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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).

BAHRAIN 22/07/2004

Bahrain Chief Button-Holes Blair 

The king of Bahrain told Tony Blair this week that Washington was exaggerating the terrorist threat in his country. [...]

YEMEN 08/07/2004

Yemen Tracks its Islamic Militants 

In a major shift in alliances, Yemen's president has cracked down harshly on an Islamic sect he previously protected. He acted at the behest of Riyadh and Washington. [...]

ITALY 08/07/2004

U.S and Syria to Make Up? 

In the wake of mediation by the leader of Qatar, [...]

INDONESIA 24/06/2004

A. Hendropriyono 

Head of Indonesia's intelligence agency Bandan Intellijens Nasional (BIN), Abdullah [...]

UNITED STATES 24/06/2004

Congressmen Lash Out at CIA 

The House's Select Committee on Intelligence has taken the CIA severely to task and suggested ways of improving its performance. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA EGYPT 24/06/2004

Saudis Accept Help from Egypt 

To fight against Al Qaeda, Saudi Arabia is going to use the methods Egypt successfully applied against its own Islamic fundamentalists. [...]

UNITED STATES 24/06/2004

Pay in Keeping with Performance at CIA? 

Luckily for George Tenet, he is standing down as CIA [...]

UNITED STATES 24/06/2004

Georgia Calls on a Neo-Con 

The foreign ministry in the republic of Georgia, which has been headed since March by a former French diplomat, Salome [...]

UNITED STATES 11/06/2004

NSA's Breeding Ground  Free

In setting up the Chesapeake Innovation Center, the authorities in Anne Arundel country are determined to create a sort of Silicon Valley specializing in Homeland Security. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA IRAQ JORDAN 10/06/2004

Boost for Riyadh & Amman in Iraq 

The line-up of the new interim Iraqi government boosts the influence of Jordan and Saudi Arabia in Baghdad and marks a sharp setback for Iran. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 10/06/2004

Scarlett Under Attack 

The report that Lord Butler is to table in mid-July [...]

IRAQ 10/06/2004

CIA as Oil Middle-Man ? 

An American oil company has teamed up with several ex-CIA men in order to help it debut in Iraq. [...]

UNITED STATES 10/06/2004

Tenet Instead of Rumsfeld 

Logically, it was defense secretary Donald Ruymself who should have quit but George W. Bush preferred instead to sacrifice CIA boss George Tenet. [...]

UNITED STATES 10/06/2004

Spotfire Software for CIA 

A publisher of data visualization software, Spotfire, has just signed [...]

UNITED STATES 10/06/2004

Stephen Kappes 

Ever since June, 2002, 52-year-old Stephen Kappes, who joined the [...]

UNITED STATES 10/06/2004

David Gordon 

A specialist in Third World issues, David Gordon, has been [...]

UNITED STATES 27/05/2004

Headway and Delays in Anti-Terrorist Fight 

Speaking before the Senate's Judiciary Committee last week, FBI director Robert Mueller revealed that lists of terrorists established by various [...]

UNITED STATES 14/05/2004

CCAT, Pentagon's Breeding Ground for Security Technology  Free

This year is being marked by an infatuation of venture capital funds for Homeland Security technologies. Alongside the sector's a seed capital fund stands out for being exclusively financed by the Pentagon: its acronym is CCAT. [...]

IRAQ 22/04/2004

Bremer's Last Mission 

Violence and confusion are mounting day by day in Iraq as Paul Bremer prepares to quit Baghdad at the end of June. The turmoil will make it even harder for him to fulfil his final mission. [...]

UNITED STATES 22/04/2004

Industry Day at NGA 

The new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), formerly NIMA, is organizing [...]