10 Best Intelligence Agencies in the World

[YAHYA87]

I think you people have missed on of the most visible organization in all this which is Iranian Intelligence....No joking They have also gave a tough time to agency like Mosad in Lebanon in the form of Hizbullah and they are also having their effective operations in Afghanistan and Central Asia where they are working with FSB...Their is also known about their support to Hamas as well and what I think is that they have been very effective against Israeli intelligence agency...Abdul Malik Rigi's arrest was one of their achievement as well and if people dont know about his status he was supported by US and UK intelligence agencies so he was like their agent but anyways they are not as strong as Pakistani or Indian intelligence agency but they are very professional in their own sense as well...

 

[khan125]

I think you people have missed on of the most visible organization in all this which is Iranian Intelligence....No joking They have also gave a tough time to agency like Mosad in Lebanon in the form of Hizbullah and they are also having their effective operations in Afghanistan and Central Asia where they are working with FSB...Their is also known about their support to Hamas as well and what I think is that they have been very effective against Israeli intelligence agency...Abdul Malik Rigi's arrest was one of their achievement as well and if people dont know about his status he was supported by US and UK intelligence agencies so he was like their agent but anyways they are not as strong as Pakistani or Indian intelligence agency but they are very professional in their own sense as well...

hhmmm iran can create trouble for any country in its region any time not joking.

 

[Zionist Hindu]

Performance of the agency should be based on what positive it was able to bring of that nation. What positive ISI has done for Pakistan? They were very successful in undermining democratic government and sponsoring terrorism in the neighborhood. They have been working as mercenariness for Western powers. RAW should be somewhere in number 30 as it is just a part of Indian bureaucracy. We all know Indian bureaucracy in highly in effective.

 

[Compaq]

All agencies work for country defense kill spy. Our agencies kill our own people.

 

[Ajnabi27]

ISI Tops 10 Best Intelligence Agencies In The World

ISI Tops 10 Best Intelligence Agencies In The World

SmashingLists.com calls it ‘least funded, yet the strongest’

Topping the Top Ten? “ISI for sure,’ says Gren, “No double agents, no agent ever caught on camera, the lowest budget but still affective. In war with 6 big intelligence agencies of the world. ISI has even countered MOSSAD in the 1980s and late ‘90s when there was a plan of a possible strike on Pakistan’s nukes.”

“It has to be the ISI” says John Smith on the Web site. “It broke down the Soviet Union (which also led to the reunification of Germany; the German Intelligence Chief gave a piece of the Berlin Wall to the Pakistani Intel Chief with a plaque under it saying, ‘To the one who struck the first blow’), has protected and developed the country’s nuclear assets against all odds, has defeated Al Qaeda/Taliban especially these days with the capture of Baradar, etc. by the ISI, has deep ingress into India. No other agency matches it in efficiency, precision, discipline and professionalism.”



10. ASIS – Australia




Formed13 May 1952HeadquartersCanberra, Australian Capital Territory, AustraliaAnnual budget$162.5m AUD (2007)Minister responsibleThe Hon. Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign AffairsAgency executiveNick Warner, Director-General

Australian Secret Intelligence Service is the Australian government intelligence agency responsible for collecting foreign intelligence, undertaking counter-intelligence activities and cooperation with other intelligence agencies overseas. For more than twenty years, the existence of the agency was a secret even from its own government. Its primary responsibility is gathering intelligence from mainly Asian and Pacific interests using agents stationed in a wide variety of areas. Its main purpose, as with most agencies, is to protect the country’s political and economic interests while ensuring safety for the people of Australia against national threats.

9. RAW – India



Formed21 September 1968HeadquartersNew Delhi, IndiaAgency executiveK. C. Verma, Secretary (R)Parent agencyPrime Minister’s Office, GoI

Research and Analysis Wing is India’s external intelligence agency. It was formed in September 1968, after the newly independent Republic of India was faced with 2 consecutive wars, the Sino-Indian war of 1962 and the India-Pakistani war of 1965, as it was evident that a credible intelligence gathering setup was lacking. Its primary function is collection of external intelligence, counter-terrorism and covert operations. In addition, it is responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and persons, in order to advise Indian foreign policymakers. Until the creation of R&AW, the Intelligence Bureau handled both internal and external intelligence.

