Inteligencia de la Policía Federal Argentina
Encyclopedia
Inteligencia de la Policía Federal Argentina (Argentine Federal Police Intelligence) is the intelligence agency
of the Policía Federal Argentina
, and it is controlled by the Ministry of the Interior.
Its US
counterpart would the FBI
, whereas the state intelligence agency SIDE can be compared with the CIA
.
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 Policía Federal Argentina
Policía Federal Argentina
The Policía Federal Argentina is a police force of the Argentine federal government. The PFA has detachments throughout the country, but its main responsibility is policing the Federal District of Buenos Aires...
, and it is controlled by the Ministry of the Interior.
Its US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
counterpart would the FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
, whereas the state intelligence agency SIDE can be compared with the CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
.
See also
- List of Secretaries of Intelligence
- Argentine intelligence agencies
- National Intelligence SystemSistema de Inteligencia NacionalSistema 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 SchoolEscuela Nacional de InteligenciaEscuela 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 SurveillanceDirección de Observaciones JudicialesDirección 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 IntelligenceDirección Nacional de Inteligencia CriminalDirección Nacional de Inteligencia Criminal it is an Argentine intelligence agency part of the National Intelligence System...
- National Directorate of Strategic Military IntelligenceDirección Nacional de Inteligencia Estratégica MilitarDirección Nacional de Inteligencia Estratégica Militar is an Argentine intelligence agency part of the National Intelligence System, created by the 2001 It is structurally dependent of the Ministry of Defense.-Function:Its main mission is to produce strategic military intelligence and analysis...