Iraq, United States
Ex-CIA officer lobbies for Sunni
In what may augur a turning point in the Iraqi crisis, Ali Hatem Al Suleiman, the leader of the Anbar [...]
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was the successor to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) after the Second World War. Its heyday was during the Cold War. CIA considers itself as the senior intelligence service among the US Intelligence Community. Before the establishment of the Defense Clandestine Service (DCS), it was the only agency able to carry out clandestine operations, through its National Clandestine Service (NCS).