8. DGSE – France



FormedApril 2, 1982Preceding agencyExternal Documentation and Counter-Espionage ServiceMinister responsibleHerv Morin, Minister of DefenceAgency executiveErard Corbin de Mangoux, Director

Directorate General for External Security is France’s external intelligence agency. Operating under the direction of the French ministry of defence, the agency works alongside the DCRI (the Central Directorate of Interior Intelligence) in providing intelligence and national security, notably by performing paramilitary and counterintelligence operations abroad. The General Directorate for External Security (DGSE) of France has a rather short history compared to other intelligence agencies in the region. It was officially founded in 1982 from a multitude of prior intelligence agencies in the country. Its primary focus is to gather intelligence from foreign sources to assist in military and strategic decisions for the country. The agency employs more than five thousand people.

7. FSB – Russia



Formed3 April, 1995Employees350,000HeadquartersLubyanka SquarePreceding agencyKGB

The Federal Security Service of Russian Federation (FSD) is the main domestic security agency of the Russian Federation and the main successor agency of the Soviet-era Cheka, NKVD and KGB. The FSB is involved in counter-intelligence, internal and border security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance. Its headquarters are on Lubyanka Square, downtown Moscow, the same location as the former headquarters of the KGB. All law enforcement and intelligence agencies in Russia work under the guidance of FSB, if needed. For example, the GRU, spetsnaz and Internal Troops detachments of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs work together with the FSB in Chechnya. The FSB is responsible for internal security of the Russian state, counterespionage, and the fight against organized crime, terrorism, and drug smuggling. The number of FSB personnel and its budget remain state secrets, although the budget was reported to jump nearly 40% in 2006.

6. BND – Germany




Formed1 April 1956Employees6,050Agency executiveGehlen OrganizationParent agencyCentral Intelligence Group

The Bundesnachrichtendienst is the foreign intelligence agency of the German government, under the control of the Chancellor’s Office. The BND acts as an early warning system to alert the German government to threats to German interests from abroad. It depends heavily on wiretapping and electronic surveillance of international communications. It collects and evaluates information on a variety of areas such as international terrorism, WMD proliferation and illegal transfer of technology, organized crime, weapons and drug trafficking, money laundering, illegal migration and information warfare. As Germany’s only overseas intelligence service, the BND gathers both military and civil intelligence.


5. MSS – China



JurisdictionPeople’s Republic of ChinaHeadquartersBeijingAgency executiveGeng Huichang, Minister of State SecurityParent agencyState Council

Ministry of State Security is the security agency of the People’s Republic of China. It is also probably the Chinese government’s largest and most active foreign intelligence agency, though it is also involved in domestic security matters. Article 4 of the Criminal Procedure Law gives the MSS the same authority to arrest or detain people as regular police for crimes involving state security with identical supervision by the procuratorates and the courts. It is headquartered near the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing. According to Liu Fuzhi, Secretary-General of the Commission for Politics and Law under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Minister of Public Security, the mission of the MSS is to ensure “the security of the state through effective measures against enemy agents, spies, and counter-revolutionary activities designed to sabotage or overthrow China’s socialist system.” One of the primary missions of the MSS is undoubtedly to gather foreign intelligence from targets in various countries overseas. Many MSS agents are said to have operated in the Greater China region (Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan) and to have integrated themselves into the world’s numerous overseas Chinese communities. At one point, nearly 120 agents who had been operating under non-official cover in the U.S., Canada, Western and Northern Europe, and Japan as businessmen, bankers, scholars, and journalists were recalled to China, a fact that demonstrates the broad geographical scope of MSS agent coverage.

