# Intelligence  Services in the UK

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-services-in-the-uk/65613>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 16, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-services-in-the-uk/65613 "2001-05-16T15:29:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-services-in-the-uk/65613/1 "2001-05-16T15:29:37Z")

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The was recently a staff report [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mspyagencies.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mspyagencies.html) which listed the 13 intelligence services in the US - I’ve been looking for a UK equivalent but can’t find one. Can you help?

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-services-in-the-uk/65613/2 "2001-05-16T18:53:27Z")

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[Federation of American Scientists: **United Kingdom Intelligence Agencies**](http://www.fas.org/irp/world/uk/)

Less useful:

[TOTSE: **UK Intelligence and Security Services**](http://www.totse.com/en/politics/foreign_military_intelligence_agencies/ukssis.html)

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-services-in-the-uk/65613/3 "2001-05-17T01:37:43Z")

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I have noticed that this is the wrong forum! Comments on Staff Reports go, appropriately enough, in the «[Comments on Staff Reports](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=6)» forum, where my colleague **C K Dexter Haven** will be glad to take you under his wing.

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