British intelligence
London's secret service
British intelligence refers to the United Kingdom's intelligence and security agencies, particularly MI5 (domestic security) and MI6 (foreign intelligence).
The phrase often appears in espionage contexts and spy fiction: British intelligence intercepted the communications.
It can also describe the collective work product of these agencies: According to British intelligence, the threat level has increased.
- MI5British domestic intelligence agency
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- Bletchley ParkWWII British cryptanalysis site
- cryptographyScience of secure messaging
code name · code · cybersecurity · counterintelligence · spy ring · Alan Turing · covert operations · dossier · classified documents · need to know · reconnaissance · encryption algorithms · surveillance · data analysis · briefcase · trenchcoat · infiltration · interrogation
- John le CarréKarla, espionage, cold war, MI6, double agents
- James Bond007, James Bond, Ian Fleming, MI6, Q
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
British intelligenceKGB
USSR intelligence service
Russian intelligence · GRU · Stasi · ISIS
British intelligencepublic information
Accessible-to-all data
free press · WikiLeaks · whistleblowers · freedom of information
British, Britain, Briton, Britons, Britishness, intelligence, intelligent, intelligently, unintelligent