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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).

INTERNATIONAL 02/10/2003

Getting the Data in Real Time 

The world's best search engine, Google, keeps tabs on only a small part of the internet. [...]

QATAR 02/10/2003

Qatar in the Eye of the Storm 

How to square the circle? That was the prime question in the Qatar leader's drive to extend his influence after he came to power in 1995. Indeed, the tiny state with barely 600,000 inhabitants has emerged as a force on the international scene. [...]

UNITED STATES JORDAN 02/10/2003

Stronger Amman-Washington Link 

In receiving king Abdallah II of Jordan at Camp David on Sept. 17-18 president George W. Bush underscored the essential role Amman is playing in American policy in Iraq. [...]

UNITED STATES 18/09/2003

Mike Baker 

Mike Baker was in Baghdad in recent weeks in connection [...]

Spotlight IRAQ 04/09/2003

Political Aims Behind Iraqi Attacks 

The three biggest attacks carried out amid the flurry of assaults in August throughout Iraq bore the fingerprints of Saddam Hussein and his followers. Displaying strong intelligence, logistic and planning skills, the perpetrators also had a specific political agenda in [. [...]

UNITED STATES IRAN 04/09/2003

Al Qaeda/Mujahideen Tradeoff 

At first glance it looked like a win-win deal: Tehran would extradite top Al Qaeda men who had taken refuge in Iran while Washington would hand over chiefs of the People's Mujahideen installed in Iraq over to Iran. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 04/09/2003

Wanted: Green Badges 

The CIA has been on a recruitment drive for some [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 04/09/2003

Murawiec Keeps Firing Away 

Among books to be published about Saudi Arabia this autumn, a work by Laurent Murawiec, a former analyst at the Rand Corporation who made waves by slamming Riyadh before the Defense Policy Board in July 2002, is likely to command a lot of attention. [...]

UNITED STATES 01/08/2003

The 18 Gold Nuggets Found by the CIA  Free

If General Motors and Citibank have an IT problem, the CIA is likely to face the same challenge. It was [...]

UNITED STATES 31/07/2003

Secrets of the 28 Classified Pages 

It was a win-win situation. The Saudi government demanded that George W. Bush make public the 28 classified pages of the Congressional report on Sept. 11 so that Riyadh could clear its name. [...]

AUSTRALIA 31/07/2003

Paul Moran 

A number of factors behind the death of Paul Moran, [...]

UNITED STATES 31/07/2003

Legislators Wonder About TTIC 

The anti-terrorism fight in the U.S. doesn't always seem crystal clear. John Brennann, director of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center [...]

UNITED STATES 17/07/2003

Trust a Rare Commodity in US 

The American intelligence community doesn't trust George W. Bush and particularly the neo-conservatives around him. That's been known for some months. But now the gloves are off. [...]

SYRIA 17/07/2003

Bashar Assad's Fast Footwork 

Syrian president Bashar Assad has held out against American demands but also shown careful timing and considerable skill in making concessions. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 03/07/2003

A Pep Talk but Tighter Belt for DGSE 

For the first time in 35 years a French president paid an official visit to the headquarters of the French foreign intelligence agency Direction Generale de la Securite Exterieure on the boulevard Mortier in Paris on June 24. [...]

UNITED STATES 03/07/2003

Purge at DIA & Pentagon 

The neo-conservative clique around defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld has begun to systematically oust ?Arabists? from leading posts in the Pentagon and Defense Intelligence Agency. [...]

UNITED STATES SYRIA 03/07/2003

Tenet's Four Pressure Points 

Washington hasn't any intention of overthrowing the Syrian regime but it expects Damascus to bow to the Bush administration. CIA director George Tenet is due any day now in Damascus with a precise list of demands. [...]

FRANCE 03/07/2003

Experts Ride to Altran's Rescue 

France's Altran group may well be European leader in engineering, materials and management consulting for new technologies but it has [...]

Spotlight SAUDI ARABIA 19/06/2003

Battle for Riyadh Already Underway 

With Iraq and Iran in the background, the battle for Saudi Arabia has already begun. From whatever standpoint one views the situation it seems highly likely the current regime won't be around in five years' time, either because it will [. [...]

UNITED STATES 05/06/2003

Will the FDD Manage to Tear Up the Road Map? 

An official from the State Department has told an Intelligence [...]