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Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
intelligence service
Intelligence agency
An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to information gathering for purposes of national security and defence. Means of information gathering may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public...
responsible for intercepting communications as required by judicial officers. It is part of the Secretaría de Inteligencia
Secretaría de Inteligencia
Secretaría de Inteligencia is the premier intelligence agency of the Argentine Republic and head of its National Intelligence System....
, the main intelligence agency
Intelligence agency
An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to information gathering for purposes of national security and defence. Means of information gathering may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public...
; and is a subagency of the National Intelligence System
Sistema de Inteligencia Nacional
Sistema de Inteligencia Nacional is the official denomination of the Argentine national intelligence community.The National Intelligence System consists of the following agencies and its dependencies:...
. It is known as "Division 84" or "Ojota" inside SIDE
Secretaría de Inteligencia
Secretaría de Inteligencia is the premier intelligence agency of the Argentine Republic and head of its National Intelligence System....
. ("O-Jota" is the Spanish pronunciation of the letters OJ.)
Building
The DOJ is located in a tall, nondescript building on Ave. de los Incas 3834, in Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. The building has an internal surface of 27000 square feet (2,508.4 m²) and an estimated monetary value of US$ 1,577,443.
Before moving into its own building it operated out of Telecom Argentina
Telecom Argentina
Telecom Argentina is the major local telephone company for the northern part of Argentina, including the whole of the city of Buenos Aires...
´s Belgrano
Belgrano, Buenos Aires
Belgrano is a leafy, northern barrio or neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Location :The barrio of Palermo is to the southeast; Nuñez is to the northwest; Coghlan, Villa Urquiza, Villa Ortúzar and Colegiales are to the southwest....
facility.
Mishandling allegations
Secretaría de Inteligencia
Secretaría de Inteligencia is the premier intelligence agency of the Argentine Republic and head of its National Intelligence System....
counterintelligence service also having the capability to intercept communications.
See also
- Secretariat of IntelligenceSecretaría de InteligenciaSecretaría de Inteligencia is the premier intelligence agency of the Argentine Republic and head of its National Intelligence System....
- National Intelligence SystemSistema de Inteligencia NacionalSistema de Inteligencia Nacional is the official denomination of the Argentine national intelligence community.The National Intelligence System consists of the following agencies and its dependencies:...
- National Intelligence SchoolEscuela Nacional de InteligenciaEscuela Nacional de Inteligencia is the national intelligence academy of the Argentine Republic. It depends of the Secretaría de Inteligencia, the main intelligence agency; and it is a depending suborganization of the National Intelligence System.-History:The School was created on January 24, 1967...
- Argentine intelligence agencies
- National Directorate of Criminal IntelligenceDirección Nacional de Inteligencia CriminalDirección Nacional de Inteligencia Criminal it is an Argentine intelligence agency part of the National Intelligence System...
- National Directorate of Strategic Military IntelligenceDirección Nacional de Inteligencia Estratégica MilitarDirección Nacional de Inteligencia Estratégica Militar is an Argentine intelligence agency part of the National Intelligence System, created by the 2001 It is structurally dependent of the Ministry of Defense.-Function:Its main mission is to produce strategic military intelligence and analysis...