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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. Its headquarters are in the community of Langley in the McLean CDP of Fairfax County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.. The CIA is part of the American Intelligence Community, which is now led by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) ...

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• Central Intelligence Agency - Organization
• Central Intelligence Agency - History
• Central Intelligence Agency - CIA Seal
• Central Intelligence Agency - Structure
• Central Intelligence Agency - Historical operations
• Central Intelligence Agency - Eastern Europe
• Central Intelligence Agency - Third World
• Central Intelligence Agency - Controversies
• Central Intelligence Agency - Support for foreign dictators
• Central Intelligence Agency - Highly illegal activities
• Central Intelligence Agency - Criticism for ineffectiveness
• Central Intelligence Agency - Drug trafficking
• Central Intelligence Agency - Assassinations
• Central Intelligence Agency - CIA operations in Iraq
• Central Intelligence Agency - Secret CIA Prisons
• Central Intelligence Agency - Other
• Central Intelligence Agency - CIA insiders and whistleblowers
• Central Intelligence Agency - Other Countries
• Central Intelligence Agency - Footnotes

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The Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) is the Australian government intelligence agency responsible for collecting foreign intelligence, undertaking counter-intelligence activities and cooperation with other intelligence agencies overseas. ASIS is roughly equivalent to the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) or the United States' Central Intelligence Agency, though its role is considerably more circumscribed. According to its website, the mission of ASIS is to: protect and promote Australia's vital interests through the provisi ...

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• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - History
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Royal Commissions examining ASIS
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - First Hope Royal Commission
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Second Hope Royal Commission
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Samuels and Codd Royal Commission
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Controversies
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - The Sheraton Hotel incident
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Involvement in Papua New Guinea
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Chinese embassy bugging
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Four Corners program
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Legislative changes affecting ASIS
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Intelligence Services Act 2001
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Intelligence Services Amendment Act 2004
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Role
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Footnotes
• Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Credit

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A whistleblower is an employee, former employee, or member of an organization who reports misconduct to people or entities that have the power to take corrective action. Generally the misconduct is a violation of law, rule, regulation and/or a direct threat to public interest -- fraud, health, safety violations, and corruption are just a few examples. For instance, Jeffrey Wigand is a well-known whistleblower in the United States for his role in the Big Tobacco scandal, revealing that executives of the companies knew that cigarettes w ...

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• Whistleblower - Reactions to whistleblowing
• Whistleblower - Whistleblower law
• Whistleblower - Famous whistleblowers
• Whistleblower - Resources

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The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) is an intelligence agency of the Canadian government, charged with the duty of keeping track of foreign signals intelligence. Part of the Department of National Defence, CSE is forbidden, by law, to intercept domestic communications. When intercepting communications between a domestic and foreign source, the domestic communications are destroyed or otherwise ignored (however, after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the CSE's powers expanded to allow the the inte ...

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The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is an international newspaper published daily, Monday through Friday. Started in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist, the paper does not use wire services and instead relies largely on its own reporters in bureaus in eleven countries around the world. Reporters at one time were drawn largely from church members but this no longer holds true. Despite its name, the Monitor was not established to be a religious-themed paper, nor does it directly ...

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The Ankh-Morpork City Watch (originally the Night Watch) is a fictional police force within the Discworld series of books by Terry Pratchett. The watch is based in the city-state of Ankh-Morpork on the Discworld. Terry Pratchett has stated that, "I wanted to give them a spot to shine in the sun, but it turned out to be a full blown tropical vacation." Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Members. The primary members of the watch are (see the linked articles for full details of the characters):

• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Members
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Commander Sir Samuel Vimes
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Sergeant Angua
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Sergeant Detritus
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Sergeant Fred Colon
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Corporal Nobby Nobbs
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Sergeant Cheery Littlebottom
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Constable Reginald Shoe
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Constable Visit-the-Infidel-with-Explanatory-Pamphlets
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Lance-Constable Salacia Sally [...] von Humpeding
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Lance-Constable A.E. Pessimal
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Constable Dorfl
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Constable Igor
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Constable Downspout
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - History
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Uniform and equipment
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Watch badge
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Communications

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A Black Bag Job or Black Bag Operation is a covert entry action undertaken by a police force or intelligence agency. A black bag job should not become known to its target, so violence or confrontation are to be avoided. Reasons for a black bag job include planting surveillance equipment and finding and copying documents, computer data or cryptographic keys. The term comes from the black bags formerly used by intelligence services to carry the equipment required for such operations. The use of "black bag jobs" by the FBI was declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court ...

