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Index of Intelligence Agencies
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This page is under construction
Eventually, this page should present an (incomplete) overview of the various
intelligence agencies world-wide. If possible, a link to their website
is provided. This list is by no means complete and only provide information
about intelligence agencies that are of interest in relation to cryptography
or to other equipment listed on this site.
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BND
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Bundesnachrichtendienst
Federal Intelligence Service
(Website)
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BfV
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Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
(Website)
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LfV
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Landesämter für Verfassungsschutz (16 units)
State Offices for the Protection of the Constitution (one in each of the federal
states). The activities are coordinated by the BfV.
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MAD
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Militärischer Abschirmdienst
Military Counter-intelligence Service (Military Screening Service).
(Website)
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BSI
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Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik
Federal Office for Information Security.
(Website)
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BVD
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Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst
Former name of the Dutch Security Agency. Established after WWII as BNV
(Bureau Nationale Veiligheid, Bureau for National Security)
on 29 May 1945.
Renamed to CVD (Centrale Veiligheidsdienst,
Central Security Agency) in April 1946.
On 8 August 1949 the name was changed to BVD.
On 29 May 2002, the agency was reorganized and renamed to AIVD.
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AIVD
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Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst
Major Dutch Intelligence Agency.
(Website)
(Wikipedia)
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MIVD
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Militaire Inlichtingen en Veiligheidsdienst
Military Intelligence and Security Agency.
(Website)
(Wikipedia)
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NBV
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Nationaal Bureau voor de Verbindingsbeveiliging
Netherlands National Communications Security Agency.
Part of the AIVD.
(Website)
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NSO
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Nationale SIGINT Organisatie
Dutch national organization for communication interception.
(Website)
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Cheka
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Chrezvychaynaya Komissiaya
First Soviet state security organization, created by Lenin on 20 December 1917.
Cheka, or VCheka (Vserossiyskaya Chrezvychaynaya Komissiaya),
means All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution
and Sabotage. The emblem of the organization was shared with the KGB.
(Wikipedia)
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GRU
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Glavonoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravlenye
Current Russian Military Intelligence Service. Established by Lenin on 21 October 1918
and still operational. At one point, the GRU was bigger than the Cheka (the predecessor
of the KGB.
Even today, the GRU has about 6 times as many agents as the SVR
(the intelligence successor of the KGB).
(Wikipedia)
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KGB
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Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti
National Security Agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991 (Committee for State Security).
(Wikipedia)
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SVR
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Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. It is the successor of the First Chief Directorate
(PGU) of the former KGB.
(Wikipedia)
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CIA
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Central Intelligence Agency
Independent US Goverment agency for gathering national security
intelligence.
(Website)
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FBI
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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NRO
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National Reconnaissance Office
Responsible for the design, building and operation of the spy satellites
of the US government. Based in Chantilly, Virginia (USA).
(Other)
(Wikipedia)
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NSA
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National Security Agency
Part of the American Department of Defense (DoD).
Responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign
communications and foreign intelligence, and
for the protection of US Government communications.
(More...)
(Wikipedia)
(Website)
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USIA
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United States Information Agency
Former US Agency devoted to broadcasting 'public diplomacy', a.k.a. propaganda,
at the hight of the Cold War. The agency existed from 1953 to 1999 and had four
divisions. The agency also had a counter-intelligence department that performed
bug-sweeps.
(Wikipedia)
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