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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).

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. [...]

UNITED STATES 22/10/2004

Secrecy Surrounds Orbimage, Second Winner of NextView Contract  Free

Orbimage, which was awarded the huge, $500 million NextView Second Vendor Program by the National Geospatiale-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in late September, refuses to reveal its ownership structures or identify investors. [...]

INDONESIA 21/10/2004

Djakarta Shakes Up Intelligence 

The recent attack against the Australian embassy in Djakarta has have convinced the new president the country's intelligence agency needs a face-lift. [...]

KURDISTAN 07/10/2004

Parastin A Power to Reckon With 

The leading Kurdish intelligence agency Parastin, which answers to Massoud Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), has become a crucial element in the region's geopolitical power plays. [...]

IRAQ 07/10/2004

Kosrat Rasul 

Less powerful than Parastin, the Kurdish Democratic Party's intelligence service [...]

UNITED STATES 07/10/2004

Quick Diagnosis for CIA 

The CIA's venture capital firm In-Q-Tel doesn't mind sticking itself [...]

UNITED STATES 24/09/2004

Intelligence Technology for Times Ahead  Free

Working in six areas of research (see graph below), the Advanced Research and Development (ARDA) agency has been funding "revolutionary" [...]

UNITED STATES 23/09/2004

Can the CIA be Objective? 

Before being confirmed in his post by the Senate, the new boss of the CIA firmly committed himself to adopt a totally unbiased policy. [...]

UNITED STATES 23/09/2004

Berger Scouts for Work in Iraq 

The Gulfsands oil company, latest customer of StoneBridge International, a company founded by Bill Clinton's former national security adviser, Sandy [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES 26/08/2004

Bush's Intelligence Czar Has Few Clothes 

Despite the recommendations of the independent panel into the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks the American intelligence community won't find itself knuckling under an "intelligence czar" with sweeping powers. President George W. Bush finally decided on Aug. [...]

IRAQ 26/08/2004

Mohammed Shahwani 

Iraq's new intelligence chief, Mohammed Abdullah Shahwani, who was appointed [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES 22/07/2004

How McLaughlin Wrong-Footed Congress 

A pure product of the agency he joined in 1972, John McLaughlin didn't wait to officially become acting head of the CIA on July 12 to go onto the offensive. Even while his boss, George Tenet, was theoretically still in [. [...]