General Security Directorate (Lebanon)
Emblem-Logo of the General Directorate of General Security of Lebanon
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| Formed | July 21, 1921 |
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| Headquarters | Beirut, Beirut Lebanon |
| Employees | Classified |
| Annual budget | Classified |
| Intelligence and Security Agency executive |
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| Website | http://www.general-security.gov.lb |
The General Security Directorate (Arabic: الامن العام al-Amn al-'Aam) (French: La Sûreté Générale) is a Lebanese intelligence agency founded on July 21, 1921 and was originally known as the "first bureau". On June 12, 1959, Decree-Law No. 139, in force until that date, was published. Under this decree the General Security becomes a branch depending on the power of the Minister of Interior and headed by a Director General, as President. On December 16, 1959, Organizational Decree No 2873 was published . It establishes a regional organization of general security and creates more Branch, regional departments, border, maritime and air.
Its full name is "General Directorate of General Security" (Direction Générale de la Sûreté Générale, المديرية العامة للأمن العام).
Its primary function is to collect and gather Intelligence, and to inform the Lebanese government to ensure the national security and public order throughout the territory of the Republic of Lebanon. General Security is also responsible for monitoring resident aliens on Lebanese soil by issuing them visas and entry permits into Lebanese territory, and residence permits and card stays. It monitors the media by ensuring they do not touch with their content, public order, or undermines an institution of the Lebanese state, and community components to the Lebanese society.
Finally, it is responsible for issuing passports and travel documents to Lebanese citizens.
According to an investigation from Lookout and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the GDGS has run at least 10 campaigns since 2012 to compromise the security of Android phones in at leas 21 countries. The GDGS hacking team, designated "Dark Caracal", used phising attacks to trick targets into downloading impersonations of WhatsApp,Viber and Signal, allowing the GDGS to extract gigabytes of data. The reporting was denied by Major General Abbas Ibrahim.
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