Espionage organizations

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Espionage is a subset of human intelligence, one of many intelligence collection methods, which are organized by intelligence collection management.[1]

This lists is restricted to organizations that operate clandestine human sources in foreign countries and non-national groups. It does not include police organizations with domestic informers, or, on an international basis, human sources that do counterintelligence work alone.

Country  | Espionage organizations and agencies

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Argentina | Secretariat of Intelligence, National Directorate of Criminal Intelligence, National Directorate of Strategic Military Intelligence
Australia | Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Cuba | General Intelligence Directorate (DGI)
Czech Republic | Security Information Service
France | General Directorate of External Security, Central Directorate of General Intelligence,
Germany | Federal Intelligence Service
India | Research and Analysis Wing, Intelligence Bureau
Iran | Ministry of Intelligence (Iran)
Israel | Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations
Italy | Democratic Intelligence and Security Service, Military Intelligence and Security Service
Mexico | National Security and Investigation Center
Pakistan | Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence
Netherlands | General Intelligence and Security Service
New Zealand | New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
Russia | Federal Security Service, Foreign Intelligence Service, Main Intelligence Directorate
South Africa | National Intelligence Agency, South African Secret Service, South African National Defence Force Intelligence Division
Spain | National Intelligence Centre
United Kingdom | Secret Intelligence Service
United States | Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Operations, Defense Intelligence Agency Defense Clandestine Service

## References

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1. ^ Katz, Brian (2020-07-13). "The Collection Edge: Harnessing Emerging Technologies for Intelligence Collection". `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)

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Espionage

* Agents
* Assets

* Agent handling
* Agent provocateur
* Cooptee
* Cover
* Agent
* Cutout
* Double agent
* Fabricator
* Field agent
* Intelligence officer
* Mole
* Resident spy
* Sleeper agent
* Spymaster

Analysis|

* Intelligence assessment
* competing hypotheses

Devices and
communications|

* Burn notice
* Concealment device
* Covert listening device
* Cryptography

* Computer and network surveillance
* Cyber espionage
* Dead drop
* Invisible ink
* Numbers station
* One-way voice link
* Phone surveillance
* Short-range agent communications
* Steganography
* microdot
* Surveillance tools

Tradecraft and
techniques|

* Canary trap
* Front organization
* Limited hangout

Operations|

* Chinese intelligence activity abroad
* Chinese espionage in the United States
* Cold War espionage
* Recruitment
* Black operation
* black bag
* wetwork
* Eavesdropping
* SIGINT
* MASINT
* False flag
* Industrial espionage
* Interpersonal (HUMINT) intelligence
* interrogation
* safe house
* COINTELPRO
* MINARET
* SHAMROCK
* FVEY
* Sexpionage
* Stay-behind
* Sting operation
* Surveillance
* Corporate
* Global
* Mass
* Targeted surveillance

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