National Intelligence and Security Service

The National Intelligence and Security Service

Agency overview
Formed	2013
Jurisdiction	Government of Ethiopia
Agency executive	Temesgen Tiruneh
Parent department	Ministry of Peace
Website	niss.gov.et

The National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) (Amharic: ብሔራዊ መረጃና ደህንነት አገልግሎት) is part of the government of Ethiopia. It is an intelligence agency. It finds information and gives it to other parts of the government. It looks for information that affects the whole country. It is a federal agency, part of the main government. That means it must works with state-level agencies, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, and the Federal Police Commision. It began in 2013. It is part of the Ministry of Peace.

Jurisdiction

The National Intelligence and Security Service has nine departments. It runs checkpoints at airports, like the Transportation Security Administration does in the United States. It is similar to the United States Department of Homeland Security and the Central Intelligence Agency. It also catches terrorists.