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Responsibilities Government intelligence agencies or services are generally responsible for the following areas: • Gathering information to avert dangers to state security • General counterespionage

• Averting possible threats to the armed forces • Gathering information about situations abroad • Analyzing secret intelligence regarding threats • Enabling others—for example, the police and the military—to act to counter threats to national security. • Advising the government and keeping the military and police informed of threats and of appropriate security measures • Assisting in all other government investigative work by providing relevant information

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What Intelligence Agencies Do