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The NID is a fictional shadowy intelligence agency in the Television Series Stargate SG-1 . It is an independent government agency similar to the DIA , CIA or NSA , but with questionable accountability and more comparable to Star Trek 's Section 31 . It NID seems to be based either in The Pentagon or in an office complex in or near Washington, D.C. . Officially, their mandate is to provide civilian oversight for military activities that would be otherwise unsupervised. Within the show, the NID is represented by two groups: #An official and responsible operation that seeks to investigate and exploit technology brought back through the Stargate by the SGC while, at the same time, observing the members of the United States military to ensure that that their actions are the 'correct' ones. The official agency has a number of Men In Black -style agents, like Agent Malcolm Barrett , and bureaucrats like Richard Woolsey . #A set of well resourced rogue cells that use unscrupulous methods to procure alien technology, develop weapons, and gather intelligence. Despite its illegality, and the efforts of the legitimate branches of the NID to hunt down and destroy the cancerous organization, the rogue cells make extensive use of NID operatives and resources. Initially they operated using the second stargate unearthed in the episode Solitudes . Later they were based either 'off world' or in disused warehouses throughout the Earth. Throughout the series the work of the rogue group has been associated with Colonel Harry Maybourne . The rogue elements justify their unscrupulous methods claiming that, like the SGC, they are just trying to defend Earth from the Goa'uld . They criticise the SGC saying that their '' Modus Operandi '' of diplomatic contact and negotiation is too slow. However, it seems that far from patriotism, the rogue NID were linked to various individuals and corporations who wished to exploit alien technology for financial gain. These corporations and individual businessmen are the rogue NID's leading shadow group, "The Committee", which eventually evolved into The Trust when the SGC managed to arrest and imprison the majority of its upper echelon. In the episode . Another prominent member of the group was Colonel Frank Simmons , played by John De Lancie . EPISODES The following Episodes involve Colonel Maybourne , Senator Robert Kinsey and/or the NID (legitimate and otherwise): Stargate SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
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