Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Estratégica Militar (''National Directorate of Strategic Military Intelligence'', DNIEM) is an
Argentine
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intelligence agency
An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, Intelligence analysis, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, public safety, and foreign policy obj ...
part of the
National Intelligence System, created by the 200
Intelligence Reform Law 25.520.It is structurally dependent of the
Ministry of Defense.
Director
The current director is Carlos Aníbal Aguilar, by decree D 1624/2005.
Function
Its main mission is to produce strategic military intelligence and analysis. The
intelligence services of the
Argentine Armed Forces
The Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic () are the combined armed forces of Argentina. It is controlled by the Commander-in-Chief (the President) and a civilian Minister of Defense. In addition to the Army, Navy and Air Force
An air ...
(''
see this list'') have the job of producing strategic operational and tactical intelligence for the planning and conduction of military operations as well as the national strategic intelligence plan.
See also
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List of secretaries of intelligence of Argentina
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Argentine intelligence agencies
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National Intelligence System
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National Intelligence School
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Directorate of Judicial Surveillance
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National Directorate of Criminal Intelligence
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Secretariat of Intelligence
Secretariat of Intelligence of the State (, mostly known by its acronym SIDE) is the premier intelligence agency of the Argentina, Argentine Republic and head of its Sistema de Inteligencia Nacional, National Intelligence System.
Chaired by the ...
External links
Intelligence Reform Law 25.520
Argentine intelligence agencies
Ministry of Defense (Argentina)
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