Other "fourth Branches"
- Federal Reserve (central bank of the United States)
- Office of the Independent Counsel (or its successor the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel)
- Office of Personnel Management (The civil service)
- Freemasons (during the 19th century when Americans thought secret societies had immense power)
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