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Finland's defense and intelligence establishments are living in interesting times indeed. Edward Snowden's leaks and revelations concerning the United States's National Security Agency (NSA) might not have revealed anything new or astonishing about the ancient techniques of diplomacy, but they have awakened Europeans to the reality of life with first-class superpower(s). Even in Finland an unusual amount of media and civil interest has developed towards the Intelligence Community's data and information gathering procedures, a focus made more interesting by the fact that two Finns were, in 2014, manning very high positions within the European Union's (EU) Intelligence Community. The ex-chief of Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Suojelupoliisi, SUPO), Ilkka Salmi, has been the director of European Union's Intelligence Analysis Center (INTCEN, former Situation Centre of the European Union, EU SITCEN) since February 2011.
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