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a government department charged with obtaining intelligence, or information, especially for use by the armed forces.

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Also called intelligence bureau, intelligence department, intelligence office.

Origin of intelligence agency

First recorded in 1895–1900

OTHER WORDS FROM intelligence agency

intelligence agent, noun

Words nearby intelligence agency

intellectuality, intellectualize, intellectually handicapped, intellectual property, intelligence, intelligence agency, intelligence office, intelligence officer, intelligence quotient, intelligencer, intelligence test

How to use intelligence agency in a sentence

The rise of al-Qaida in 2001 transformed the counterterrorism landscape, spawning new laws and government agencies and a worldwide campaign by intelligence agencies, law enforcement and the military.
Global Right-Wing Extremism Networks Are Growing. The U.S. Is Just Now Catching Up.|by Sebastian Rotella|January 22, 2021|ProPublica
She successfully tracked him where every other law enforcement agency and intelligence agencies failed.
How America's ‘First Female Cryptanalyst’ Cracked the Code of Nazi Spies in World War II—and Never Lived to See the Credit|Suyin Haynes|January 11, 2021|Time
The suspected hackers are from Russia’s SVR, the country’s primary foreign intelligence agency.
How Russian hackers infiltrated the US government for months without being spotted|Patrick Howell ONeill|December 15, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Pichai said Google is working with other companies and intelligence agencies and is publishing transparency reports about foreign interference on its services.
Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs clash with Congress in pre-election showdown|Tony Romm, Rachel Lerman, Cat Zakrzewski, Heather Kelly, Elizabeth Dwoskin|October 28, 2020|Washington Post

Democratic societies must place limits and controls on the surveillance powers of our police and intelligence agencies.
European countries can’t collect everyone’s Internet traffic and location data all the time, top court rules|David Meyer|October 6, 2020|Fortune
He said the news of his appointment was not true, that it was disinformation spread by “some intelligence agency and my rivals.”
ISIS Targets Afghanistan Just as the U.S. Quits|Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Welcome to the exquisite hell of being director of the Central Intelligence Agency today.
John Brennan’s Tortured Defense of the CIA’s Torture Program|Shane Harris|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Central Intelligence Agency found bin Laden hiding in a “fortified compound” in Abbottabad, Pakistan in late 2010.
Hillary Clinton’s New Book Shows Deep Distrust of Pakistan in the Hunt for Bin Laden|Bruce Riedel|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Clapper ended his military career as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Spy Chief James Clapper: We Can’t Stop Another Snowden|Eli Lake|February 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Apparently, 72 percent of intelligence agency civilian workers have been deemed nonessential temporarily let go.
Seven Shutdown Winners, From the Newseum to Dollywood|Nina Strochlic|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Foreign intelligence is handled by the Central Intelligence Agency, and our responsibility is domestic.
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Is the Central Intelligence Agency continuing any investigation into this area?
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
It wouldn't be your recommendation that you, the head of Central Intelligence Agency, should have that information?
Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy