Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Estratégica Militar (National Directorate of Strategic Military Intelligence, DNIEM) is an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 intelligence agency

Intelligence agency

An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to information gathering for purposes of national security and defence. Means of information gathering may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public...

 part of the National Intelligence System

Sistema de Inteligencia Nacional

Sistema de Inteligencia Nacional is the official denomination of the Argentine national intelligence community.The National Intelligence System consists of the following agencies and its dependencies:...

, created by the 2001 Intelligence Reform Law 25.520. It is structurally dependent of the Ministry of Defense

Ministry of Defense (Argentina)

The Ministry of Defense of Argentina is a ministry of the national executive power that deals with everything related to the country national defense...

.

Function

Its main mission is to produce strategic military intelligence and analysis. The intelligence services

Intelligence agency

An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to information gathering for purposes of national security and defence. Means of information gathering may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public...

 of the Argentine Armed Forces

Military of Argentina

The Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, in Spanish Fuerzas Armadas de la República Argentina, are controlled by the Commander-in-Chief and a civilian Minister of Defense...

 (see this list) have the job of producing strategic operational and tactical intelligence for the planning and conduction of military operations as well as the national strategic intelligence plan.

See also

• List of Secretaries of Intelligence
• Argentine intelligence agencies
• National Intelligence System
  Sistema de Inteligencia Nacional
  Sistema de Inteligencia Nacional is the official denomination of the Argentine national intelligence community.The National Intelligence System consists of the following agencies and its dependencies:...
  
  
• National Intelligence School
  Escuela Nacional de Inteligencia
  Escuela Nacional de Inteligencia is the national intelligence academy of the Argentine Republic. It depends of the Secretaría de Inteligencia, the main intelligence agency; and it is a depending suborganization of the National Intelligence System.-History:The School was created on January 24, 1967...
  
  
• Directorate of Judicial Surveillance
  Dirección de Observaciones Judiciales
  Dirección de Observaciones Judiciales is an Argentine intelligence service responsible for intercepting communications as required by judicial officers. It is part of the Secretaría de Inteligencia, the main intelligence agency; and is a subagency of the National Intelligence System. It is known...
  
  
• National Directorate of Criminal Intelligence
  Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Criminal
  Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Criminal it is an Argentine intelligence agency part of the National Intelligence System...
  
  
• Secretariat of Intelligence
  Secretaría de Inteligencia
  Secretaría de Inteligencia is the premier intelligence agency of the Argentine Republic and head of its National Intelligence System....
  
  

External links

Intelligence Reform Law 25.520 Interior Security Law 24.059