History Main / BigBrotherIsWatchingThisIndex

* [=BND=] -- The German ''Federal Intelligence Service'' (Bundesnachrichtendienst). Possibly one of the least coolest espionage agencies in the world, as they aren't known to have ever done anything noteworthy (that is, apart from [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14111290 losing classified construction papers for their new Berlin HQ building]] and [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2527105.stm selling novelty underwear]]).

* {{Mossad}} -- Israeli counterpart of the CIA.

* ISI -- The Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence of UsefulNotes/{{Pakistan}}. Came under intense scrutiny following the death of a [[OsamaBinLaden certain terrorist mastermind]]. '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment The geographic scope and nature of its activities are not clear.]]'''

* MIT - Milli İstikbahrat Teşkilatı (National Intelligence Organisation) - The present-day Turkish counterpart of the NSA or CIA. During more turbulent times, it also dabbled in being the SecretPolice and occasionally used paramilitaries of various affiliations to get things done.

* IndianPoliticalService -- Intelligence service of TheRaj in the days of TheBritishEmpire and still around in modern India as its internal intelligence apparatus under the name [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Intelligence Bureau]].
* ISI -- The Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence of [[{{UsefulNotes/Pakistan}} Pakistan]]. Came under intense scrutiny following the death of a [[OsamaBinLaden certain terrorist mastermind]]. '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment The geographic scope and nature of its activities are not clear.]]'''

An index of {{real life}} espionage agencies:

* [=ÁVH/ÁVO=] -- "Államvédelmi Hatóság/Osztag" (Authority/Division of State Defense). The Secret Police of Communist Hungary during the Rákosi Era. "Dismantled"(actually renamed and took a lot of chill pills) after the Revolution of 1956

* DGSE and DST -- The French equivalent of the CIA and FBI (but also for counter-espionage inside the French territory), respectively. Both merged as the DCRI ("daquiri?") in 2008. The former was once known as the Deuxieme Bureau.

* {{Abwehr}} -- German Military intelligence during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. For the Nazi Party's intelligence see {{Gestapo}}.

* {{NSA}} -- U.S. National Security Agency. Responsible for communications security, codebreaking, and cryptography in general.

* [=BND=] -- The German ''Federal Intelligence Service'' (Bundesnachrichtendienst). Possibly one of the least coolest espionage agencies in the world, as they aren't known to have ever done anything noteworthy (that is, apart from [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14111290 losing classified construction papers for their new Berlin HQ building]] and [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2527105.stm selling merchandise underpants]]).

* {{Abwehr}} -- German Military intelligence during WorldWarII. For the Nazi Party's intelligence see {{Gestapo}}.

* [=BND=] -- The German ''Federal Intelligence Service'' (Bundesnachrichtendienst). Possibly one of the least coolest espionage agencies in the world, as they aren't known to have ever done anything noteworthy (that is, apart from [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14111290 losing classified construction papers for their new Berlin HQ building]]).

* [=BND=] -- The German ''Federal Intelligence Service''. Possible one of the least coolest espionage agency in the world, which is not known to have ever done something noteworthy (that is, apart from [[http://publicintelligence.net/classified-blueprints-to-new-german-intelligence-hq-stolen/ losing classified construction papers for their new headquarters building]]).

* G2

** Actually, the three services have their own Agencies and their is a domestic spy agency as well. The ISI handles foreign intelligence work.

* ISI -- The Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence of [[{{UsefulNotes/Pakistan}} Pakistan]], which handles intelligence for all three branches of their armed forces. Came under intense scrutiny following the death of a [[OsamaBinLaden certain terrorist mastermind]]. '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment That's all we know.]]'''

* {{Gestapo}} -- NaziGermany's very own SecretPolice.

* {{Gestapo}} -- The [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi party's]] very own SecretPolice.

* CSIS -- The Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Its headquarters are located at 1941 Ogilvie Road.

* {{GRU}} -- Soviet/Russian Military Intelligence.

* Cheka (VChK) -- see MoscowCentre. Its RedOctober era predecessor.

* MoscowCentre -- Otherwise known as the KGB, ''Komityet Gosudarstvyennoy Bezopasnosti'' (Committee for State Security).

* Okhrana -- Tsarist era Russian SecretPolice. Oknrana is a foreign name; the proper name was, depending on the exact historical period, "3rd Division of His Imperial Majesty's Chancellery" or "Guarding Division" (''Okhrannoye Otdelenie''). The word "Okhrana" is a contraction of the latter, however in Russia proper, the most known contraction was the much less flattering "Okhranka" ("bad guarding" or "stupid guarding", formed with colloquial and disrespectful suffix).

* Okhrana -- Tsarist era Russian SecretPolice.

* GCHQ -- The UK's agency for Signals intelligence.

* [=BND=] -- The German ''Federal Intelligence Service''. Possible one of the least coolest espionage agency in the world, which is not known to have ever done something noteworthy.

* TheStasi -- Common name for the ''Ministerium für Staatssicherheit'' (Ministry for State Security), the SecretPolice of EastGermany.