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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).

KUWAIT 20/01/2005

Kuwait Army Infiltrated 

Clashes that took place between Kuwaiti troops and Islamic radicals on Jan. 10 and 15 made it clear the Emirate's army has been infiltrated by Al Qaeda. [...]

UNITED STATES 20/01/2005

SASA Pushes for Intelligence Firms 

A discreet organization run by a former NSA director organizes fairs for subcontractors of U.S. intelligence agencies and lobbies on their behalf. [...]

UNITED STATES 20/01/2005

Bin Laden Hunter Finds Work with AIG 

The California-based security firm Clayton Consultants which has a long-term contract with the American insurance giant AIG has just hired [...]

UNITED STATES 20/01/2005

Sidney Fuchs 

Head of the TASC business unit at the Northrop Grumman [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 20/01/2005

MI6 Soon to be Run as a Company 

Like any well-managed firm, Britain's MI6 has just named an important businessman who specializes in management issues to its board. [...]

SWITZERLAND 06/01/2005

Rappaport Goes into Retirement 

Often suspected but never found guilty, the Swiss-Israeli financier Bruce Rappaport, now in his 80s, is in the process of selling his financial establishment in Switzerland to Israel's Hapoalim bank. [...]

UNITED STATES 06/01/2005

John Kringen 

As had been expected for some days, CIA director Porter [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 06/01/2005

Diligence Takes a Look at Libya 

Founded in 2000 by CIA veteran Mike Baker and Nick [...]

EGYPT UNITED STATES IRAN 16/12/2004

Rolling Up Iranian Spy Ring 

In response to pressure from Washington, Cairo finally revealed on Dec. 7 that a major Iranian spy ring had been operating in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. [...]

UNITED STATES 16/12/2004

Better Days Ahead for NOCs 

Because of legal and bureaucratic rules that often go to absurd length, the CIA has practically no covert operators out [...]

UNITED STATES 03/12/2004

In-Q-Tel firms at Core of ASAP System  Free

The major presence of firms "coddled" by In-Q-Tel in the architecture of the Atypical Signal Analysis and Processing (ASAP) system could demonstrate the logic behind the CIA's investment policy. [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES 02/12/2004

The American Way of "Connecting the Dots" 

The new priority of the U.S. intelligence community since Sept. 11, 2001 is "connecting the dots." That, at any rate, is the basic premise of a 155-page study the Rand Corporation has just published under the title: [...]

UNITED STATES 02/12/2004

Recruiting Drive at CIA 

In a memo to Porter Goss, president George W. Bush gave the new CIA director 90 days to prepare and [...]

UNITED STATES JAPAN 02/12/2004

CIA Embarrasses Japan 

In the past year the CIA has managed to organize the defection of members of North Korea's nomenclatura, often from Japan. That has embarrassed Tokyo because the prime minister is negotiating anew with Kim Jong-il. [...]

UNITED STATES PAKISTAN 02/12/2004

Trading Weapons for Intelligence 

Announced on Nov. 20, the lifting of the U.S. embargo on arms sales to Pakistan was preceded by a house-cleaning at the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. [...]

EGYPT PALESTINE 18/11/2004

Suleiman Plan for Palestine 

With backing from Washington, Egyptian intelligence chief general Omar Suleiman has presented a blueprint for a shake-up of Palestinian security forces. [...]

UNITED STATES 18/11/2004

James Pavitt 

A lot of senior officials in the CIA's Directorate of [...]

UNITED STATES 18/11/2004

Patton Boggs Expands in Gulf 

Already a staunch lobbyist for Saudi Arabia and Qatar through [...]

IRAQ 04/11/2004

Washington Drops Talabani 

One by one, the United States is dropping its Iraqi [...]

UNITED STATES 04/11/2004

Purge Looming at CIA? 

According to the Knight Ridder press group, the new CIA boss, Porter Goss, is preparing a purge of the agency's Directorate of Operations in the wake of George W. Bush's re-election. [...]