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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 06/09/2001

Donald Kerr

A man who strongly champions close surveillance of the Internet has moved into a key post at the CIA. On [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 06/09/2001

Secret Service Boss Fired

IntelligenceOnline has learned that the boss of Saudi Arabia’s secret service, prince Turki Al Faycal, was fired on Aug. 30 [...]

UNITED STATES 06/09/2001

Will DEA Agent’s lawsuit against CIA be Heard?

A former official of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Richard [...]

UNITED STATES 06/09/2001

Will the Taliban be Outcasts in Washington for Long?

Contacts are increasing between the Kabul regime and the U.S. [...]

UNITED STATES 06/09/2001

Highly Political Contract for Open Source Inc.

After spending years persuading corporate decision-makers about the virtues of processing open source information, Robert Steele is now out to [...]

MACEDONIA 23/08/2001

Doubts Over Essential Harvest

Slavs in Macedonia live in fear of a Bosnia-type conflict in their country even as NATO starts deploying 3,500 men [...]

UNITED STATES 23/08/2001

Great and the Good in Conclave

From July 29 to Aug. 10 the U.S. intelligence community’s leading officials met in discreet conclave to examine the steepest [...]

UNITED STATES 23/08/2001

James Clapper

After moving over to the private sector, James Clapper, who was head of the Defense Intelligence Agency between 1991-95, is [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES 23/08/2001

U.S. Shores Up Cyber Security Bastion.

As could have been foreseen, the new Republican administration’s policy with regard anti-missile defenses makes the security of critical American infrastructure--energy, telecommunications, water supply, transportation and financial services-- more crucial than ever. To be sure, building a shield against ballistic [...]

UNITED STATES 19/07/2001

Robert Mueller

The new FBI director, Robert Mueller, is no stranger to Republican politics. During the administration of George Bush senior he [...]

IRAN 19/07/2001

Tehran Loses Key Arms Figure

Iran’s religious leadership could view the death of Ali Mahmoudi Mimand in mysterious circumstances as tantamount to a declaration of [...]

UNITED STATES 19/07/2001

Insights for Sale

Three of the most famous figures in U.S. business intelligence have joined forces to share their insights with corporate America. [...]

UNITED STATES 19/07/2001

Industry Backs NSA to Hilt

Intelligence Newsletter has obtained a 36-page document which shows that U.S. industry is firmly behind the National Security Agency’s efforts [...]

UNITED STATES 05/07/2001

Agency Tussle over Montesinos Affair

The staff of CIA director George Tenet probably wasn’t all that pleased to hear about the arrest of Vladimiro Montesinos [...]

UNITED STATESMIDDLE EAST 05/07/2001

Egyptians Warn Washington

Egypt’s general intelligence service has warned the CIA that attacks could be sprung on American interests in the Gulf. As [...]

UNITED STATES 21/06/2001

High Tech Firms Fret over Security

A series of hearings before the House’s sub-committee on crime on June 14 revealed how important the idea of security [...]

UNITED STATES 21/06/2001

Bright Future for Special Ops

According to sources in the Bush administration, the high profile presence of a number of champions of U.S. Special Operations/Low [...]

INDONESIA 21/06/2001

CIA Orchestrating Pirate Attacks?

According to Congressional sources and persons close to Congress’ select committees on intelligence, the CIA’s operations directorate has been conducting [...]

UNITED STATESEUROPE 07/06/2001

Security Situation in the Industrial Countries

A Global Forum for Law Enforcement & National Security is [...]

CANADA 23/05/2001

When French Stoked Quebec Embers

A book appearing this week in Canada will cast fresh light on French financial aid to the separatist movement in [...]