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	The '''NID''' is a fictional shadowy ] in the ] ] and ]. It is an independent government agency similar to the ], ] or ], but with questionable accountability and more comparable to ]'s ]. The NID seems to be based in an office complex in or near ], though some NID members in fact hold military rank and work in the Pentagon. Officially, their mandate is to provide vital civilian oversight of top secret military operations.

	==Background==
	Within the show, the NID is represented by two groups:
	===Official NID===
	An official and responsible operation that seeks to investigate and exploit technology brought back through the ] by the ] while, at the same time, observing the members of the United States military to ensure that their actions are the 'correct' ones. The official agency has a number of ]-style agents, like Agent ], who hold the rank of Federal Agents, and bureaucrats like ]. There are also an unknown number of Military personnel who apparently report to the NID chain of command and that of the military in an odd manner, such as Colonels Simmons and Maybourne (who ironically while both publicly working for the official NID, worked for the rogue NID).
	===Rogue NID===
	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 "]". Later they were based either 'off world' or in disused warehouses throughout the Earth.

	==History==
	Throughout the series the work of the rogue group has been associated with Colonel ]. The rogue elements justify their unscrupulous methods claiming that, like the SGC, they are just trying to defend Earth from the ]. They criticise the SGC saying that their '']'' 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 ] when the SGC managed to arrest and imprison the majority of its upper echelon.

	In the episode "]", General Hammond comments: "Back when the SG program began there was a philosophical skirmish about its mandate. Some people wanted to make sure that any and all discoveries were brought back regardless of considerations like inter-planetary diplomacy." Hammond also comments that he thought that there was a politician or politicians pulling strings behind the scenes, this was later revealed to be Senator ]. Another prominent member of the group was Colonel ], played by ].

	Currently, the NID has become a more legitimate organization which works for the security of the Stargate program and to aid the SGC on operations on Earth such as interrogation of prisoners. Recently, their main goal seems to be neutralizing the threat posed by the ]. It also appears that a degree of the United States involvement with the ] has come from the NID and NID personnel. Richard Woolsey, a former (or current?) NID agent has become the US representative to the IOA.

	==Organization==

	== Episodes ==
	The following episodes involve ], ] and/or the NID (legitimate and otherwise):

	=== Stargate SG-1 ===
	* 1x16 ]
	* 1x20 ]
	* 2x10 ]
	* 2x14 ]
	* 3x14 ]
	* 3x18 ]
	* 4x15 ]
	* 4x16 ] - Kinsey is president in an alternate future, this future is unmade by SG-1. His relationship with the NID/] is unspecified.
	* 5x03 ]
	* 5x10 ]
	* 5x11 ]
	* 5x12 ]
	* 5x14 ]
	* 5x20 ]
	* 6x05 ]
	* 6x11 ]
	* 6x14 ] - The Committee is exposed and captured thus depriving the rogue NID of its leadership.
	* 6x15 ]
	* 6x17 ]
	* 7x17 ]
	* 7x18 ]
	* 7x19 ]
	* 7x20 ]
	* 7x21 ]-
	* 7x22 ]
	* 8x07 ]
	* 8x08 ]
	* 8x10 ]
	* 8x13 ]
	* 8x14 ]
	* 9x07 ]
	* 10x08 ]

	=== Stargate Atlantis ===
	* 2x13 ] - Agent Barrett assists in the Earthside investigation
	* 4x09 ]

	This list is not exhaustive.

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