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Agenciesinthe
World
AnIntelligenceAgencyisaneffective
instrumentofanationalpower.Aggressive
Top10ShortestLived
intelligenceisitsprimaryweaponto Presidents
destabilizethetarget.Indeed,noone
knowswhattheintelligenceagencies
actuallydosofiguringoutwhothebest
intelligenceserviceiscanbedifficult.The
verynatureofintelligenceoftenmeans
thatthesuccesseswillnotbepublic
knowledgeforyears,whereasfailuresor
controversialoperationswillbetakento
thepress.Itsathanklesssituation.Still,
fromwhatlittlehasemerged,onecanhave
anideaofsomeofthebetterintelligence
servicesoutthere,withtheunderstanding
thatthisisbasedonincompletedata.

10.ASISAustralia
Formed 13May1952
HeadquartersCanberra,Australian
CapitalTerritory,
Australia
Annual $162.5mAUD(2007)
budget
Minister TheHon.StephenSmith
Top10PointlessBaby
responsible MP,MinisterforForeignAffairs
Products
Agency NickWarner,DirectorGeneral
executive

AustralianSecretIntelligenceServiceis
theAustraliangovernmentintelligence
agencyresponsibleforcollectingforeign
intelligence,undertakingcounter
intelligenceactivitiesandcooperationwith
otherintelligenceagenciesoverseas.For
morethantwentyyears,theexistenceof
theagencywasasecretevenfromitsown
government.Itsprimaryresponsibilityis
gatheringintelligencefrommainlyAsian
Top10MostRidiculously
andPacificinterestsusingagentsstationed
OverpricedGifts
inawidevarietyofareas.Itsmain
purpose,aswithmostagencies,isto
protectthecountryspoliticaland
economicinterestswhileensuringsafety
forthepeopleofAustraliaagainstnational
threats. Top10ScariestAliens

9.RAWIndia

Top10MostDangerous
Sports

Formed 21September1968
Headquarters NewDelhi,India
Agency K.C.Verma,Secretary
executive (R)
Parentagency PrimeMinistersOffice,
GoI

ResearchandAnalysisWingisIndias
externalintelligenceagency.Itwasformed
inSeptember1968,afterthenewly
independentRepublicofIndiawasfaced
with2consecutivewars,theSinoIndian
warof1962andtheIndiaPakistaniwarof Top10RoyalDynasties
1965,asitwasevidentthatacredible
intelligencegatheringsetupwaslacking.
Itsprimaryfunctioniscollectionof
externalintelligence,counterterrorism
andcovertoperations.Inaddition,itis
responsibleforobtainingandanalyzing
informationaboutforeigngovernments,
corporations,andpersons,inorderto
adviseIndianforeignpolicymakers.Until
thecreationofR&AW,theIntelligence
Bureauhandledbothinternalandexternal
intelligence.

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8.DGSEFrance

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Companies

Formed April2,1982
Preceding ExternalDocumentationand Top10MostDangerous
agency CounterEspionageService Hackers

Minister HervMorin,Ministerof
responsible Defence
Agency ErardCorbinde
executive Mangoux,Director

DirectorateGeneralforExternalSecurity
isFrancesexternalintelligenceagency. Top10DeepestPlaceson
Earth
Operatingunderthedirectionofthe
Frenchministryofdefence,theagency
worksalongsidetheDCRI(theCentral
DirectorateofInteriorIntelligence)in
providingintelligenceandnational
security,notablybyperforming
paramilitaryandcounterintelligence
operationsabroad.TheGeneral
DirectorateforExternalSecurity(DGSE)
ofFrancehasarathershorthistory
comparedtootherintelligenceagenciesin
theregion.Itwasofficiallyfoundedin
1982fromamultitudeofpriorintelligence
agenciesinthecountry.Itsprimaryfocus
istogatherintelligencefromforeign
sourcestoassistinmilitaryandstrategic
decisionsforthecountry.Theagency
employsmorethanfivethousandpeople.

7.FSBRussia

Formed 3April,1995
Employees 350,000
Headquarters LubyankaSquare
Precedingagency KGB

TheFederalSecurityServiceofRussian
Federation(FSD)isthemaindomestic
securityagencyoftheRussianFederation
andthemainsuccessoragencyofthe
SovieteraCheka,NKVDandKGB.The
FSBisinvolvedincounterintelligence,
internalandbordersecurity,counter
terrorism,andsurveillance.Its
headquartersareonLubyankaSquare,
downtownMoscow,thesamelocationas
theformerheadquartersoftheKGB.All
lawenforcementandintelligenceagencies
inRussiaworkundertheguidanceofFSB,
ifneeded.Forexample,theGRU,spetsnaz
andInternalTroopsdetachmentsof
RussianMinistryofInternalAffairswork
togetherwiththeFSBinChechnya.The
FSBisresponsibleforinternalsecurityof
theRussianstate,counterespionage,and
thefightagainstorganizedcrime,
terrorism,anddrugsmuggling.The
numberofFSBpersonnelanditsbudget
remainstatesecrets,althoughthebudget
wasreportedtojumpnearly40%in2006.

