National intelligence organizations
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National intelligence organizations may report to the head of government through a single official or agency, or might report through multiple channels to the top level of government (e.g., through cabinet-level officers for foreign policy, armed forces, law enforcement, etc.). There may very well be intelligence organizations that do not routine provide information to the national leadership, such as those specifically intended to support military operations.
Australia
- Australian Security Intelligence Organization [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Defense Signals Directorate (Australia) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Defense Intelligence Organization (Australia) [r]: Add brief definition or description
Canada
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service [r]: The civilian intelligence analysis and counterintelligence organization of Canada [e]
- Communications Security Establishment [r]: The Canadian government organization responsible for communications security and signals intelligence [e]
France
- Service de Documentation Exterieure et de Contre-Espionage (SDECE) [r]: The civilian external intelligence and covert action organization of France [e]
- Direction de la surveillance du territoire (DST) [r]: Add brief definition or description
India
Italy
- Comitato interministeriale per la sicurezza della Repubblica (CISR) [r]: Italy's interministerial committee for the security of the Republic, a top-level body similar to the U.S. Director of National Intelligence [e]
- Dipartimento delle Informazioni per la Sicurezza (DIS) [r]: Department of Information Security for Italian intelligence, responsible for security clearances and serving as the secretariat for the CISR [e]
- Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna (AISE) [r]: The current civilian external intelligence service of Italy, which replaced the military-directed SISMI in 2007 [e]
- Reparto informazioni e sicurezza dello Stato maggiore della difesa (RIS) [r]: Italian national military intelligence, comparable to the Russian GRU or U.S. DIA [e]
- Agenzia informazioni e sicurezza interna (AISI) [r]: Italy's domestic intelligence service, previously SISDE [e]
Israel
- Aman [r]: Israeli military intelligence, roughly equivalent to the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency or Russian GRU [e]
- Mossad [r]: The civilian foreign intelligence and covert action agency of Israel, roughly comparable to the British Secret Intelligence Service or U.S. Central Intelligence Agency [e]
- Shin Bet [r]: Israeli domestic intelligence, roughly equivalent to the British Security Service (MI5) [e]
Jordan
Pakistan
- Inter-Services Intelligence [r]: The military intelligence and covert action organization of Pakistan; historically contained strong Islamist elements but also concerned with India-Pakistan security issues [e]
Russia
- Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) [r]: Russian Federation foreign intelligence service, known as the SVR, largely built from the First Chief Directorate of the KGB [e] (SVR)
- GRU [r]: Military intelligence agency of the Soviet Union and then Russian Federation [e]
Saudi Arabia
- General Intelligence Department (Saudi Arabia) [r]: The national intelligence service of Saudi Arabia [e]
United Kingdom
- Joint Intelligence Committee [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Secret Intelligence Service [r]: Britain's national-level civilian organization for intelligence and covert action [e]
- Government Communications Headquarters [r]: The British government agency responsible for signals intelligence and information assurance [e]
- Security Service [r]: British domestic counterintelligence service, without police powers [e]
United States
Sixteen organizations form the United States intelligence community
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence [r]: The professional head of the United States Intelligence Community, reporting to the President, currently Dennis Blair [e]
- Central Intelligence Agency [r]: The principal civilian intelligence organization of the United States, specializing in all-source intelligence analysis, clandestine human-source intelligence, and covert action. [e]
- Defense Intelligence Agency [r]: One of the members of the United States intelligence community, charged with providing national-level analysis specifically relevant for military needs, and being the focal point for measurement and signature intelligence [e]
- Bureau of Intelligence and Research [r]: A purely analytical part of the United States intelligence community that specializes in studies that directly assist diplomacy, and also address issues of political geography [e]
- Office of Intelligence & Counterintelligence, United States Department of Energy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Office of Intelligence & Analysis, United States Department of Homeland Security [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Office of Intelligence & Analysis, United States Department of the Treasury [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Office of National Security Intelligence, Drug Enforcement Administration [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Federal Bureau of Investigation [r]: The principal U.S. Federal police agency, part of the U.S. Department of Justice and the United States intelligence community, who has arrest authority, and is the primary authority for a variety of domestic crimes, civilian counterespionage within the United States, and organized crime [e]
- National Reconnaissance Office [r]: An agency of the United States intelligence community, which designs, procures, launches, and operates intelligence satellites and certain aircraft/UAV platforms. It does not analyze their output. [e]
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency [r]: A United States Department of Defense organization reponsible for interpretation of imagery and geospatial intelligence, as well as geodesic surveys and mapmaking, including missile targeting reference data [e]
- National Security Agency [r]: An organization within the United States Department of Defense, with the dual roles of the principal signals intelligence agency in the United States intelligence community, but also having the responsibility for information assurance of military, diplomatic, and other critical communications. [e]
- United States Army Intelligence and Security Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Office of Naval Intelligence [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Marine Corps Intelligence Activity [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Coast Guard Intelligence [r]: Add brief definition or description
