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An intelligence agency is a governmental organization devoted to gathering of information by means of espionage ( spying), communication interception, cryptoanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public sources.Intelligence agencies are also involved in defensive activities such as counter-espionage or counter-terrorism.
Some agencies are involved in assassination, arms sales as well as coups d'etat and other covert operations, in order to support their own or their governments' interests, and the placement of misinformation ( propaganda).
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- List of intelligence agencies
- List of intelligence gathering disciplines
- SIGINT or Signals Intelligence
- HUMINT or Human Intelligence
- ELINT or Electronics Intelligence
- IMINT or Imagery Intelligence
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance CourtThe Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is a secret U. court composed of eleven federal judges, established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ( 1978), and expanded by the Patriot Act in 2001. Its jurisdiction is to oversee requests for surv
- MukhabaratMukhabarat is the Arabic term for intelligence, as in intelligence agency. Organisations using the name include: Iraq: Da'irat al-Mukhabarat al-Amah or Jihaz al-Mukhabarat al-Amma, the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) or General Intelligence Directorate (
- Secret policeA secret police (sometimes political police force is a police organization that operates in secret to enforce state security. This blanket term generally means keeping the government from being attacked from within (e. sabotage, revolution, etc). In count
- Security agencySecurity agency is an organization which conducts intelligence activities for the internal security of a nation, state or organization. They are the domestic cousins of foriegn intelligence agencies See also Secret police Intelligence agencies.
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