National intelligence organizations

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 Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure [r]: Add brief definition or description (DGSE)
• Direction de la surveillance du territoire [r]: Add brief definition or description (DST)

India

• Research and Analysis Wing [r]: Add brief definition or description

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]: Add brief definition or description
  • Servizio per le Informazioni e la Sicurezza Militare [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 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]: Add brief definition or description
  • Servizio per le Informazioni e la Sicurezza Democratica (SISDE) [r]: Add brief definition or description

Israel

• Aman [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 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

• General Intelligence Department (Jordan) [r]: Add brief definition or description

Pakistan

• Inter-Services Intelligence [r]: Add brief definition or description

Russia

• Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) [r]: Add brief definition or description (SVR)
• GRU [r]: Add brief definition or description

Saudi Arabia

• General Intelligence Department (Saudi Arabia) [r]: Add brief definition or description

United Kingdom

• Joint Intelligence Committee [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Secret Intelligence Service [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Government Communications Headquarters [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Security Service [r]: Add brief definition or description

United States

Sixteen organizations form the United States intelligence community

• Office of the Director of National Intelligence [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Central Intelligence Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Defense Intelligence Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Bureau of Intelligence and Research [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 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]: Add brief definition or description
• National Reconnaissance Office [r]: Add brief definition or description
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
• National Security Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 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