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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 STATES 24/11/2005

Lee Van Arsdale 

Almost exclusively staffed by veterans of the U.S. Delta Force, [...]

UNITED STATES 24/11/2005

PR Couple Delivers for Chalabi 

Ahmad Chalabi’s triumphant return to Washington as deputy Iraqi prime minister was largely the work of a man-and-wife lobbying team, Jeffrey Weiss and Juleanna Glover Weiss. [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES Document 09/11/2005

Finely-Tuned Machine for Negroponte & Hayden 

The high visibility of ambassador John Negroponte who took over in April as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in the American media shouldn’t overshadow the powerful administrative service his principle deputy (DDNI), Air Force general Michael Hayden, is putting together. [...]

UNITED STATES 09/11/2005

Bush Overhauls PFIAB but Keeps Room for His Friends  Free

James Langdon’s mandate as chairman of PFIAB was short by any standards. Named in February, 2005, Langdon, a lawyer specializing [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 09/11/2005

New Al Qaeda Offensive? 

The head of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab Zarqawi, [...]

UNITED STATES 27/10/2005

CIA to Invest in Clean Energy 

With one of its ex directors, James Woolsey, now a [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 13/10/2005

Keeping Grip on Shi’ites and Oil 

Saudi Arabian king Abdallah has just been secretly handed a detailed report he commissioned on how Aramco functions in its job of managing the kingdom’s oil resources. [...]

BELGIUM 13/10/2005

Systran Takes on EU Commission 

Systran, a world leader in translation software that supplies the US Air Force, the CIA and FBI has accused the European Union of theft. [...]

Spotlight EUROPE 29/09/2005

Atlantic Alliance to Protect Oil Reserves? 

Looking ceaselessly for new missions since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is seeking to involve itself in securing energy supplies. The initiative has won applause from neo-conservative circles in the United States but also [. [...]

UNITED STATES 29/09/2005

Andrew Palowitch 

After three years as chief of the CIA's systems engineering [...]

UNITED STATES 29/09/2005

Energy Independence the Latest Battle Cry  Free

The Set America Free organization that fights in favor of America's energy independence from foreign suppliers is button-holing Congress on every occasion. [...]

UNITED STATES 29/09/2005

Geospatial Conclave 

The Geoint 2005 conference that will be held between Oct. [...]

UNITED STATES 29/09/2005

Goals for the CIA 

Still the object of criticism both within and outside of [...]

IRAN 15/09/2005

Iran Funnels Cash Through Gulf 

Companies in the free trade zones of Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are reportedly being used by Iran to bankroll extremist Palestinian movements. [...]

UNITED STATES 01/09/2005

Arab Fund Invests in Security 

Run by an American-Pakistani businessman and funded by wealthy Gulf investors, Crescent Technology Ventures has just made its first investment in the security field. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 01/09/2005

Qinetiq Pushes Ahead in U.S. 

The British military's former research center that was sold to [...]

UNITED STATES 01/09/2005

Stephanie O'Sullivan 

Number two official in the CIA's directorate of science and [...]

UNITED STATES 01/09/2005

Simplified Line-Up for FBI 

At the behest of president George W. Bush, FBI director Robert Mueller has set up a National Security Branch. Some see it as a throwback to the early 1990s. [...]

UNITED STATES 01/09/2005

U.S. Policy Slammed 

A report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) underscores U.S. shortcomings in the fight against the funding of terrorism. [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES 28/07/2005

Al Qaeda a Structured Military Outfit 

Candidate for the top job at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) starting from next January, lieutenant-general Wallace Gregson has been hammering away at the U.S. administration's anti-terrorism policy for long months. Commander of the US Marine Corps in the Pacific [. [...]