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MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), [2] officially the Security Service, 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).
The Single Intelligence Account (SIA) is the funding vehicle for the three main security and intelligence agencies: the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6), [44] Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) [45] and the Security Service (MI5). [46] Spending on the SIA was £3.6 billion in financial year 2022/23. [47]
MI6 is included as an alias on the Secret Intelligence Service website, though the official abbreviation, SIS, is predominant. While the names remain, the agencies are now responsible to different departments of state, MI5 to the Home Office, and MI6 the Foreign Office.
Security Intelligence Middle East (SIME) (1912–1946) was an organisation made up of a number of British intelligence agencies supporting the British Military Government during the Second World War, based in Cairo, Egypt. It was composed of Security Service (MI5), with Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) provided by liaison officers and army ...
Thames House is an office building in Millbank, London, on the north bank of the River Thames adjacent to Lambeth Bridge.Originally used as offices by Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), it has served as the headquarters of the United Kingdom's internal Security Service (commonly known as MI5) since December 1994.
The National Protective Security Authority is the protective security arm of MI5, the counter-intelligence and security agency in the United Kingdom. It is a distinct entity, but benefits from access to MI5’s expertise and understanding of security threats.
The Director General of the Security Service is the head of the Security Service (commonly known as MI5), the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency. The Director General is assisted by a Deputy Director General and an Assistant Director General, and reports to the Home Secretary , although the Security Service is ...
The Security Service Act 1989 (c. 5) is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament. The Act established a statutory basis of the UK Security Service (MI5) for the first time. Prior to the Act, successive UK governments had denied the existence of MI5, despite its operation since 1909, . The Act begins, "There shall continue to be a Security ...