The Security Service, also known as MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and Defence Intelligence (DI). MI5 is directed by the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), and the service is bound by the Security Service Act 1989. The service is directed to protect British parliamentary democracy and economic interests, and counter terrorism and espionage within the United Kingdom (UK).
Le Security Service (« Service de la sûreté »), communément dénommé MI5 (pour Military Intelligence, section 5), est le service de renseignement responsable de la sécurité intérieure du Royaume-Uni. Il est chargé principalement de produire des renseignements sur les actes de terrorisme, l'espionnage, la prolifération d'armes de destruction massive.
Der Security Service (auch bekannt als MI5, nach der historischen Bezeichnung: Military Intelligence, Section 5) ist der britische Inlandsgeheimdienst und neben Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) und Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) eine von drei wesentlichen, zivilen nachrichtendienstlichen Behörden des Landes. Der MI5 untersteht dem Innenministerium; Generaldirektor ist seit April 2020 Ken McCallum. Das Motto des MI5 ist Regnum defende (lat. „Verteidige das Königreich“).
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