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. 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

AgencyParent AgencyGovernment DepartmentDate est.
Department of National SecurityNonePrime Minister's Office2012
National Intelligence CentreNoneMinistry of Defence2002
National Cryptologic CenterNational Intelligence CentreMinistry of Defence2004
National Security OfficeNational Intelligence CentreMinistry of Defence1983
Intelligence Center for Counter-Terrorism and Organized CrimeSecretariat of State for SecurityMinistry of the Interior2014
General Commissariat of Judiciary PoliceNational Police CorpsMinistry of the Interior1958
General Commissariat of InformationNational Police CorpsMinistry of the Interior1912
Civil Guard Information ServiceCivil GuardMinistry of the Interior1941
Central Operative UnitCivil GuardMinistry of the Interior1987
Armed Forces Intelligence CenterOffice of the Chief of the Defence StaffMinistry of Defence2005
Joint Cyber-Defence CommandOffice of the Chief of the Defence StaffMinistry of Defence2013
Intelligence and Security SectionOffice of the Chief of Staff of the ArmyMinistry of Defence
Signals Intelligence and Electronic Warfare SectionOffice of the Chief of Staff of the ArmyMinistry of Defence
Central Naval Security SectionOffice of the Chief of Staff of the NavyMinistry of Defence
Intelligence and Security SectionOffice of the Chief of Staff of the Air and Space ForceMinistry of Defence
Counterintelligence and Information SectionOffice of the Chief of Staff of the Air and Space ForceMinistry of Defence
Aerospace Intelligence and Targeting CenterOffice of the Chief of Staff of the Air and Space ForceMinistry of Defence
Customs Surveillance ServiceSpanish Tax AgencyMinistry of Finance1944
Information DivisionMossos d'EsquadraGovernment of Catalonia1983
Information and Analysis UnitErtzaintzaBasque Government1982
Information DivisionPolicía ForalGovernment of Navarre2004

Supervision

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

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".

It has three main responsabilities:

  • 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".

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.

Emblems

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

See also