General Intelligence Department (Jordan)

General Intelligence Department (GID)
دائرة المخابرات العامة
	Official Seal of the GID
Agency overview
Formed	1964; 60 years ago
Preceding agency	General Investigation Department;
Headquarters	Amman, Jordan
Annual budget	Classified
Agency executive	General Ahmad Husni, Director;
Website	http://www.gid.gov.jo

Jordanian General Intelligence Department, GID or Mukhabarat (Arabic: دائرة المخابرات العامة) is the primary civilian foreign and domestic intelligence agency of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The GID is reportedly one of the most important and professional intelligence agencies in the Middle East;^[1] the agency has been instrumental in foiling several terrorist attacks both in Jordan and around the world.^[2]

^ "Jordan emerges as key CIA counterterrorism ally". washingtonpost.com.
^ "USNews.com: In the desert, a secret Jordanian prison for terrorist detainees (6/2/03)". www.usnews.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2005. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[1] "Jordan emerges as key CIA counterterrorism ally". washingtonpost.com.

[USnews-2] "USNews.com: In the desert, a secret Jordanian prison for terrorist detainees (6/2/03)". www.usnews.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2005. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

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