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Welcome to the Spooks Portal on Spinprofiles—your guide to networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR. Theorists have traditionally divided the activities of the world's spies into four areas: intelligence collection, intelligence analysis, counterintelligence and covert action. The last of these covers covers a wide range of political interventions, from propaganda and disinformation, through support for front groups to terrorism and guerrilla warfare. Intelligence Agencies US: CIA | DIA UK: Security Service (MI5) | Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6) | GCHQ France: DGSE Russia: FSB Israel: Mossad | Shin Bet | Aman | LAKAM Italy: SISMI Spinprofiles has a policy of strict referencing and is overseen by an Managing editor and a Sysop and several Associate Portal editors. The Editor of the Spooks Portal is Tom Griffin. Priority pages on Spooks and Intelligence list of priorities here: Bureau of Intelligence and Research Defense Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Center Valerie Plame Toby Sullivan James R. Clapper Mike Pick Rolf Mowatt-Larssen John Maguire James Pavitt Mark Mansfield Jeff Castelli Vladimir Rezun See more...

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