National Intelligence and Security Service
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NISS Seal | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1956 |
| Jurisdiction | Federal Government of The Sudan |
| Headquarters | Khartoum, Sudan |
| Employees | Classified |
| Annual budget | Classified |
| Agency executive | Muhammad al-Atta Fadl al-Mula, Director |
The National Intelligence and Security Service (Arabic: جهاز الأمن والمخابرات الوطني السوداني, Jihaaz Al Amn Al Watani Wal Mukhaabaraat) is the intelligence service of the federal government of Sudan. The NISS is an incredibly powerful body, and has been granted extensive powers by the National Security Acts of 1999 and 2010.[1]
It is widely accepted that in addition to its domestic operations, the NISS has operations and agents throughout the Middle East, North Africa and Western Europe. The secretive organisation's most well known operation is its massive intelligence network in Iraq, which it was able to build by recruiting foreign fighters passing through Khartoum on their way to Iraq.[2]
In 1995, the NISS captured and detained Osama Bin Laden, before releasing him in 1996 after the United States declined to take him.[3]
From 2004 to 2009 the NISS was led by Salah Gosh. Since 2009 it has been led by Muhammad al-Atta Fadl al-Mula.[4]
The NISS also operates the Rapid Support Forces.[5]
References
- ↑ Amnesty International - Agents of Fear: The National Security Service in Sudan p.10
- ↑ http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2007/07/suda-j09.html
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/international/asia/17osama.html?_r=0
- ↑ "Plural news and views on Sudan". Sudan Tribune. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article51298