''Kontoret för särskild inhämtning'' (KSI), "The Office for Special Acquisition", is part of the
Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service (MUST) and also one of the most secret parts of the
Swedish Armed Forces
The Swedish Armed Forces (, literally ''Defence Force'') are the Military, armed forces of the Kingdom of Sweden. It consists of four separate military branches, the Swedish Army, the Swedish Navy, the Swedish Air Force and the Home Guard (Swed ...
. The previous names until 1994 were:
C-byrån (1939–1945),
T-kontoret (1946–1964),
IB (1965–1973), ''Gemensamma byrån för underrättelser'' (GBU) (1973–1982) and ''Sektionen för särskild inhämtning'' (SSI) (1982–1994).
The main task of the office is that of liaison with foreign intelligence organizations and
espionage
Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering, as a subfield of the intelligence field, is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information ( intelligence). A person who commits espionage on a mission-specific contract is called an ...
through
HUMINT
Human intelligence (HUMINT, pronounced ) is intelligence-gathering by means of human sources and interpersonal communication. It is distinct from more technical intelligence-gathering disciplines, such as signals intelligence (SIGINT), imager ...
.
References
Swedish intelligence agencies
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