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• Black bag job - Reference
• Black bag job - External Link

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Bezbednosno Informativna Agencija (BIA, Security Information Agency) is the Serbian intelligence agency. Since 2002 it has been fighting against organized crime. Some of its members carry weapons. Bezbednosno Informativna Agencija - Official Site. bia.sr.gov.yu/Eng/frameset_e.html UDBA, OZNA See also. UDBA OZNA Categories: Articles that need to be wikifiedIncluding:

• Bezbednosno Informativna Agencija - Official Site

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The Bundesnachrichtendienst (Federal Intelligence Service, BND) is the foreign intelligence agency of the German government, with roles roughly equivalent to the CIA, the NSA, and to the counterintelligence branch of the FBI. Its headquarters are in Pullach near Munich, and Berlin. The domestic secret service counterpart of the BND is the Verfassungsschutz. Bundesnachrichtendienst - Structure of the BND. The Bundesnachrichtendienst is divided into 8 branches, with different operational ...

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• Bundesnachrichtendienst - Structure of the BND
• Bundesnachrichtendienst - Presidents of the BND

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The Vatican Bank is a common name given to the Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR) or Institute for Religious Works, the central bank for the Roman Catholic Church located in Vatican City. The Vatican Bank is run by a professional bank President who reports directly to a commitee of cardinals, and ultimately to the Pope (or the Cardinal Camerlengo during an interregnum). The current President is Angelo Caloia. Vatican Bank - History. The Vatican Bank is a branch of the Roman ...

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• Vatican Bank - History
• Vatican Bank - Banco Ambrosiano scandal
• Vatican Bank - Allegations
• Vatican Bank - Legal action
• Vatican Bank - Role in popular culture

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The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) is a Canadian intelligence agency founded in 1984 by an act of the Parliament of Canada. The creation of CSIS was a recommendation of the McDonald Commission which advised removing responsibility for intelligence from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, specifically the RCMP Security Service. Prior to the establishment of CSIS, the RCMP, which is Canada's federal police ...

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• Canadian Security Intelligence Service - Oversight
• Canadian Security Intelligence Service - External link

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General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (August 12, 1924–August 17, 1988) ruled Pakistan from 1977 to 1988. Zia-ul-Haq was the third person in the history of Pakistan to enforce martial law and halt civilian rule in the country. He was born in Jalandhar (in India) in 1924 as the second child of a school teacher named Mohammad Akbar. He completed his initial education in Simla and then at St. Stephen's College in Delhi. He was commissioned in the British Army in 1943 and served during World War II. At independence, Zia joined the Pakistan ...

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• Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq - Legacy

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The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States occurred over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001 (after the September 11, 2001 attacks). Letters containing anthrax bacteria were mailed to several news media offices and two US Senators, killing five people. The crime remains unsolved. 2001 anthrax attacks - Overview. The first set of anthrax letters had a Trenton, New Jersey postmark dated September 18, 2001, exactly one week after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Five letters are belie ...

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• 2001 anthrax attacks - Overview
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Investigation
• 2001 anthrax attacks - A person of interest
• 2001 anthrax attacks - The anthrax
• 2001 anthrax attacks - The Princeton mailbox
• 2001 anthrax attacks - The return address
• 2001 anthrax attacks - The notes
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Journalists and amateur investigators on the 2001 anthrax attacks
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Barbara Hatch Rosenberg
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Don Foster
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Ed Lake
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Richard M. Smith
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Gary Matsumoto
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Ross E. Getman
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Robert Pate
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Kenneth J. Dillon
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Aftermath
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Contamination and cleanup
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Political effects
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Health
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Timeline of the 2001 anthrax attacks
• 2001 anthrax attacks - The attacks
• 2001 anthrax attacks - Related events

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The Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE) or General Directorate for External Security is France's external intelligence agency. On April 2, 1982 it replaced the Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage (SDECE). Its motto is Partout où nécessité fait loi ("In every place where necessity makes law"). Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure - Organization. Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure - Headquarters. T ...