6.BNDGermany
Formed 1April1956
Employees 6,050
Agency GehlenOrganization
executive
Parentagency CentralIntelligence
Group

TheBundesnachrichtendienstisthe
foreignintelligenceagencyoftheGerman
government,underthecontrolofthe
ChancellorsOffice.TheBNDactsasan
earlywarningsystemtoalerttheGerman
governmenttothreatstoGermaninterests
fromabroad.Itdependsheavilyon
wiretappingandelectronicsurveillanceof
internationalcommunications.Itcollects
andevaluatesinformationonavarietyof
areassuchasinternationalterrorism,
WMDproliferationandillegaltransferof
technology,organizedcrime,weaponsand
drugtrafficking,moneylaundering,illegal
migrationandinformationwarfare.As
Germanysonlyoverseasintelligence
service,theBNDgathersbothmilitaryand
civilintelligence.

5.MSSChina

Jurisdiction PeoplesRepublicofChina
HeadquartersBeijing
Agency GengHuichang,Minister
executive ofStateSecurity
Parent StateCouncil
agency

MinistryofStateSecurityisthesecurity
agencyofthePeoplesRepublicofChina.It
isalsoprobablytheChinesegovernments
largestandmostactiveforeignintelligence
agency,thoughitisalsoinvolvedin
domesticsecuritymatters.Article4ofthe
CriminalProcedureLawgivestheMSSthe
sameauthoritytoarrestordetainpeople
asregularpoliceforcrimesinvolvingstate
securitywithidenticalsupervisionbythe
procuratoratesandthecourts.Itis
headquarteredneartheMinistryofPublic
SecurityofthePeoplesRepublicofChina
inBeijing.AccordingtoLiuFuzhi,
SecretaryGeneraloftheCommissionfor
PoliticsandLawundertheCentral
CommitteeoftheCommunistPartyof
ChinaandMinisterofPublicSecurity,the
missionoftheMSSistoensurethe
securityofthestatethrougheffective
measuresagainstenemyagents,spies,and
counterrevolutionaryactivitiesdesigned
tosabotageoroverthrowChinassocialist
system.Oneoftheprimarymissionsof
theMSSisundoubtedlytogatherforeign
intelligencefromtargetsinvarious
countriesoverseas.ManyMSSagentsare
saidtohaveoperatedintheGreaterChina
region(HongKong,Macau,andTaiwan)
andtohaveintegratedthemselvesintothe
worldsnumerousoverseasChinese
communities.Atonepoint,nearly120
agentswhohadbeenoperatingundernon
officialcoverintheU.S.,Canada,Western
andNorthernEurope,andJapanas
businessmen,bankers,scholars,and
journalistswererecalledtoChina,afact
thatdemonstratesthebroadgeographical
scopeofMSSagentcoverage.

4.MossadIsrael
Formed December13,1949asthe
CentralInstitutefor
Coordination
Employees1,200(est)
Agency MeirDagan,Director
executive
Parent OfficeofthePrimeMinister
agency

TheMossadisresponsibleforintelligence
collectionandcovertoperationsincluding
paramilitaryactivities.Itisoneofthemain
entitiesintheIsraeliIntelligence
Community,alongwithAman(military
intelligence)andShinBet(internal
security),butitsdirectorreportsdirectlyto
thePrimeMinister.Thelistofitssuccesses
islong.Israelsintelligenceagencyismost
famousforhavingtakenoutanumberof
PLOoperativesinretaliationfortheattack
thatkilledelevenIsraeliathletesatthe
1972OlympicgamesinMunich.However,
thisagencyhasothersuccesstoitsname,
includingtheacquisitionofaMiG21prior
totheSixDaywarof1967andthetheftof
theplansfortheMirage5afterthedeal
withFrancewentsour.Mossadalso
assistedtheUnitedStatesinsupporting
SolidarityinPolandduringthe1980s.

