Top 5 Powerful Intelligence Agencies in the World

April 28, 2017 abdul basit 0 Comments

1.     ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence), Pakistan

2.     CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), U.S.A

3.     Mossad (HaMossad leModiʿin uleTafkidim Meyuḥadim), Israel

4.     MSS (Ministry of State Security), China

5.     RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) , India

 

1. ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) Pakistan

Formed	1948
Jurisdiction	Government of Pakistan
Headquarters	Islamabad, Pakistan
Agency executive	Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, PA Director General

ISI is Pakistan’s most important intel agency. The organization is so powerful that it practically runs the country, along with the army. It is often rated among the top intel agencies in the world.

Throughout the years, the ISI has acted as a kind of the backbone of the Pakistan government. The defeat of USSR in Afghanistan is often considered as its most important victory.

The Inter-Services Intelligence was created as an independent unit in 1948 in order to strengthen the performance of Pakistan’s Military Intelligence during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. Its success in achieving its goal without leading to a full scale invasion of Pakistan by the Soviets is a feat unmatched by any other through out the intelligence world. KGB, The best of its time, failed to counter ISI and protect Soviet interests in Central Asia. It has had 0 double agents or Defectors through out its history, considering that in light of the whole war campaign it carried out from money earned by selling drugs bought from the very people it was bleeding, The Soviets. It has protected its Nuclear Weapons since formed and it has foiled Indian attempts to attain ultimate supremacy in the South-Asian theatres through internal destabilization of India. It is above All laws in its host country Pakistan ‘A State, with in a State’. Its policies are made ‘outside’ of all other institutions with the exception of The Army. Its personnel have never been caught on camera. Its is believed to have the highest number of agents worldwide, close to 10,000. The most striking thing is that its one of the least funded Intelligence agency out of the top 5

2.     CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), U.S.A

  

Formed	September 18, 1947
Employees	20,000
Agency executive	Leon Panetta, Director
Parent agency	Central Intelligence Group

3.     Mossad (HaMossad leModiʿin uleTafkidim Meyuḥadim), Israel

Formed	December 13, 1949 as the Central Institute for Coordination
Employees	1,200 (est)
Agency executive	Meir Dagan, Director
Parent agency	Office of the Prime Minister

4.     MSS (Ministry of State Security), China

Jurisdiction	People’s Republic of China
Headquarters	Beijing
Agency executive	Geng Huichang, Minister of State Security
Parent agency	State Council