 The goal of this unification was to increase both interoperability and efficiency, and to combine the specialisations of both the police and the military.Following a confidential experts report, the Second Balkenende cabinet decided to implement a revision of the "Bijzondere Bijstandseenheid", the spearhead counter-terrorism unit at the time.The DSI unofficially commenced operations in 2005, the formal establishment took place on 1 July 2006, and was at that time part of the "KLPD".