Government & security agencies
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Foreign intelligence
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
General Intelligence Presidency · GIP
🇺🇸 United States
Central Intelligence Agency · CIA
Domestic security
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Presidency of State Security · PSS
🇺🇸 United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation · FBI
Defense ministry
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Defense
🇺🇸 United States
Department of Defense · DoD
Foreign ministry
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
🇺🇸 United States
Department of State
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Foreign intelligenceGIP
General Intelligence Presidency
رئاسة الاستخبارات العامة
Foreign intelligence collection and analysis.
Reports to: The King
Domestic securityPSS
Presidency of State Security
رئاسة أمن الدولة
Counter-terrorism and domestic security.
Reports to: The King
Interior ministry
Ministry of Interior
وزارة الداخلية
Policing and internal affairs.
Reports to: Council of Ministers
Defense ministry
Ministry of Defense
وزارة الدفاع
Armed forces and national defense.
Foreign ministry
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
وزارة الخارجية
Diplomacy and foreign relations.
🇺🇸 United States
Foreign intelligenceCIA
Central Intelligence Agency
وكالة الاستخبارات المركزية
Foreign human intelligence and covert action.
Reports to: Director of National Intelligence
Domestic securityFBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
مكتب التحقيقات الفيدرالي
Domestic security, counter-intelligence, federal crime.
Reports to: Department of Justice
Signals intelligenceNSA
National Security Agency
وكالة الأمن القومي
Signals intelligence and cyber.
Reports to: Department of Defense
Defense ministryDoD
Department of Defense
وزارة الدفاع (البنتاغون)
Armed forces and national defense.
Foreign ministry
Department of State
وزارة الخارجية
Diplomacy and foreign policy.