Iraq
Maliki Puts Pals in High Places
Now that the Americans have left, Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister, Nuri al Maliki, has named a fellow Shi'ite as boss of NIS, the Iraqi intelligence service.
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).