4. CIA – America



FormedSeptember 18, 1947Employees20,000Agency executiveLeon Panetta, DirectorParent agencyCentral Intelligence Group

CIA is the largest of the intelligence agencies and is responsible for gathering data from other countries that could impact U.S. policy. It is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior United States policymakers. The CIA also engages in covert activities at the request of the President of the United States of America. The CIA’s primary function is to collect information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and to advise public policymakers. The agency conducts covert operations and paramilitary actions, and exerts foreign political influence through its Special Activities Division. It has failed to control terrorism activities including 9/11, Not even a single top level Al-Queda leader captured own its own in the past 9 years – ‘they missed 1 Million’ Soviet troops marching into Afghanistan’. Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction, Have the found them yet? -Number of defectors/ double agents numbers close to a thousand. On 50th anniversary of CIA, President Clinton said ”By necessity, the American people will never know the full story of your courage. Indeed, no one knows that what CIA really does”. Highly funded and technologically most advanced Intelligence set-up in the world.
3. M1-6 – United Kingdom



Formed1909 as the Secret Service BureauJurisdictionGovernment of the United KingdomHeadquartersVauxhall Cross, LondonMinister responsibleThe Rt Hon. William Hague MP, Foreign SecretaryAgency executiveSir John Sawers KCMG, Director GeneralParent agencyForeign and Commonwealth Office

The British have had a long public perception of an effective intelligence agency (due to the success of the unrealistic, yet entertaining, James Bond movies). This perception matches reality. MI6, the British equivalent to the CIA, has had two big advantages in staying effective: The British Official Secrets Act and D notices can often prevent leaks (which have been the bane of the CIA’s existence). Some stories have emerged. In the Cold War, MI6 recruited Oleg Penkovsky, who played a key part in the favorable resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Oleg Gordievski, who operated for a decade before MI6 extracted him via Finland. The British were even aware of Norwood’s activities, but made the decision not to tip their hand. MI6 also is rumored to have sabotaged the Tu-144 supersonic airliner program by altering documents and making sure they fell into the hands of the KGB.

2. Mossad – Israel



FormedDecember 13, 1949 as the Central Institute for CoordinationEmployees1,200 (est)Agency executiveMeir Dagan, DirectorParent agencyOffice of the Prime Minister

The Mossad is responsible for intelligence collection and covert operations including paramilitary activities. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with Aman (military intelligence) and Shin Bet (internal security), but its director reports directly to the Prime Minister. The list of its successes is long. Israel’s intelligence agency is most famous for having taken out a number of PLO operatives in retaliation for the attack that killed eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich. However, this agency has other success to its name, including the acquisition of a MiG-21 prior to the Six-Day war of 1967 and the theft of the plans for the Mirage 5 after the deal with France went sour. Mossad also assisted the United States in supporting Solidarity in Poland during the 1980s.

1. ISI – Pakistan

Formed​

1948​

Jurisdiction​

Government of Pakistan​

Headquarters​

Islamabad, Pakistan​

Agency executive​

Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, PA Director General​

With the lengthiest track record of success, the best known Intelligence so far on the scale of records is ISI. The Inter-Services Intelligence was created as an independent unit in 1948 in order to strengthen the performance of Pakistan’s Military Intelligence during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1948. Its success in achieving its goal without leading to a full scale invasion of Pakistan by the Soviets is a feat unmatched by any other throughout the intelligence world. KGB, the best of its time, failed to counter ISI and protect Soviet interests in Central Asia. This GOLD MEDAL makes it rank higher than Mossad. It has had 0 double agents or Defectors throughout its history, considering that in light of the whole war campaign it carried out from money earned by selling drugs bought from the very people it was bleeding, the Soviets. It has protected its Nuclear Weapons and it has foiled Indian attempts to attain ultimate supremacy in the South-Asian theatres through internal destabilization of India. It is above all laws in its host country Pakistan ‘A State, within a State’. Its policies are made ‘outside’ of all other institutions with the exception of The Army. Its personnel have never been caught on camera. It is believed to have the highest number of agents worldwide, close to 10,000. The most striking thing is that it’s one of the least funded Intelligence agencies out of the top 10 and still the strongest.

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[Ajnabi27]

The actual source is as follows:

http://www.smashinglists.com/10-best-intelligence-agencies-in-the-world

 

[reliable]

ISI Zindabad

 

[mrcritic]

Pakistan is still alive and kicking 'cos of ISI!

 

[Sayeen]

I dont get it ...!

Could someone explain why a country has an Intelligence agency?
Don't give me : espionage, national security of its strategic assets , reconnaissance, tactical advantage over the enemy - and other jargon like BS.

