Before CIDE was established, national intelligence was jointly handled by the División de Informaciones ("Information Division", DI) of the Presidency, and the military intelligence services such as the Servicio de Inteligencia del Ejército ("Army Intelligence Service", SIE) and the Servicio de Inteligencia Naval ("Naval Intelligence Service", SIN). Even though throughout Argentina's history military intelligence organs have been involved in handling both internal and external intelligence, reforms enacted in the last few decades have legally given them a role alongside civilian managed services in the National Intelligence System.