Senate Bureau of Intelligence/Legends

The Senate Bureau of Intelligence, or SBI, was an official covert investigative unit in the Old Republic, tasked with providing the Galactic Senate with domestic and foreign intelligence, and for cases for, against, and about the Senate. It was the largest of the Republic's intelligence agencies, and was at least partly responsible to the Senate Intelligence Oversight Committee. It was given expanded powers by the Loyalist Committee during the Separatist Crisis, and by Palpatine during the Clone Wars. Before the War, the SBI had corruption in it. Low-level agents were known to aid corrupt senators in their schemes by passing on misinformation for the right price. Wulf Yularen was a member of the SBI, but the mass-coruption of the agency led Yularen to resign in disgust.

Dyne, Vyn Narcassan, Travale, and Inglemenn Barezz were all SBI agents during the Clone Wars. Qu Rahn, Clone Commander Thire, and Valiant all worked alongside the SBI during the war. The last SBI Director was Armand Isard.

After the Declaration of a New Order, SBI became the core of Imperial Intelligence.

One department was the Cryptanalysis Department headed by Ilko Deminar. Another was the Crisis Branch.

Behind the scenes

 * This is probably based on the American bureau, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI.
 * The acronym for the Senate Bureau of Intelligence, can be anagrammed into the acronym for one of its sucessors. The Imperial Security Bureau, or ISB.

Appearances

 * Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 14:2:12: Counter-Slicer Team Formed
 * Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 15:2:22
 * Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 15:3:02
 * Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 15:3:29
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * X-wing: Solo Command
 * Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 14:2:12: Counter-Slicer Team Formed
 * Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 15:2:22
 * Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 15:3:02
 * Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 15:3:29
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * X-wing: Solo Command
 * Republic HoloNet News Core Edition 15:3:29
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * X-wing: Solo Command