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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 14/04/2005

Diligence Raises $15 Million 

The U.S. investigative firm Diligence has made major boardroom changes and brought an equity fund, Exxel Partners, into its business. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 14/04/2005

Stephen Kappes 

Former director of operations at the CIA, Stephen Kappes has [...]

UNITED STATES 14/04/2005

Lowell Jacoby 

Will Admiral Lowell Jacoby remain boss of the Defense Intelligence [...]

CHINA 31/03/2005

Detecting "Fish on the Seabed" 

In response to the "anti-secession" bill adopted by China's parliament, Taiwan's secret service has asked the U.S. for help in detecting "fish on the seabed." [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 31/03/2005

ArmorGroup Extends its Reach 

The British security group ArmorGroup has hired a former Raytheon executive to open an office in Washington and has hitched up with the Shi'ite Kubba clan in Iraq. [...]

UNITED STATES 03/03/2005

John Negroponte 

Contrary to appearances, John Negroponte, who has just been named [...]

UNITED STATES 17/02/2005

Joseph Cofer Black 

Coordinator of anti-terrorism operations at the State Department until the end of last year, Joseph Cofer Black has just been [...]

UNITED STATES 17/02/2005

DIA Better Informed than CIA? 

The bosses of CIA, DIA, FBI and INR all testified at a hearing of the Senate's intelligence committee on Feb. 16. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 17/02/2005

QINETIQ FISHES IN CIA POND 

Peter Marino, who once worked on behalf of the CIA [...]

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. [...]