A common citizen , a tax payer in a country like Pakistan subsidizes an Intelligence Agency and an Army by his blood ....The bare minimum it has to do is secure the life and property of that citizen (from external threats obviously).
Thats not happening. In fact the opposite is happening and we never know who is behind the attacks due to colossal failures in intelligence..... in the end its the same script ... the head of the suicide bomber is found, condemnations all around and the culprits are never get caught.

You may argue , that ISI prevents hundreds of attacks which you and I dont hear about. But whats the point if the intelligence agency itself is unaware of the root causes and does nothing to address them.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there is strong sentiment against the ISI because of its previous involvement in Afghan Jihad and currently its failure to protect Pakistan's sovereignty violated on a daily basis by the drone attacks. Intelligence agencies should earn the respect of their people first before asking for respect from outside.
If anything I sympathize with the ISI - because it has had its work cut out for the past 10 years . I do not prescribe to the idea that it is #1 or the worlds best. - thats just Imran Series - ibne Safi fantasy world.

 

[Centennial73]

In Pakistan nobody pay tax to subsidizes I.S.I . so just shut up . and if you still don`t get it then pass high school first b4 comments about ISI .WE Love and be Proud of its Existence . and those guys are doing a wonderful and great job. and may ALLAH save them and grant the a great success and victory against the state enemies.

 

[gazoomartian]

In Pakistan nobody pay tax to subsidizes I.S.I . so just shut up . and if you still don`t get it then pass high school first b4 comments about ISI .WE Love and be Proud of its Existence . and those guys are doing a wonderful and great job. and may ALLAH save them and grant the a great success and victory against the state enemies.

well said

defense establishment zindabad

If it weren't for them we would have been part of Soviets and bowing to India right now


Long live our heroes (clap)

 

[Centennial73]

Oh yes for sure....
I am agree with you 100 % .We should Look at the world around us and atleast learn from them,
How many Indian criticizes R.A.W ? = 0%
How many Amirican`s criticized C.I.A = None
How many Israelite Condemned M.O.S.A.D =Not at all
and how many Pakistani Barks against ISI = 1% A.. H....
I am saying to those 1%, if ISI is not doing there job then Pakistan is your homeland too, why don`t you come on front instead of Blahhh Blahhh . When you sleep in some Loved ones arms in dark cold nights,then those brave men and women are out there to protecting you from enemy. and even got killed or captured in the line of duty and no one knows there name and honors them .some time they are even can not be claimed to be a "Paksitani National" due to there nature of job. there rewards & Medals are with the GOD almighty . and Yes Yes .. Pakistan Proud of each and every one of them today and will be on the day of Judgment . May ALLAH Bless them here and here after .

 

[BluntMan]

ISI is the pride of Pakistan

 

[Clanpak]

I feel kind of love for the love of nation for its Discreet Entity. it is said that "for an austrailian, everything austrailian is best". so based on it, RAW is best for Indians, MOOSAD is best for Israelites and ISI is best for Pakistanis. Someone wrote right that Secret Services cannot be catagorized as number 1 or 2 or 10. But yes, they can be compared in different aspects of intelligence. Like CIA has to be on top when it comes to Technical or Non-human Intelligence, similarly One has to give cradit to Pakistan's ISI for human Intelligence. I can speak for hours on the topic but ............. anyways thanks for ur support my countrymen..

 

[YAHYA87]

Oh yes for sure....
I am agree with you 100 % .We should Look at the world around us and atleast learn from them,
How many Indian criticizes R.A.W ? = 0%
How many Amirican`s criticized C.I.A = None
How many Israelite Condemned M.O.S.A.D =Not at all
and how many Pakistani Barks against ISI = 1% A.. H....
I am saying to those 1%, if ISI is not doing there job then Pakistan is your homeland too, why don`t you come on front instead of Blahhh Blahhh . When you sleep in some Loved ones arms in dark cold nights,then those brave men and women are out there to protecting you from enemy. and even got killed or captured in the line of duty and no one knows there name and honors them .some time they are even can not be claimed to be a "Paksitani National" due to there nature of job. there rewards & Medals are with the GOD almighty . and Yes Yes .. Pakistan Proud of each and every one of them today and will be on the day of Judgment . May ALLAH Bless them here and here after .

