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The Spanish Intelligence Community ( es, Comunidad de Inteligencia Española) is a group of intelligence organizations dependent on the
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that established themselves as an intelligence community through Law 11/2002.Ley 11/2002, de 6 de mayo, reguladora del Centro Nacional de Inteligencia.
/ref> The intelligence community can be divided into three blocks: *
Foreign intelligence Intelligence assessment, or simply intel, is the development of behavior forecasts or recommended courses of action to the leadership of an organisation, based on wide ranges of available overt and covert information (intelligence). Assessments d ...
: Formed by the National Intelligence Center along with its minor agencies. * Domestic intelligence: Formed mainly by the
Intelligence Center for Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime The Intelligence Center for Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime ( es, Centro de Inteligencia contra el Terrorismo y el Crimen Organizado, CITCO) is the Spanish domestic intelligence agency responsible for the prevention of terrorism, organiz ...
and other minor agencies. *
Military intelligence Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions. This aim is achieved by providing an assessment of data from a ...
: Formed by the Armed Forces Intelligence Center and the agencies of each branch of the Armed Forces. To all these agencies, must to be added the intelligence agencies from the different police corps of
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. The Intelligence Community responds directly to the
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and his Cabinet.


Members


Emblems

Most of Spanish Intelligence Agencies emblems and logos have its reproduction prohibited.


See also

* Australian Intelligence Community *
Israeli Intelligence Community The Israeli Intelligence Community is made up of Aman (military intelligence), Mossad (overseas intelligence) and Shabak (internal security). Current agencies * Military Intelligence Directorate (Aman): the supreme military-intelligence bran ...
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Pakistani intelligence community The Pakistani intelligence community ( ur, ) comprises the various intelligence agencies of Pakistan that work internally and externally to manage, research and collect intelligence necessary for national security. Consolidated intelligence orga ...
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Russian Intelligence Community The intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation, often unofficially referred to in Russian as ''Special services'' ( rus, Спецслужбы), include: * Federal Security Service (FSB), an agency responsible for counter-intelligence and oth ...
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United States Intelligence Community United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...


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