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• Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure - Organization
• Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure - Headquarters
• Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure - Divisions
• Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure - Directors
• Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure - Famous missions

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ASA may stand for: ASA is the ICAO code for Alaska Airlines Accessible Surface Area Acetylosalicylic acid, acetylsalicylic acid; see Salicylic acid and Aspirin Adaptive Simulated Annealing optimization algorithm. Advertising Standards Authority in the UK American Sailing Association American Society of Anesthesiologists and a I-V rating of anesthetic risk American Sociological Association American Speed Association, was a second-tier stock car ...

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The National Security Agency / Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) is believed to be the largest United States government intelligence agency. It is responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and for the security of US government communications against similar agencies elsewhere. Established by a U.S. presidential executive order, the NSA works closely with the Department ...

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• National Security Agency - Agency history
• National Security Agency - Involvement with non-government cryptography
• National Security Agency - ECHELON
• National Security Agency - Phone taps
• National Security Agency - Staff
• National Security Agency - Directors
• National Security Agency - Deputy Directors
• National Security Agency - Notable cryptanalysts
• National Security Agency - NSA encryption systems
• National Security Agency - Past and present SIGINT activities
• National Security Agency - Notes
• National Security Agency - In fiction

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The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is the Australian government domestic intelligence agency, responsible (in coordination with the Australian Federal Police), for preventing espionage by foreign powers, and monitoring and preventing terrorist activities. ASIO is comparable to the U.K domestic counterintelligence service, MI5. Similar to MI5 officers, ASIO officers have no police or arrest powers, and are not armed. ASIO's sister organisation i ...

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• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation - History
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation - Project VENONA
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation - The Petrov Affair
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation - Royal Commission on Espionage
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation - ASIO mole
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation - Criticisms
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation - Conspiracy theories
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation - Post-2001 and the War on Terror

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Espionage is the practice of obtaining secrets (spying) from rivals or enemies for military, political, or economic advantage. It is usually thought of as part of an institutional effort (i.e., governmental or corporate intelligence). The definition has been restricted to a state spying on potential or actual enemies, primarily for military purposes, but this has been extended to spying involving corporations, known specifically as industrial espionage. Many nations routinely spy on both their enemies, and allies, although they ...

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• Espionage - Noteworthy incidents in the history of espionage
• Espionage - Spies in various conflicts
• Espionage - Espionage organizations
• Espionage - Espionage technology and techniques
• Espionage - Spy fiction
• Espionage - Reference
• Espionage - Surveys
• Espionage - World War I
• Espionage - World War II: 1931-1945
• Espionage - Cold War Era: 1945-1991

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General Zia's most enduring legacy is the political system he left behind. After the partyless elections of February 1985, the 1973 constitution was pulled out of cold storage, and on its back, a series of amendments giving absolute powers to the president were grafted to dismantle any future democratic set up at will. Since then the presidential powers have been used three times to disband elected assemblies. In May 1988 he himself sacked Prime Minister Muhammad Khan Junejo and dissolved the elected assemblies while President Ghulam Ishaq K ...

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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq - Legacy

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KGB - Senior Staff. The Senior staff were a Chairman, one or two First deputy chairmen, and four to six deputy chairmen. the KGB Collegium--a Chairman, deputy chairmen, Directorate chiefs, and one or two republic-level KGB organization chairmen--effected key policy decisions. KGB - Directorates. The KGB was organized into directorates. Some were: The First Chief Directorate (Foreign Operations)--respon ...

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KGB, KGB - Tasks and organization, KGB - Notable KGB operations, KGB - Organization, KGB - Senior Staff, KGB - Directorates, KGB - Other Sections, KGB - Trivia, KGB - External link

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