Spanish Intelligence Community

Spanish Intelligence Community
Coat of Arms of Spain
Agency overview
FormedMay 6, 2002
JurisdictionMadrid, Spain
Agency executives

The Spanish Intelligence Community (Spanish: Comunidad de Inteligencia Española) is a group of intelligence organizations dependent on the Government of Spain that established themselves as an intelligence community through Law 11/2002.[1] The intelligence community can be divided into three blocks:

To all these agencies, must to be added the intelligence agencies from the different police corps of Spain. The Intelligence Community responds directly to the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers.

Members

Agency Parent Agency Government Department Date est.
Department of National Security None Prime Minister's Office 2012
National Intelligence Centre None Ministry of Defence 2002
National Cryptologic Center National Intelligence Centre Ministry of Defence 2004
National Security Office National Intelligence Centre Ministry of Defence 1983
Intelligence Center for Counter-Terrorism and Organized Crime Secretariat of State for Security Ministry of the Interior 2014
General Commissariat of Judiciary Police National Police Corps Ministry of the Interior 1958
General Commissariat of Information National Police Corps Ministry of the Interior 1912
Civil Guard Information Service Civil Guard Ministry of the Interior 1941
Central Operative Unit Civil Guard Ministry of the Interior 1987
Armed Forces Intelligence Center Office of the Chief of the Defence Staff Ministry of Defence 2005
Joint Cyber-Defence Command Office of the Chief of the Defence Staff Ministry of Defence 2013
Intelligence and Security Section Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army Ministry of Defence
Signals Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Section Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army Ministry of Defence
Central Naval Security Section Office of the Chief of Staff of the Navy Ministry of Defence
Intelligence and Security Section Office of the Chief of Staff of the Air and Space Force Ministry of Defence
Counterintelligence and Information Section Office of the Chief of Staff of the Air and Space Force Ministry of Defence
Aerospace Intelligence and Targeting Center Office of the Chief of Staff of the Air and Space Force Ministry of Defence
Customs Surveillance Service Spanish Tax Agency Ministry of Finance 1944
Information Division Mossos d'Esquadra Government of Catalonia 1983
Information and Analysis Unit Ertzaintza Basque Government 1982
Information Division Policía Foral Government of Navarre 2004

Supervision

According to Law 11/2002, of May 6, the intelligence community is supervised by the three powers of the State.[2]

In the case of the government, article 6 of the law establishes the Government Delegated Committee for Intelligence Affairs, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister, whose purpose is "to ensure the proper coordination of all State information and intelligence services for the formation of an intelligence community".[2]

It has three main responsabilities:[2]

  • To propose to the Prime Minister the annual objectives of the National Intelligence Centre, which must be incorporated into the Intelligence Directive.
  • To monitor and evaluate the progress made toward achieving the objectives of the National Intelligence Centre.
  • To ensure the coordination of the National Intelligence Centre, the intelligence services of the State Security Forces and Corps, and the civil and military administrative bodies.

With regard to parliament, article 11 of the law obliges the Congress of Deputies to have a committee, chaired by the President of the Congress of Deputies, to supervise its "expenses, functioning and activities".[2]

Finally, the judiciary oversees and, where appropriate, authorizes some clandestine activities. According to Organic Law 2/2002, of May 6, regulating the prior judicial control of the National Intelligence Centre, the Plenary of the General Council of the Judiciary must designate a Supreme Court justice responsible for the CNI affairs—and a substitute justice—, who will be responsible for authorizing those activities of the intelligence services that involve the violation of fundamental rights such as the inviolability of the home and the secrecy of communications.[3]

Emblems

Most of Spanish Intelligence Agencies emblems and logos have its reproduction prohibited.

Emblems of members of the IC

See also

References

  1. ^ Ley 11/2002, de 6 de mayo, reguladora del Centro Nacional de Inteligencia.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ley 11/2002, de 6 de mayo, reguladora del Centro Nacional de Inteligencia" [Law 11/2002, of May 6, regulating the National Intelligence Centre.]. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Royal Household. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  3. ^ "Ley Orgánica 2/2002, de 6 de mayo, reguladora del control judicial previo del Centro Nacional de Inteligencia" [Organic Law 2/2002, of May 6, regulating the prior judicial control of the National Intelligence Centre.]. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Royal Household. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 2026-04-04.

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