The Serviço de Informações Estratégicas de Defesa or SIED (Portuguese for: Defense Strategic Information Service) is the foreign strategic intelligence agency of Portugal.
| Serviço de Informações Estratégicas de Defesa | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 2004 |
| Preceding agency |
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| Type | Foreign intelligence service |
| Jurisdiction |  Portugal |
| Headquarters | Lisbon |
| Minister responsible | |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Intelligence System of the Portuguese Republic (SIRP) |
| Website | www.sied.pt |
SIED's mission is to produce information aimed at safeguarding the national independence, the national interests and the external security of the Portuguese State.[1]
Together with the SIS (Portugueses domestic intelligence agency), the SIED is a component of the SIRP (Portuguese Intelligence System).
History
editThe existence of SIED was originally envisaged by the Law of the Information System of the Portuguese Republic in 1984. However, even before being activated, it was merged with the Military Information Service (SIM), originating the SIEDM (Strategic and Military Information Service). This was activated in 1997.
In 2004, the SIEDM lost its military component and was renamed SIED.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Missão, visão e valores". www.sied.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ "Resenha Histórica". www.sied.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
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