The actual role carried out by an intelligence officer varies depending on the remit of his/her parent organization. Officers of foreign [[intelligence]] agencies (e.g. the United States' [[Central Intelligence Agency]] or the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)) may spend much of their careers abroad. Officers of domestic intelligence agencies (such as the United States' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation] or the UK's Security Service (MI5)) are responsible for counter-terrorism, counter-espionage, counter-proliferation and the detection and prevention of serious organized crime within their own countries (although, in Britain, the Serious Organized Crime Agency has been set up to take care of serious organized crime). | The actual role carried out by an intelligence officer varies depending on the remit of his/her parent organization. Officers of foreign [[intelligence]] agencies (e.g. the United States' [[Central Intelligence Agency]] or the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)) may spend much of their careers abroad. Officers of domestic intelligence agencies (such as the United States' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation] or the UK's Security Service (MI5)) are responsible for counter-terrorism, counter-espionage, counter-proliferation and the detection and prevention of serious organized crime within their own countries (although, in Britain, the Serious Organized Crime Agency has been set up to take care of serious organized crime). |