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Topic - State Security Investigations Service

The Egyptian State Security Investigations Service (SSI) (Arabic: ) was the highest national investigating authority in Egypt. Estimated to employ 100,000 people, the SSI was the main security apparatus of Egypt's Ministry of Interior. The SSI focused on monitoring underground networks of radical Islamists and probably planted agents in those organizations - Source: Wikipedia

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