Security agency
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A security agency is a governmental organization which conducts intelligence activities for the internal security of a nation. They are the domestic cousins of foreign intelligence agencies, and typically conduct counterintelligence to thwart other countries' foreign intelligence efforts. For example, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a law enforcement and security agency, while the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a foreign intelligence agency, which deals exclusively with the country's external security and intelligence. A similar relationship exists in Britain between MI5 and MI6.
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Security agencies
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
- Directorate of Intelligence (G2)
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Intelligence Bureau (India)
- Estonian Internal Security Service
- Ministry of State Security (China)
- MI5 (Also known as the Security Service)
- New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
- Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency (ISA))
- Special Detective Unit
- National Security Agency
- Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego
- Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Germany)
- Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
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