3.ISIPakistan

Formed 1948
Jurisdiction GovernmentofPakistan
HeadquartersIslamabad,Pakistan
Agency LieutenantGeneral
executive AhmadShujaPasha,PA
DirectorGeneral

Withthelengthiesttrackrecordofsuccess,
thebestknowIntelligencesofaronthe
scaleofrecordsisISI.TheInterServices
Intelligencewascreatedasanindependent
unitin1948inordertostrengthenthe
performanceofPakistansMilitary
IntelligenceduringtheIndoPakistaniWar
of1947.Itssuccessinachievingitsgoal
withoutleadingtoafullscaleinvasionof
PakistanbytheSovietsisafeatunmatched
byanyotherthroughouttheintelligence
world.KGB,Thebestofitstime,failedto
counterISIandprotectSovietinterestsin
CentralAsia.Ithashad0doubleagentsor
Defectorsthroughoutitshistory,
consideringthatinlightofthewholewar
campaignitcarriedoutfrommoney
earnedbysellingdrugsboughtfromthe
verypeopleitwasbleeding,TheSoviets.It
hasprotecteditsNuclearWeaponssince
formedandithasfoiledIndianattemptsto
attainultimatesupremacyintheSouth
Asiantheatresthroughinternal
destabilizationofIndia.ItisaboveAlllaws
initshostcountryPakistanAState,with
inaState.Itspoliciesaremadeoutsideof
allotherinstitutionswiththeexceptionof
TheArmy.Itspersonnelhaveneverbeen
caughtoncamera.Itsisbelievedtohave
thehighestnumberofagentsworldwide,
closeto10,000.Themoststrikingthingis
thatitsoneoftheleastfundedIntelligence
agencyoutofthetop10.

2.M16United
Kingdom
Formed 1909astheSecretService
Bureau
Jurisdiction GovernmentoftheUnited
Kingdom
HeadquartersVauxhallCross,London
Minister TheRtHon.William
responsible HagueMP,Foreign
Secretary
Agency SirJohnSawersKCMG,
executive DirectorGeneral
Parent Foreignand
agency CommonwealthOffice

TheBritishhavehadalongpublic
perceptionofaneffectiveintelligence
agency(duetothesuccessofthe
unrealistic,yetentertaining,JamesBond
movies).Thisperceptionmatchesreality.
MI6,theBritishequivalenttotheCIA,has
hadtwobigadvantagesinstaying
effective:TheBritishOfficialSecretsAct
andDnoticescanoftenpreventleaks
(whichhavebeenthebaneoftheCIAs
existence).Somestorieshaveemerged.In
theColdWar,MI6recruitedOleg
Penkovsky,whoplayedakeypartinthe
favorableresolutionoftheCubanMissile
Crisis,andOlegGordievski,whooperated
foradecadebeforeMI6extractedhimvia
Finland.TheBritishwereevenawareof
Norwoodsactivities,butmadethe
decisionnottotiptheirhand.MI6alsois
rumoredtohavesabotagedtheTu144
supersonicairlinerprogrambyaltering
documentsandmakingsuretheyfellinto
thehandsoftheKGB.

1.CIAAmerica

Formed September18,1947
Employees 20,000
Agency LeonPanetta,Director
executive
Parentagency CentralIntelligence
Group
CIAisthelargestoftheintelligence
agenciesandisresponsibleforgathering
datafromothercountriesthatcould
impactU.S.policy.Itisacivilian
intelligenceagencyoftheUnitedStates
governmentresponsibleforproviding
nationalsecurityintelligencetosenior
UnitedStatespolicymakers.TheCIAalso
engagesincovertactivitiesattherequest
ofthePresidentoftheUnitedStatesof
America.TheCIAsprimaryfunctionisto
collectinformationaboutforeign
governments,corporations,and
individuals,andtoadvisepublic
policymakers.Theagencyconductscovert
operationsandparamilitaryactions,and
exertsforeignpoliticalinfluencethrough
itsSpecialActivitiesDivision.Ithasfailed
tocontrolterrorismactivitiesincluding
9/11,NotevenasingletoplevelAlQueda
leadercapturedownitsowninthepast9
yearstheymissed1MillionSoviet
troopsmarchingintoAfghanistan.Iraqs
WeaponsofMassDestruction,Havethe
foundthemyet?Numberofdefectors/
doubleagentsnumbersclosetoa
thousand.On50thanniversaryofCIA,
PresidentClintonsaidBynecessity,the
Americanpeoplewillneverknowthefull
storyofyourcourage.Indeed,noone
knowsthatwhatCIAreallydoes.Highly
fundedandtechnologicallymostadvanced
Intelligencesetupintheworld.
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