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  2. History of espionage - Wikipedia

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    The British Secret Service Bureau (SIS from c. 1920) was founded in 1909 as the first independent and interdepartmental agency fully in control over all British government espionage activities. William Melville helped establish the first independent intelligence agency, the British Secret Service and became its first chief

  3. List of intelligence agencies - Wikipedia

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    US, Europe, Africa Intelligence Service (B03)/Cục Tình báo Mỹ - Âu - Phi (B03) Bureau of Secret Intelligence (B04)/Cục Tình báo phương thức mật (B04) Bureau of Economic, Scientific, Technical and Environmental Intelligence (B05)/Cục Tình báo kinh tế, khoa học, kỹ thuật và môi trường(B05)

  4. Pinkerton (detective agency) - Wikipedia

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    The two men formed the North-Western Police Agency, later known as the Pinkerton Agency. [13] [14] [15] Pinkerton used his skills in espionage to attract clients and begin growing the agency. Historian Frank Morn writes: "By the mid-1850s, a few businessmen saw the need for greater control over their employees; their solution was to sponsor a ...

  5. List of secret police organizations - Wikipedia

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    Security Service (SBU) (Ukrainian: Служба безпеки України (СБУ), romanized: Sluzhba bezleky Ukrayiny (SBU) [40] Uzbekistan: National Security Service (SNB) (Uzbek: Milliy Xavfsizlik Xizmati, Russian: Служба национальной безопасности, romanized: Sluzhba natsional'noy bezopasnosti) [41] Venezuela

  6. Category : Government agencies by year of establishment

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    View history; Tools. Tools. ... Government agencies established in 1800 (3 P) ... Government agencies established in 1900 (2 C, 8 P)

  7. United States Secret Service - Wikipedia

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    The Secret Service is tasked with ensuring the safety of the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, the President-elect of the United States, the Vice President-elect of the United States, and their immediate families; former presidents, their spouses and their children under the age of 16; those in the presidential line of succession, major presidential and ...

  8. Secret service - Wikipedia

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    A secret service is a government agency, intelligence agency, or the activities of a government agency, concerned with the gathering of intelligence data.The tasks and powers of a secret service can vary greatly from one country to another.

  9. List of historical secret police organizations - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of historical secret police organizations. In most cases they are no longer current because the regime that ran them was overthrown or changed, or they changed their names. In most cases they are no longer current because the regime that ran them was overthrown or changed, or they changed their names.