The ''Serviço de Informações Estratégicas de Defesa'' or SIED (
Portuguese for: Defense Strategic Information Service) is the
foreign strategic intelligence agency of
Portugal.
SIED's mission is to produce information aimed at safeguarding the national independence, the national interests and the external security of the Portuguese State.
Together with the
SIS (Portugueses domestic intelligence agency), the SIED is a component of the
SIRP (Portuguese Intelligence System).
History
The existence of SIED was originally envisaged by the Law of the Information System of the Portuguese Republic in 1984. However, even before being activated, it was merged with the Military Information Service (SIM), originating the SIEDM (Strategic and Military Information Service). This was activated in 1997.
In 2004, the SIEDM lost its military component and was renamed SIED.
See also
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List of intelligence agencies
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Sistema de Informações da República Portuguesa
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PIDE
References
External links
Official Website
Portuguese intelligence agencies
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