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The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence on foreign nationals in support of its Five Eyes partners.
- Sis Building
The SIS Building, also called the MI6 Building, at Vauxhall...
- Richard Moore
Sir Richard Peter Moore KCMG (born 9 May 1963) is a British...
- Chief of The Secret Intelligence Service
History. From 1782 until 1909, British intelligence at the...
- Alex Younger
Sir Alexander William Younger KCMG (born 4 July 1963) is a...
- Foreign Secretary
The secretary of state for foreign, commonwealth and...
- British intelligence agencies
The Government of the United Kingdom maintains several...
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The Security Service, also known as MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and Defence Intelligence (DI).
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- 7 October 1909; 113 years ago, (as the Secret Service Bureau)
- Single Intelligence Account £3.711 billion (2021–22)
Apr 23, 2024 · MI6, British government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and appropriate dissemination of foreign intelligence. MI6 is also charged with the conduct of espionage activities outside British territory. It has existed in various forms since the establishment of a secret service in 1569 by Sir Francis Walsingham, who became ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
From 1909 and through the war the Service had a variety of names including the 'Foreign Intelligence Service', the 'Secret Service', 'MI1 (c)', the 'Special Intelligence Service' and even 'C's organisation'. But, around 1920, the title the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) was adopted. This is the official title the Service has continued to use ...
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Corporate information. Jobs and contracts. The Secret Intelligence Service, often known as MI6, collects Britain's foreign intelligence. It provides the government with a global covert...
The Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6) began operations in October 1909 as a single organization, the Secret Service Bureau.
