The Foreign Intelligence Agency ( pl, Agencja Wywiadu (; or ) is a Polish
intelligence agency
An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, public safety, and foreign policy objectives.
Means of informa ...
tasked with the gathering of public and secret information abroad for the
Republic of Poland.
It was created in 2002 from the reform and split of , which was split into () and ().
The current Head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency is
Lieutenant colonel Piotr Krawczyk.
Roles
The Foreign Intelligence Agency usually operates out of the territory of the Republic of Poland. Its activity within the territory of the Republic of Poland may be conducted only within a limited scope, exclusively in connection with its activity out of the state's frontiers. The roles of the Foreign Intelligence Agency include:
* Obtaining, analyzing, processing and forwarding information that may be significant to the security and international position of the Republic of Poland, as well as to its economic potential;
* Recognizing and counteracting external threats to the security, defense, independence and
inviolability
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of the Republic of Poland;
* Protecting foreign diplomatic missions of the Republic of Poland and their officials from the activities of foreign intelligence services and other activities negatively that may affect the interests of the Republic of Poland;
* Ensuring protection of
cryptographic communication with the Polish diplomatic missions and consulates, and of diplomatic pouch;
* Recognizing international
terrorism
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,
extremism
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and
international organized crime groups;
* Recognizing international
trade in weapons, ammunition and explosive materials,
narcotics, psychotropic substances, as well as in goods, technologies and services of strategic importance to the state's security, recognizing international trade in
weapons of mass destruction
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and threats related to the proliferation of those weapons and their carriers;
* Recognizing and analyzing threats occurring in the regions of tensions, conflicts and international crises that exert influence on the state's security, as well as actions undertaking aimed at eliminating those threats;
* Conducting
signals intelligence;
Structure
The Foreign Intelligence Agency comprises the following organizational units:
#Bureau I
#Bureau II
#Bureau III
#Bureau IV
#Bureau V
#Bureau VI
#Bureau VII
#Bureau VIII
#Staff Training Centre
#Independent Legal Unit
However, the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency is authorized to form or appoint units of a permanent or ad hoc character (e.g. task units).
Current management
*Head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency: Colonel Grzegorz Małecki
*Deputy Head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency: Piotr Krawczyk
List of heads
See also
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History of Polish intelligence services
This article covers the history of Polish Intelligence services dating back to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Commonwealth
Though the first official Polish government service entrusted with espionage, intelligence and counter-intelligence ...
References
External links
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Polish intelligence agencies
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