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Intelligence Agency is an effective instrument of a national power. Aggressive intelligence is its primary weapon to destabilize the target. Indeed, no one knows what the intelligence agencies actually do so figuring out who the best intelligence service is can be difficult. The very nature of intelligence often means that the successes will not be public knowledge for years, whereas failures or controversial operations will be taken to the press. It's a thankless situation. Still, from what little has emerged, one can have an idea of some of the better intelligence services out there, with the understanding that this is based on incomplete data. 10. ASIS – Australia Formed 13 May 1952 Headquarters Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Annual budget $162.5m AUD (2007) Minister responsible The Hon. Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs Agency executive Nick Warner, Director-General Australian Secret Intelligence Service is the Australian government intelligence ...