Bureau of Diplomatic Security
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The Bureau of Diplomatic Security is the U.S. Department of State’s security and law enforcement bureau responsible for protecting diplomatic personnel, facilities, and information worldwide.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bureau of Diplomatic Security canonical | 17 |
| Bureau of Diplomatic Security leadership | 1 |
| United States Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1203949 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bureau of Diplomatic Security Context triple: [Diplomatic Security Service, parentOrganization, Bureau of Diplomatic Security]
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A.
Diplomatic Security Service
The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State responsible for protecting American diplomatic personnel, facilities, and sensitive information worldwide.
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B.
Homeland Security Bureau
The Homeland Security Bureau is a specialized division of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia responsible for coordinating law enforcement efforts related to terrorism, emergency preparedness, and critical incident response in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Departamentul Securității Statului
Departamentul Securității Statului was the secret police and intelligence agency of communist Romania, notorious for its extensive surveillance and repression of political dissent.
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D.
The Secret Service
"The Secret Service" is a 2012 spy comic book series created by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons that follows a young man recruited into a covert British intelligence agency, serving as the basis for the film "Kingsman: The Secret Service."
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E.
United States Secret Service
The United States Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency best known for protecting the U.S. president and other national leaders, as well as investigating financial and cyber crimes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bureau of Diplomatic Security Target entity description: The Bureau of Diplomatic Security is the U.S. Department of State’s security and law enforcement bureau responsible for protecting diplomatic personnel, facilities, and information worldwide.
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A.
Diplomatic Security Service
The Diplomatic Security Service is the law enforcement and security arm of the U.S. Department of State responsible for protecting American diplomatic personnel, facilities, and sensitive information worldwide.
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B.
Homeland Security Bureau
The Homeland Security Bureau is a specialized division of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia responsible for coordinating law enforcement efforts related to terrorism, emergency preparedness, and critical incident response in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Departamentul Securității Statului
Departamentul Securității Statului was the secret police and intelligence agency of communist Romania, notorious for its extensive surveillance and repression of political dissent.
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D.
The Secret Service
"The Secret Service" is a 2012 spy comic book series created by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons that follows a young man recruited into a covert British intelligence agency, serving as the basis for the film "Kingsman: The Secret Service."
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E.
United States Secret Service
The United States Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency best known for protecting the U.S. president and other national leaders, as well as investigating financial and cyber crimes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bureau of the United States Department of State
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federal law enforcement agency ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Central Intelligence Agency
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United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
surface form:
Department of Homeland Security
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ United States Secret Service ⓘ host nation law enforcement agencies ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employs |
civil service personnel
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diplomatic couriers ⓘ foreign service personnel ⓘ security engineering officers ⓘ security technical specialists ⓘ special agents ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
counterintelligence
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counterterrorism ⓘ cybersecurity ⓘ diplomatic security ⓘ personnel security ⓘ physical security ⓘ protective security ⓘ |
| hasDivision | Diplomatic Security Service ⓘ |
| hasLawEnforcementArm | Diplomatic Security Service ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Harry S. Truman Building
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surface form:
Harry S Truman Building
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
U.S. diplomatic missions worldwide
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United States federal law ⓘ |
| legalAuthority |
Title 18 of the United States Code
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Title 22 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| oversees |
Marine Security Guard security program
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Regional Security Offices at U.S. embassies ⓘ local guard programs at U.S. diplomatic facilities ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | United States Department of State ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Department of State ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
counterintelligence for the Department of State
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counterterrorism security for U.S. diplomatic missions ⓘ cybersecurity for the Department of State ⓘ diplomatic courier service security ⓘ information security for the Department of State ⓘ overseas security policy for the Department of State ⓘ overseas security training for U.S. government personnel ⓘ personnel security investigations for the Department of State ⓘ physical security of U.S. embassies and consulates ⓘ protection of certain U.S. officials abroad ⓘ protection of the U.S. Secretary of State ⓘ protection of visiting foreign dignitaries in the United States ⓘ security of U.S. diplomatic facilities worldwide ⓘ security of U.S. diplomatic information worldwide ⓘ security of U.S. diplomatic personnel worldwide ⓘ security training for foreign partners ⓘ technical security of U.S. diplomatic facilities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bureau of Diplomatic Security Description of subject: The Bureau of Diplomatic Security is the U.S. Department of State’s security and law enforcement bureau responsible for protecting diplomatic personnel, facilities, and information worldwide.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Marine Security Guard
this entity surface form:
United States Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security
Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986
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implementedBy
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Bureau of Diplomatic Security
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this entity surface form:
Bureau of Diplomatic Security leadership