Indians dont have to criticize RAW cause RAW is just responsible for EXTERNAL INTELLIGENCE responsible for collecting Information from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka while their INTERNAL INTELLIGENCE agency is CBI I think....So I dont think Indian are even aware of anything about RAW that much
USA has number of times criticize CIA and their role which is very evident in their own print media+Electronic media and also in popular culture like Movies CIA has been perceived as villain in recent movies...So I would say that US citizen might have at least 8-10% dislike about CIA...
Their are large segment of our population also dislike our agency ISI as well which might be same as CIA 8-10%....
Their were good old days where Intelligence agencies had only got purpose of Information gathering but since Cold War and James Bond movies Guns, Girls, Cars culture being promoted the whole thing has changed and Intelligence agencies are incomplete without Assassins...Now things are all about how agencies controlled their operations and how good they are in making strategies so in this scenario ISI has suffered due to planning short term strategies which eventually dont work in long term strategies it might be possible due to Military influence among Eyes and Ears of this organization but due to their short sightedness they arent able to create a strong base...So they desperately need Analysts and Think Tank type people from civil services for their strategies to become more efficient then they currently are...

 

[Muhammad Ikhlaq Siddiqui]

source is ahmed qureshi... :D

Ahmed Qureshi is an ISI paid analyst !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[reliable]

ISI Zinda abad

 

[Khurram.k]

More useless chest thumping from ZH minions!! :P

I wonder how one can 'rate' secret service organizations when their work is technically 'secret'! :D

This is just a bunch of crap written to bolster hollow Pakistani egos since all we need to feel good is some words of praise and a few slogans and we blindly follow without thinking.

ISI is a heap of trash and being a 'nation within a nation' only qualifies it for being a rogue, out of control institution which in the end does more harm than good to us. A few generals in power can do what they want with all the power they have owing to ISI and we are all smug and happy thinking ISI is so good that it ranks above CIA.

Tell me honestly ..are you Indian or support people's party ? and if you happen to be Pakistani and don't support any terrorist organizations or political parties for that matter ... ass wipes like you would never understand that it's Pakistan's armed forces in any and every state of form that's holding the flag of Pakistan UP. If it wasn't for them ...the terrorist state of India would've eaten a much smaller muslim state alive . Like I said ...if you are a normal Pakistani ...quit taking a dump in your own plate and sober up . You can't support something ... better shut up !!

 

[JIJA_JI]

RAW is just a piece of junk, they don't even know who is sleeping with their wives let alone intelligence gatherings.

 

[Khurram.k]

I dont get it ...!

Could someone explain why a country has an Intelligence agency?
Don't give me : espionage, national security of its strategic assets , reconnaissance, tactical advantage over the enemy - and other jargon like BS.

A common citizen , a tax payer in a country like Pakistan subsidizes an Intelligence Agency and an Army by his blood ....The bare minimum it has to do is secure the life and property of that citizen (from external threats obviously).
Thats not happening. In fact the opposite is happening and we never know who is behind the attacks due to colossal failures in intelligence..... in the end its the same script ... the head of the suicide bomber is found, condemnations all around and the culprits are never get caught.

You may argue , that ISI prevents hundreds of attacks which you and I dont hear about. But whats the point if the intelligence agency itself is unaware of the root causes and does nothing to address them.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there is strong sentiment against the ISI because of its previous involvement in Afghan Jihad and currently its failure to protect Pakistan's sovereignty violated on a daily basis by the drone attacks. Intelligence agencies should earn the respect of their people first before asking for respect from outside.
If anything I sympathize with the ISI - because it has had its work cut out for the past 10 years . I do not prescribe to the idea that it is #1 or the worlds best. - thats just Imran Series - ibne Safi fantasy world.

YO genius !!! putting there lives on line on borders is "bare minumun" for you .. idiocracy at it's best . Not just Pakitani soldier but any soldier of any country when he/she put their lives on line for our protection is never "bare minumum" . Can't believe some idiots can actually question the role of it's armed forces . "mommy daddy" ??? watcha guys think