An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis or exploitation of information and intelligence in support of law enforcement, national security, defence and foreign policy objectives. Means of information gathering are both overt and covert and may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public sources. The assembly and propagation...
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Organizations of this type:
- National Directorate of Security ,
- Shin Bet ,
- Lekem ,
- Field Intelligence Corps ,
- Lishkat Hakesher ,
- Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution ,
- SHISH ,
- Department of Intelligence and Security ,
- Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Estratégica Militar ,
- Australian Secret Intelligence Service