in this day and age a country is very dependent not only on its army but also its intelligence agencies to counter external as well as internal threats so in this episode i gathered five of the most powerful intelligence agencies in the whole world and i’m going to share with them with you coming up right now hey guys how you doing my name is leroy kenton welcome back to another episode of ftd facts and this is gonna be an exciting episode because again we’re diving into the military and i mean i’m always fascinated when it
comes to like learning about wars and conflicts not that i love it i guess it’s no surprise that my favorite shows were 24 as well as homeland anyways let’s start off with this episode the first intelligence agency i’m going to feature is
MOSSAD
mossad is based in israel and was formed in december 13th 1949 its headquarters is tel aviv israel and it has an estimated amount of 1 200 employees massage is considered one of the best and most advanced intelligence agencies in the world this israeli intelligence agency along
with its counterpart amman for military intelligence and shimbet for international security forms one of the most powerful intelligence communities in the whole world massage focus is on arab organizations and countries in fact massage operations are so secretive that it’s one of the most difficult agencies in the world to locate okay now next up we have.
THE FSB IN RUSSIA
this agency was formed on april 12 1995 and its headquarters is in moscow russia it’s estimated that there’s 300 000 employees in this agency so you can call
the fsb or the federal security bureau of the russian federation the main successor of the controversial ussr state security committee the kgb the fsb mainly focuses on internal problems as well as the economic and social aspects of political stability in the country this is all in addition to counterintelligence internal and border security as well as counter-terrorism now due to its performance in recent years it’s considered one of the most popular agencies in the world okay so you guys knew that this one had to be in this episode and that’s
MI6 IN THE UK the mi6 was formed in 1909 and its headquarters is the sis building in london uk it’s estimated that there are about 3 200 employees in this agency so yes the mi6 is one of the most elite intelligence agencies across the globe mi6 stands for military intelligence section six and the organization was formed to initiate and control secret intelligence operations on behalf of the british government mi6 is one of the oldest intelligence agencies in the world
having been formed over a hundred years ago and since its formation mi6 has been involved in the world war one as well as world war ii the cold war and several wars in the 21st century an interesting fact the mi6 building has also been featured in two james bond movies next up we have .
THE ISI IN PAKISTAN
and now we actually did a video dedicated to the isi so you might want to check it out it’s probably going to be in one of these cards in this episode or if not probably i don’t know i’ll link to it in this video
description now this agency was formed in 1948 and its headquarters is in islamabad pakistan isi stands for inter-services intelligence and it’s the premier intelligence agency in pakistan responsible for gathering processing and analyzing national security information from around the world the isi is very well organized initially created for valuable information sharing between the three branches of the pakistani military force the role of the isi evolved a lot over time and it’s become a full-time
intelligence collecting agency on a global scale with thousands of employees the isi is made up of a mix of army officers some retired as well as civilians and the final most powerful intelligence agency in the world that i’m going to be featuring is.
THE CIA OF THE UNITED STATES
cia was formed on september 18th 1947 and its headquarters is in langley fairfax county in virginia united states it’s estimated that there’s 21 575 employees working with the cia and of course cia is one of the most famous foreign intelligence agencies
in the world they’re referenced all the time in movies tv shows as well as in articles on the internet and the cia is tasked for operating gathering and analyzing security information across the globe it was created in 1947 as a result of the pearl harbor attacks at the end of world war ii now over the years the agency had received a lot of negative attention for gathering intel through human intelligence example via interpersonal contact often without compliance or consent then the cia increased massively
in size after the 911 attacks and it regained a lot of its prestige after the mission that ended the life of osama bin laden so guys those were some of the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world let me know down below what intelligence agencies do you think should have been in this list and perhaps we could do a part two if you guys want a part two for this episode and want us to talk more about intelligence agencies and more about military organizations give this video a thumbs up and if we get over a thousand
likes we’ll do a part two and more military videos until next time guys you have been awesome amazing and fantastic i’ll see you guys real soon oh did i just hit my hand was that loud you guys probably heard that in the mic hey guys and if you’re like me and you love hearing about the military and secret agencies and all that here’s a playlist where you can learn a lot more about those topics we also have videos here on ftd facts that share information about other things if you’re interested so yeah there’s always something for you here on ftd facts.
