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The '''Internal Security Directorate''' ({{wp|Danish language|Delkoran}}: '''Indresikkerhedsdirektorat''' or '''ISD''') is a Delkoran {{wp|intelligence agency}} responsible for {{wp|counterintelligence}}, {{wp|counter-terrorism}}, and surveillance of domestic security threats. The agency is organized under the Ministry of the Interior.
The '''Internal Security Directorate''' ({{wp|Danish language|Delkoran}}: ''Indresikkerhedsdirektorat'' or '''ISD''') is a Delkoran {{wp|intelligence agency}} responsible for {{wp|counterintelligence}}, {{wp|counter-terrorism}}, and surveillance of domestic security threats. The agency is organized under the Ministry of the Interior.


==Organization==
==Organization==
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==Activities==
==Activities==
The ISD is the Kingdom's primary counterintelligence agency, responsible for preventing the infiltration of Delkoran government and economic institutions by foreign intelligence services.
The ISD is the Kingdom's primary counterintelligence agency, responsible for preventing the infiltration of Delkoran government and economic institutions by foreign intelligence services. It is also responsible for the Kingdom's economic security, including the prevention of industrial sabotage and espionage.


The agency is also the primary counter-terrorism service of the federal government and, in this capacity, conducts surveillance against domestic organizations and individuals considered to be a threat to public safety.  
The agency is the primary counter-terrorism service of the federal government and, in this capacity, conducts surveillance against domestic organizations and individuals considered to be a threat to public safety including political extremists, religious cults, and potential {{wp|lone wolf terrorism|lone wolf terrorists}}. ISD intelligence gathering takes numerous forms, including the use of open source intelligence, electronic surveillance, and various infiltration tactics.
 
ISD intelligence gathering takes numerous forms, including the use of open source intelligence, electronic surveillance, and various infiltration tactics.


==Controversy==  
==Controversy==  
In 2016, following a leak of classified information, it was revealed that the ISD was conducting electronic surveillance against several elected officials in the Kingdom, including members of the Cybrian Parliament in the far-right [[List of political parties in Delkora|Alliance]], as well as two members of the [[List of political parties in Delkora|Lebøvian People's Party]] in the [[Delkoran Federal Parliament|Federal Parliament]]. Although the agency had sought the appropriate judicial authorization for the surveillance, members of these parties accused the government of having political motivations. 


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Latest revision as of 05:14, 24 July 2020

Internal Security Directorate
Indresikkerhedsdirektorat
Agency overview
FormedJune 1, 2012 (2012-06-01)
JurisdictionGovernment of Delkora
HeadquartersNorenstal
Employees12,530 (2018)
Annual budget875 million NSD (2018)
Minister responsible
  • Margrethe Heldenvar, Minister of the Interior
Agency executive
  • Klaus Mølgaard, Director
Parent agencyMinistry of the Interior
Key document
  • National Security Act of 2012
Websitewww.isd.del

The Internal Security Directorate (Delkoran: Indresikkerhedsdirektorat or ISD) is a Delkoran intelligence agency responsible for counterintelligence, counter-terrorism, and surveillance of domestic security threats. The agency is organized under the Ministry of the Interior.

Organization

  • Section 1: Counterintelligence
  • Section 2: Cybersecurity
  • Section 3: Economic security
  • Section 4: Foreign extremism
  • Section 5: Political extremism
  • Section 6: Religious extremism

History

The Internal Security Directorate was formed in 2012 as part of the National Security Act of 2012 passed in the aftermath of the Norenstal Subway Bombings. It was tasked with taking on the counter-terrorism and counterintelligence activities that had formerly been the responsibility of the Federal Police. Under the act, the ISD was established as an independent agency within the Ministry of the Interior, reporting directly to the interior minister and the chancellor.

Activities

The ISD is the Kingdom's primary counterintelligence agency, responsible for preventing the infiltration of Delkoran government and economic institutions by foreign intelligence services. It is also responsible for the Kingdom's economic security, including the prevention of industrial sabotage and espionage.

The agency is the primary counter-terrorism service of the federal government and, in this capacity, conducts surveillance against domestic organizations and individuals considered to be a threat to public safety including political extremists, religious cults, and potential lone wolf terrorists. ISD intelligence gathering takes numerous forms, including the use of open source intelligence, electronic surveillance, and various infiltration tactics.

Controversy

In 2016, following a leak of classified information, it was revealed that the ISD was conducting electronic surveillance against several elected officials in the Kingdom, including members of the Cybrian Parliament in the far-right Alliance, as well as two members of the Lebøvian People's Party in the Federal Parliament. Although the agency had sought the appropriate judicial authorization for the surveillance, members of these parties accused the government of having political motivations.