The ''Serviço de Informações Estratégicas de Defesa'' or SIED (
Portuguese for: Defense Strategic Information Service) is the
foreign strategic intelligence agency
An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, Intelligence analysis, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, public safety, and foreign policy obj ...
of
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...
.
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
This is a list of intelligence agencies by country. It includes only currently operational institutions which are in the public domain. The list is not intended to be exhaustive.
An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the ...
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Sistema de Informações da República Portuguesa
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PIDE
The International and State Defense Police (; PIDE) was a Portuguese security agency that existed during the '' Estado Novo'' regime of António de Oliveira Salazar. Formally, the main roles of the PIDE were the border, immigration and emigrati ...
References
External links
Official Website
Portuguese intelligence agencies
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