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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).

UNITED KINGDOM 04/09/2003

Wanted: Green Badges

The CIA has been on a recruitment drive for some [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 04/09/2003

Murawiec Keeps Firing Away

Among books to be published about Saudi Arabia this autumn, a work by Laurent Murawiec, a former analyst at the Rand Corporation who made waves by slamming Riyadh before the Defense Policy Board in July 2002, is likely to command a lot of attention. [...]

UNITED STATES 01/08/2003

The 18 Gold Nuggets Found by the CIA Free

If General Motors and Citibank have an IT problem, the CIA is likely to face the same challenge. It was [...]

UNITED STATES 31/07/2003

Secrets of the 28 Classified Pages

It was a win-win situation. The Saudi government demanded that George W. Bush make public the 28 classified pages of the Congressional report on Sept. 11 so that Riyadh could clear its name. [...]

AUSTRALIA 31/07/2003

Paul Moran

A number of factors behind the death of Paul Moran, [...]

UNITED STATES 31/07/2003

Legislators Wonder About TTIC

The anti-terrorism fight in the U.S. doesn't always seem crystal clear. John Brennann, director of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center [...]

UNITED STATES 17/07/2003

Trust a Rare Commodity in US

The American intelligence community doesn't trust George W. Bush and particularly the neo-conservatives around him. That's been known for some months. But now the gloves are off. [...]

SYRIA 17/07/2003

Bashar Assad's Fast Footwork

Syrian president Bashar Assad has held out against American demands but also shown careful timing and considerable skill in making concessions. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 03/07/2003

A Pep Talk but Tighter Belt for DGSE

For the first time in 35 years a French president paid an official visit to the headquarters of the French foreign intelligence agency Direction Generale de la Securite Exterieure on the boulevard Mortier in Paris on June 24. The visit [...]

UNITED STATES 03/07/2003

Purge at DIA & Pentagon

The neo-conservative clique around defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld has begun to systematically oust ?Arabists? from leading posts in the Pentagon and Defense Intelligence Agency. [...]

UNITED STATESSYRIA 03/07/2003

Tenet's Four Pressure Points

Washington hasn't any intention of overthrowing the Syrian regime but it expects Damascus to bow to the Bush administration. CIA director George Tenet is due any day now in Damascus with a precise list of demands. [...]

FRANCE 03/07/2003

Experts Ride to Altran's Rescue

France's Altran group may well be European leader in engineering, materials and management consulting for new technologies but it has [...]

Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA 19/06/2003

Battle for Riyadh Already Underway

With Iraq and Iran in the background, the battle for Saudi Arabia has already begun. From whatever standpoint one views the situation it seems highly likely the current regime won't be around in five years' time, either because it will [...]

UNITED STATES 05/06/2003

Will the FDD Manage to Tear Up the Road Map?

An official from the State Department has told an Intelligence [...]

Spotlight INTERNATIONAL 22/05/2003

Radical Islam Bombs its Way Back

The attacks in Riyadh and Casablanca have displayed the capacity of radical Islam to plan simultaneous actions in different parts of the Moslem world by synchronizing alliances between small units with deep local roots. That's a major break with the [...]

IRAQ 17/04/2003

Chalabi's Shady Business Past

Likely to win a key ministerial job or even become Iraq's next prime minister, Ahmed Chalabi attracts a lot of attention from foreign businessman. Here are some of the facts about the Iraqi-born banker. [...]

IRAQ 17/04/2003

Who Killed Khazraji ?

Informed State Department sources have confirmed reports that former Iraqi [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES 03/04/2003

Pentagon Appears to Lose Ground

Several events in recent days suggest that the Defense Department's hold on international relations is beginning to crumble. That's highly important because behind current U.S. policy concerning international security lie deep internal cracks between the State Department and the American [...]

FRANCE 03/04/2003

What's Behind the Gemplus Affair?

A book to be published later this month in France will shed considerable light on the Gemplus affair. [...]

KUWAIT 03/04/2003

The CIA's Questionable Advisers in Kuwait

According to sources close to the State Department in Washington, the most prestigious Iraqi military defector from Saddam Hussein's regime [...]