United States
DNI lends hand to WTO
A U.S. intelligence probe lent significant backing to Washington last week in a case before the WTO on curbs that China places on the trade in rare earths.
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).