Security Information Service
| Bezpečnostní informační služba (BIS) |
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| Formed | 30 July 1994 |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of the Czech Republic |
| Headquarters | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Annual budget | $49,584,953 USD (2005)[1][2] |
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| Parent agency | none |
| Website | www.bis.cz |
The Security Information Service (BIS) (Czech: Bezpečnostní informační služba), is the primary domestic national intelligence agency of the Czech Republic.[3] It performs duties associated with the analysis, democracy and constitutionality, terrorism, counter-intelligence, cybersecurity, organized crime, proliferation and use of strategically important intelligence regarding the fields of politics, economics and intelligence within the territory of the Czech Republic.[4] BIS reports to the Government, Prime Minister and the President.
Command, control and organization
The BIS is strictly apolitical and has no police powers - it cannot detain, arrest or interrogate suspects. The BIS reports to the Government, Prime Minister and President of the Czech Republic and its activities are regulated and controlled by the Government, Chamber of Deputies' committee and its own internal audit.[5] The service is headed by the Director who is appointed by the Prime Minister with Chamber of Deputies confirmation and also appealed by the head of government.[6]
The current Director is Jiří Lang, serving since 24 June 2003.[7]
External links
- "BIS (Czech Counter-intelligence service) in transformation, 1994-2014", Yu Cheng, European Intelligence Academy, Charles University in Prague, July 2014
References
- ↑ Chris Hippner, "A Study Into the Size of the World’s Intelligence Industry" (Master's Thesis, December 2009), 90, http://issuu.com/not_sure/docs/intelligence-spending.
- ↑ Security Information Service [BIS], Annual Report of the Security Information Service (BIS) for 2005, http://www.bis.cz/_english/vz2005/vz2005-9.html [accessed May 5, 2009].
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