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The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO; ) is the national security service of Australia, which is responsible for the protection of the country and its citizens from espionage, sabotage, acts of foreign interference, politically motivated violence, attacks on the Australian defence system, and terrorism.〔http://www.asio.gov.au/About-ASIO/Overview.html〕 ASIO is comparable with the British Security Service (MI5) and the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).〔 〕 Generally ASIO operations requiring police powers are co-ordinated with the Australian Federal Police and/or with State and Territory police forces.〔 ASIO officers have the right to arrest and detain. However, under the ''National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2014'' passed by the Parliament of Australia, ASIO officers are exempt from prosecution for a wide range of illegal activities in the course of conducting "operations". ASIO officers may carry arms, and the Minister responsible has the ability under certain conditions to provide ability to approve the provision of any weapon or training to any specified person, even outside of ASIO officers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=2014 )〕 ASIO Central Office is in Canberra, with a local office being located in each mainland state and territory capital. A new AUD $630 million Central Office, named the Ben Chifley Building, was officially opened by the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 23 July 2013. ==Command, control and organisation== ASIO is a statutory body under the ''Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979'' and is responsible to the Parliament of Australia through the Attorney-General. The Organisation also reports to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, and is subject to independent review by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security. The head of ASIO is the Director-General of Security, who oversees the strategic management of ASIO within guidelines issued by the Attorney-General. The current Director-General is Duncan Lewis, who assumed office in September 2014. In 2013, ASIO had a staff of around 1,740 personnel.〔 The identity of ASIO officers, apart from the Director-General, remain an official secret.〔 While ASIO is an equal opportunity employer, there has been some media comment of the Organisation's apparent difficulty in attracting people from a Muslim or Middle Eastern background. Furthermore, ASIO has undergone a period of rapid growth with some 70 per cent of the Organisation's officers having joined since 2002, leading to what Paul O'Sullivan, Director-General of Security from 2005 to 2009, called 'an experience gap'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australian Security Intelligence Organisation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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