Secret Intelligence Service

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The Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6, is the United Kingdom’s foreign intelligence agency responsible for gathering and analyzing overseas information to support national security and government policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom public body
government agency
intelligence agency
commonName Secret Intelligence Service self-linksurface differs
surface form: MI6
coordinatesWith Five Eyes alliance
surface form: Five Eyes partners

NATO intelligence structures
country United Kingdom
employs analysts
covert agents
intelligence officers
fieldOfWork counter-proliferation
counter-terrorism
cyber security-related intelligence
governedBy Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament oversight
hasAlias Military Intelligence, Section 6
hasMissionStatement to protect the United Kingdom’s people, economy and interests by gathering intelligence overseas
hasMotto Semper Occultus
hasWebsite https://www.sis.gov.uk
headquartersLocation London, England
surface form: London

SIS Building, Vauxhall Cross
inception 1909
isPubliclyKnownSince 1994
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalBasis Intelligence Services Act 1994
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity England
nativeName Secret Intelligence Service self-link
notableWork Cold War espionage activities
intelligence operations during the First World War
intelligence operations during the Second World War
officialAbbreviation SIS
operatesInJurisdiction UK government
surface form: United Kingdom government
parentOrganization Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
partOf British intelligence
surface form: United Kingdom intelligence community
precededBy Secret Intelligence Service self-linksurface differs
surface form: Secret Service Bureau
reportsTo Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
surface form: Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
responsibleFor covert operations abroad
foreign intelligence
overseas espionage
supporting United Kingdom foreign policy
supporting United Kingdom national security
sector defence
foreign affairs
national security
uses covert surveillance
human intelligence
signals intelligence (via partners)
worksWith Defence Intelligence (United Kingdom)
surface form: Defence Intelligence

Government Communications Headquarters
Security Service

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Intelligence Corps worksWith Secret Intelligence Service
Intrepid associatedWith Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
British Security Coordination coordinatedWith Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
Anglo-American intelligence cooperation includesOrganization Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) mainOrganizationDepicted Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
Secret Intelligence Service commonName Secret Intelligence Service self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: MI6
Secret Intelligence Service nativeName Secret Intelligence Service self-link
Secret Intelligence Service precededBy Secret Intelligence Service self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Secret Service Bureau
James Bond employer Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
James Bond affiliation Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: British Secret Service
Casino Royale featuresOrganization Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
Casino Royale protagonistAffiliation Secret Intelligence Service
Security Service (MI5) cooperatesWith Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
Live and Let Die organizationOfProtagonist Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
Defence Intelligence (United Kingdom) cooperatesWith Secret Intelligence Service
Moonraker employerOfProtagonist Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
Diamonds Are Forever featuresOrganization Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
Goldfinger protagonistAffiliation Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
On Her Majesty's Secret Service featuresOrganization Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
You Only Live Twice featuresOrganization Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
You Only Live Twice featuresSpyAgency Secret Intelligence Service
The Man with the Golden Gun fictionalSpyOrganization Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
British intelligence hasComponent Secret Intelligence Service
British intelligence hasComponent Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
BSC parentOrganization Secret Intelligence Service
subject surface form: British Security Coordination
this entity surface form: British Secret Intelligence Service
BSC parentOrganization Secret Intelligence Service
subject surface form: British Security Coordination
this entity surface form: MI6
Government Communications Headquarters worksWith Secret Intelligence Service
Lorraine Broughton in Atomic Blonde affiliation Secret Intelligence Service
subject surface form: Lorraine Broughton
this entity surface form: MI6
Lorraine Broughton in Atomic Blonde employer Secret Intelligence Service
subject surface form: Lorraine Broughton
this entity surface form: British Secret Intelligence Service
Lorraine Broughton in Atomic Blonde worksFor Secret Intelligence Service
subject surface form: Lorraine Broughton
this entity surface form: MI6
John le Carré employer Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
George Smiley employer Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: British Secret Intelligence Service
Smiley’s People (novel) featuresOrganization Secret Intelligence Service
subject surface form: Smiley’s People
this entity surface form: Circus (fictional British intelligence service)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel) organizationDepicted Secret Intelligence Service
subject surface form: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
this entity surface form: British Secret Service
Spyfall featuresOrganization Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold protagonistAffiliation Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
Q employer Secret Intelligence Service
subject surface form: Q (James Bond)
this entity surface form: MI6
Q affiliation Secret Intelligence Service
subject surface form: Q (James Bond)
this entity surface form: British Secret Service
SIS alsoKnownAs Secret Intelligence Service
subject surface form: Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
SIS originalName Secret Intelligence Service
subject surface form: Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: Secret Service Bureau
SIS refersTo Secret Intelligence Service
SIS refersTo Secret Intelligence Service
subject surface form: MI6
SIS Building, Vauxhall Cross servesAsHeadquartersOf Secret Intelligence Service
SIS Building, Vauxhall Cross servesAsHeadquartersOf Secret Intelligence Service
this entity surface form: MI6
SIS Building, Vauxhall Cross client Secret Intelligence Service
Security Service cooperatesWith Secret Intelligence Service
Intelligence Services Act 1994 putsOnStatutoryFooting Secret Intelligence Service
Intelligence Services Act 1994 regulates Secret Intelligence Service
Intelligence Services Act 1994 definesPowersOf Secret Intelligence Service