Dutch secret service
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Dutch: Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD) | |
 Logo of the General Intelligence and Security Service
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 Building of the General Intelligence and Security Service | |
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| Formed | 30 May 2002 |
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| Headquarters | Europaweg 4, Zoetermeer, Netherlands |
| Employees | 1.700 |
| Annual budget | € 249.167.000 (2018) |
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| Parent department | Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
| Website | (in English) General Intelligence and Security Service |
The General Intelligence and Security Service (Dutch: Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD), Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑlɣəmeːnə ˈʔɪnlɪxtɪŋə(n) ɛn ˈvɛiləxɦɛitsdinst]) is the Intelligence and Security agency of the Netherlands, tasked with Domestic, Foreign and Signals Intelligence and protecting national security.
Its predecessor was the 1945–1947 Bureau of National Security (Dutch: and later known as the Domestic Security Service (Dutch: Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst (BVD)).
The AIVD focuses mostly on domestic non-military threats to Dutch national security, whereas the Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) focuses on international threats, specifically military and government-sponsored threats such as espionage. The AIVD, its predecessor BVD, is charged with collecting intelligence and assisting in combating domestic and foreign threats to national security.
The Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations is politically responsible for the AIVD's actions. Oversight is provided by two bodies:
The AIVD publishes an annual report which includes its budget. The published version contains redactions where information is deemed sensitive.
The AIVD can be forced by the courts to publish any records held on a private citizen, but it may keep secret information that is relevant to current cases. No information that is less than five years old will be provided under any circumstance to private citizens about their records.
Its main activities include:
Its methods and authorities include:
The latter is technically the same as sourcing intelligence from a foreign intelligence service; this method has not been confirmed.
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