How do our secret services keep us safe? What is Intelligence? Intelligence is the information gathered by governments to help protect them against attacks from enemies or people they think might become enemies.
Our Services? MI5 MI6 GCHQ JIC MOD DIS DI National Crime Agency DSA Did you know? The MI6 was founded in1909but it is so top secret the government didn’t admit it existed until 1944.
A BIT ABOUT SOME OF OUR SERVICES
MI5: Officially known as the Security Service MI5 is responsible for protecting Britain (from inside the country) against threats, which include terrorism, espionage and the increase of weapons used in mass destruction. MI5 operates under the legal authority of the Home Secretary, but it is not part of the Home Office. MI6: MI6 is officially known as the Secret Intelligence Service and is the sister organisation to MI5. Its role is to gather intelligence abroad by carrying out secret undercover operations all over the world. GCHQ ( Government Communication Headquarters): The GCHQ is a collection of agents secretly listening in on phone conversations, satellite signals and reading e-mails.
