I think jurisdiction is one of the main areas that is violated by fiction. It's certainly one of the biggest things about Homeland that has me wanting to stab myself with a spork. Here you've got outstanding actors and great drama and tension, but the jurisdiction issues are so preposterous...and people take it as gospel because they don't know the difference.

And you would think at least the uniforms would be correct in Navy movies. It's not like they can't google it. Sheesh! I understand your husband's frustration.

Can't wait to see how you work in this info. Lol. So glad you enjoyed the article. 🙂

Ah, I see now. I thought at first you were saying they don't know what their purpose is. Of course, as we've seen in Congress, bureaucratic purpose can often go astray... 😉

There are a couple dozen other intelligence organizations. We wish we could have covered them all. Perhaps in a future article we will address the DIA.

Before the DHS, your brother-in-law would have been able to do that work as a member of the FBI. We aren't against important security work being done. We're only against the expensive duplication of agencies and too much domestic spying. We definitely appreciate the work that your brother-in-law does to keep society safe. 🙂

LOL, Jennifer, my hubby's a former submariner, too, and it cracks me up when we watch movies like Hunt for Red October ("there's no WAY they could ever get that close!") or Crimson Tide ("Firing guns inside a submarine?" ...and frothing at the mouth about chain of command...). But obviously, Sean Connery and Denzel Washington can override any authenticity issues! 😉

I don't know enough to quibble with a tv show other than knowing that the CIA doesn't operate here. And I used to gripe if the FBI was shown operating overseas, but I'll stop now.

My biggest pet peeve was other shows where other types would never have jurisdiction to do something. JAG was a prime contender for that - they got into all sorts of crime solving that a JAG lawyer wouldn't, and I quit watching because of that. CSI sort of does the same thing - just why are the CSI investigators doing the police detectives' work? And how often does the coroner really get involved solving mysteries outside the autopsy room or maybe crime scene itself?

My ex-submariner husband picks on any Navy movie if the insignia or uniforms aren't right. I've sort of convinced him that if they show a destroyer instead of a cruiser, that the world won't end. 🙂

Anyway, I too will be saving this for possible future reference. You never know when my time-traveling kids will need an FBI intervention! Hmm, or would that be Homeland, as per "jmcgarryxx" above?