MI5
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The Security Service, commonly 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 (SIS; also known as MI6) focused on foreign threats, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defence Intelligence (DI). All come under the direction of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC). The service has a statutory basis in the Security Service Act 1989 and the Intelligence Services Act 1994. Its remit includes the protection of British parliamentary democracy and economic interests, counter-terrorism and counter-espionage within the UK. Although mainly concerned with internal security, it does have an overseas role in support of its mission.
See also
- Annie Machon – MI5 whistleblower
- Club de Berne – a European intelligence sharing forum
- Counter Terrorism Command – of London's Metropolitan Police Service
- David Shayler – MI5 whistleblower
- Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre
- Spooks – a BBC television drama about the work of a group of MI5 officers (renamed MI-5 in the United States)