The State Security Department or VSD (Lithuanian: Valstybės saugumo departamentas) is a Lithuanian intelligence agency which collects information on threats to the national security and works to eliminate those threats. The VSD also conducts counterintelligence, protects state secrets and classified information, and vets certain applicants for residence permits or entry to Lithuania. The origins of the institution are in the Intelligence Unit established within the Lithuanian Armed Forces on 27 October 1918. The first head of the intelligence service was Jonas Žilinskas. In 1923, many intelligence activities were transferred to the Ministry of the Interior and the institution changed its name over the time. In 1933 it was re-organized into the State Security Department with the objective to suppress espionage activities. The last director of the service in the interwar period was Augustinas Povilaitis. In the aftermath of the Soviet invasion and occupation in 1940, he was arrested and executed by the Soviets. More information...
According to PR-model, vsd.lt is ranked 426,444th in multilingual Wikipedia, in particular this website is ranked 329,233rd in English Wikipedia.
The website is placed before cargobull.com and after fightingfantasygamebooks.com in the BestRef global ranking of the most important sources of Wikipedia.
