MI5 was an intelligence body of Great Britain. In the Julian Bashir, Secret Agent holoprogram, they believed that the Soviets were involved in the disappearance of three secret agents in West Berlin. (DS9: "Change of Heart")

Intelligence agencies of Earth
Great Britain: MI5 • Nazi Germany: Gestapo
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: KGB
United States of America: CIA · FBI · NSA
United Earth: Section 31

Background Edit

The writers of the episode made a common mistake of failing to differentiate between MI5 and MI6. Although the two intelligence bodies exist in today's world in the United Kingdom, MI5 (aka "the Security Service") concerns only the internal security of the UK itself, while MI6 (aka "the Secret Intelligence Service") takes responsibility for intelligence gathering overseas and espionage countries outside the UK, in similar vein to the differing roles of the FBI and CIA in the United States of America or the FSB and SVR in Russia. However, MI5 is not a police agency and does not have powers of arrest.

External links Edit

• MI5.gov.uk
• MI5 at Wikipedia