Spanish Intelligence Community Explained

Agency Name:Spanish Intelligence Community
Seal:File:Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
Formed:May 6, 2002
Jurisdiction:Madrid, Spain
Chief1 Name:Pedro Sánchez
Chief1 Position:Prime Minister
Chief2 Name:Nadia Calviño
Chief2 Position:Deputy Prime Minister

The Spanish Intelligence Community (Spanish; Castilian: Comunidad de Inteligencia Española) is a group of intelligence organizations dependent on the Government of Spain that established themselves as an intelligence community through Law 11/2002.[1] The intelligence community can be divided into three blocks:

To all these agencies, must to be added the intelligence agencies from the different police corps of Spain. The Intelligence Community responds directly to the President of the Government of Spain and his Cabinet.

Members

AgencyParent AgencyGovernment Department Date est.
Department of Homeland SecurityNonePrime Minister's Office2012
NoneMinistry of Defence2002
National Cryptologic CenterNational Intelligence CenterMinistry of Defence2004
National Security OfficeNational Intelligence CenterMinistry of Defence1983
Intelligence Center for Counter-Terrorism and Organized CrimeSecretary of State of SecurityMinistry of the Interior2014
General Commissariat of Judiciary PoliceNational Police CorpsMinistry of the Interior1958
General Commissariat of InformationNational Police CorpsMinistry of the Interior1912
Civil Guard Information ServiceCivil GuardMinistry of the Interior1941
Central Operative UnitCivil GuardMinistry of the Interior1987
Armed Forces Intelligence CenterOffice of the Chief of the Defence StaffMinistry of Defence2005
Joint Cyber-Defence CommandOffice of the Chief of the Defence StaffMinistry of Defence2013
Intelligence and Security SectionOffice of the Chief of Staff of the ArmyMinistry of Defence
Signals Intelligence and Electronic Warfare SectionOffice of the Chief of Staff of the ArmyMinistry of Defence
Central Naval Security SectionOffice of the Chief of Staff of the NavyMinistry of Defence
Intelligence and Security SectionOffice of the Chief of Staff of the Air ForceMinistry of Defence
Counterintelligence and Information SectionOffice of the Chief of Staff of the Air ForceMinistry of Defence
Aerospace Intelligence and Targeting CenterOffice of the Chief of Staff of the Air ForceMinistry of Defence
Customs Surveillance ServiceSpanish Tax AgencyMinistry of the Treasury1944
Information DivisionMossos d'EsquadraGovernment of Catalonia1983
Information and Analysis UnitErtzaintzaBasque Government1982
Information DivisionPolice of NavarreGovernment of Navarra2004

Emblems

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Admin/l11-2002.html Ley 11/2002, de 6 de mayo, reguladora del Centro Nacional de Inteligencia.