannon approach to most situations and has been put at odds with the JPCU as a result.

The normal public does not know that the MIA exists, and the MIA prides itself on its absolute oath of secrecy. Even their name was chosen specifically because it allowed them to hide the positions of CIA Officers involved, making them appear to be "Missing In Action" rather than part of the MIA.

### Organization:

#### Headquarters: Unknown

Like the CIA, the MIA is led by a Director, who oversees the organization's operations at the highest level and manages the allotment of resources; his teams of advisors and assistants are hand-picked from the best-of-the-best the MIA has to offer. The Director of the MIA answers only to the United States Congress and the President, although the MIA's influence has waxed and waned considerably over the decades of its existence. Below the Director are the Directorates, which mirror the CIA's structure (*Note: A list of Directorates is provided below*). Below the Directorate Executives who oversee their Directorate's operations are the Regional Offices, each of which covers a large area of interest for the organization. Exceptions to the structure do exist, like Offices that handle relations with other intelligence groups. Below the Regional Offices are the Sub-Directors, Handlers, and their Officers, who manage, plan, and conduct covert operations in the interests of the United States government. The MIA refers to its members as "Missing Persons," to maintain the organization's cover, and also manages a considerable network of associates and unofficial affiliates that help the MIA when needed.

The MIA is known to conduct "talent acquisition" in a manner similar to the normal CIA, except targeting the CIA's own ranks instead of other agencies. The MIA identifies CIA Officers that have had run-ins with the supernatural, or display qualities that the MIA are looking for, and "Make them Disappear," forcibly recruiting them and offering them a deal: enter the MIA's world of Magic or remain "disappeared" forever. Usually, Officers choose the former option over the latter. The MIA recruits relatively sparingly, focusing on individuals who meet all of their stringent requirements before even considering a Disappearance. MIA training is superior to even the CIA's, providing lessons on anomalies, Psionics, Magic, Infohazards and Memetic Hazards, reality warping, and lessons on combatting any of the threats they may face.

The MIA dedicates all of its resources to gathering intelligence and conducting operations against the Magical capabilities of foreign nations and organizations. The group's official modus operandi states that the MIA only works towards America's best interests, however this has not been true for t much of the MIA's troubled and rocky history. The MIA is most often tasked with preventing foreign powers or groups of interest from acquiring greater Magical knowledge than the US and conducting covert missions to sabotage or impede foreign powers in their efforts. Occasionally, the MIA is assigned to work alongside the CIA in destabilizing foreign governments, aiding or eliminating terrorist groups, and handling affairs with foreign intelligence organizations. Officially, the MIA's jurisdiction applies to everywhere except the United States of America and its citizen/territories, but this rule is, like the others, rarely followed.

The MIA and JPCU are enemies; whilst officially the two (2) groups are allies, internally they despise one another. The JPCU sees the MIA as uncontrolled madmen with unchecked power and blank checks to do whatever they want with their forbidden power, while the MIA sees the JPCU as uncontrolled corporatists working only in their own favor and, often, against American interests. Technically, both perspectives are correct; the MIA is unchecked, and has faced many issues with corruption, abuses of power, etc. within its ranks; similarly, the JPCU does find itself working against groups like the MIA and CBPA, but only because the JPCU seeks to understand threats before attempting to destroy them, or because the JPCU works for the UN and not just the US. Regardless of the root causes, the two (2) groups have exchanged shots before and remain locked in a cold war to this day.

#### MIA Ranks:

1. Director
2. Directorate Executive(s)
3. Regional Director(s)
4. Handler(s)
5. Officer(s)
6. Affiliate(s)

#### MIA Directorates:

	1. Department Overseeing Magical Anomalies & Disturbances (DOMAD): A secret cabal operating within the MIA that handles only the most discreet and covert tasks, like carrying out operations against US citizens or against their own members; DOMAD is also known to incite False Flag events across the US to maintain the public fear of Magic and anomalies and carry out campaigns against Magic Colleges and other influential supernatural factions within the US.
	2. House McCarthy: A manmade House of Vampires composed of Special Ops soldiers and veterans created by the MIA as a weapon to be used during the Vietnam War against Communists and USSR-backed anomalous groups like GRU-P; were officially disbanded in the 1980's, but continues to operate illegally.
4. Directorate of Exchange: The Directorate of Exchange is equivalent to the CIA's Directorate of Moderation, and is in charge of providing the necessary administrative functions to keep the MIA running, and providing those services in such a way that it protects the organization's secrecy; these tasks include security, communications, and clandestine financial operations.