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The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) (Thai: สํานักข่าวกรองเเห่งชาติ) is an intelligence and security agency of Thailand. It serves as part of the Office of the Prime Minister.[1][2] Its headquarters is in Paruskavan Palace, Bangkok.
| สํานักข่าวกรองเเห่งชาติ | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 January 1954 |
| Type | Government agency |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Thailand |
| Headquarters | Paruskavan Palace Bangkok, Thailand |
| Motto | Determination, devotion, discipline, sacrifice and dedicated to the nation and its people |
| Annual budget | 717.8 million baht (FY2019) |
| Minister responsible | |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Office of the Prime Minister |
| Website | Official website |
History
editOn 1 January 1954, the Thai government established the Department of Administrative Intelligence under the Council of Ministers of Thailand. Phao Sriyanond, then Director-General of the Royal Police Department (Thai: กรมตำรวจ) was appointed as the first Director-General of the new department.[3]
Later, during the tenure of Sarit Thanarat, the Department of Administrative Intelligence was renamed the Department of Central Intelligence (กรมประมวลข่าวกลาง) on December 2, 1959. It was renamed again under the premiership of Prem Tinsulanonda as the National Intelligence Agency on August 30, 1985. Since then, it has served as the national intelligence agency directly under the Prime Minister's Office.[4]
In 1985, the "National Intelligence Act, B.E. 2528 (1985)" made the NIA the lead Thai intelligence agency.[5] The reality as of 2016 was that seven Thai intelligence agencies—the NIA, Army Intelligence, Navy Intelligence, Air Force Intelligence, Armed Forces Security Center, Special Branch Bureau, and Internal Security Operations Command—mostly function independently of one another.[6] In 2017, a plan was hatched to consolidate the efforts of 27 separate Thai intelligence agencies.[1]
In 2019, the government implemented the "National Intelligence Act, B.E. 2562 (2019)," which marked a significant milestone. This act established the National Intelligence Coordination Center (NICC) as an agency within the National Intelligence Agency. The NICC's primary responsibility is to serve as a central hub for coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence efforts with other domestic intelligence agencies and also public authorities.[7]
News reports appearing in early 2020 indicate that Thail intelligence agency, National Intelligence Agency was a customer of Crypto AG, a Swiss company secretly owned by the US CIA and West German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) that manufactured compromised encryption machines. Use of the devices may have allowed its coded messages to be deciphered.[8]
Budget
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Thailand To Consolidate Work of 27 Intelligence Agencies". Defenseworld.net. 2017-07-13. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ a b Thailand's Budget in Brief Fiscal Year 2019 (Revised ed.). Bangkok: Bureau of the Budget (Thailand). 2018. p. 83. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ [1] บทความเรื่อง: การประชาสัมพันธ์ข่าวของสํานัก - กรมประชาสัมพันธ์
- ^ [2] จับตาสแกนลายพราง: ‘สำนักข่าวกรองแห่งชาติ’ หน่วยงานข่าวกรองของ ‘พลเรือน’
- ^ "National Intelligence Act" (Unofficial translation). Office of the Council of State. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ Chongkittavorn, Kavi (11 January 2016). "Thai intelligence agencies need a revamp" (Opinion). The Nation. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ ศูนย์ประสานข่าวกรองแห่งชาติ
- ^ Miller, Greg (11 February 2020). "How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 February 2020.