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Spotlight | United States
U.S.A.: BETTER DAYS AHEAD?

The advent of a Republican majority in Congress has reassured the U.S. intelligence community that it will obtain both the funds and encouragement needed to pursue its post-Cold War objectives. Top intelligence executives had feared that resources would have been [...]

Published on 18.01.1995 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Spotlight | Europe, United States
NEW NBC TERRORISM RISKS

According to analysts close to Western intelligence agencies the probability that terrorist gangs will resort to using nuclear, chemical or biological weapons to commit attacks is growing ever stronger. That fear has prompted the CIA to work specially since last [.

Subscribers only 02.12.1999

United Kingdom
INTERNATIONAL SPY POW-WOW

In conjunction with a new British publishing house specializing in [...]

Subscribers only 07.10.1999

United States
TOO MUCH COLLECTION, LACK OF ANALYSIS

In a speech to the Central Intelligence Retiree's Association (CIRA) last fall, John Millis, staff director of the House Permanent [...]

Subscribers only 11.03.1999

United States
PENTAGON, CIA TAKEN TO TASK

A recently-released report from the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs that investigated Gulf War illnesses has criticized reports drawn up [...]

Subscribers only 17.09.1998

Spotlight | United States
HOW PEACE-KEEPERS GLEAN VITAL INTELLIGENCE

Over the past few years the CIA has worked to compensate for the closure of about 15 stations in Africa by relying heavily on military travelers to provide both political intelligence and information to support American military operations on the [.

Subscribers only 02.07.1998

United States
HOW THE U.S. GOT IT WRONG

The U.S. intelligence community's failure to provide warning of the recent Indian nuclear tests stemmed from a combination of analytical, [...]

Subscribers only 18.06.1998

Spotlight | United States
HOW TO MODERNIZE INTELLIGENCE?

A top-line panel has recommended a shake-up in American intelligence that would include such revolutionary moves as uncoupling the Directorate of Intelligence from the CIA and reducing it drastically in size. The panel, chaired by former National Security Agency director [.

Subscribers only 18.12.1997

Spotlight | United States
CIA ASSERTS AUTHORITY OVER COUNTER-PROLIFERATION

Just days after CIA chief George Tenet was reported to be planning to reduce the size, budget and role of the CIA's Nonproliferation Center (NPC) he announced that he would instead double its staff and give its director more clear-cut [.

Subscribers only 06.11.1997

United States
SPYING SECRETS UNVEILED

In late August the CIA declassified over 200 articles that appeared in its secret in-house journal, Studies on Intelligence, between [...]

Subscribers only 11.09.1997

United States
NEW ACCENT ON HUMINT

The intelligence committees in both the House and Senate have lent strong backing to the Clinton administration's bid to boost [...]

Subscribers only 12.06.1997

Spotlight | United States
CIA SLIMS DOWN FOR FASTER ACTION

In its first major shakeup since 1981, the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Intelligence has cut the number of directorate offices from nine to five. The overhaul results from a review undertaken by John Gannon, deputy Director for Intelligence, and [.

Subscribers only 30.04.1997

Europe, Middle East
NUCLEAR REPORT RINGS THE ALARM

At least 2,000 tons of surplus weapons-grade plutonium and enriched uranium are currently being stocked in an "under-protected and under-regulated [...]

Subscribers only 27.03.1997

United States
PORTER GOSS

Named by speaker Newt Gringrich as president of the House's Select Committee on Intelligence on Jan. 27, Porter Goss, aged [...]

Subscribers only 13.02.1997

United States
TAKING "C" OUT OF COVERT

Talks between the Defense Department, CIA and office of the Director of Central Intelligence about a possible CIA takeover of [...]

Subscribers only 06.06.1996

United States
NEW WARNINGS SOUNDED

CIA director John Deutch recently told the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that the government had no evidence that any [...]

Subscribers only 04.04.1996

Spotlight | United States
DRAWING NEW MAP FOR U.S. INTELLIGENCE

The high-level panel set up under former defence secretary Harold Brown to assess the performance of the American intelligence community has rejected any massive overhaul of U.S. intelligence. The panel, named the Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the [.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 07.03.1996

European Union, United States
EUROPE-U.S. RIFT ON IRAN

When a working group set up by the European Union, the U.S. and Canada on Iran meets in Rome in [...]

Subscribers only 25.01.1996

United States
SPLITTING THE BURDEN

Among the many proposals doing the rounds in Washington as the U.S. prepares to overhaul its intelligence agencies from top [...]

Subscribers only 25.01.1996

United States
MILITARY BETTER AT COVERT WORK

The reason that U.S. HUMINT is being revamped and the Pentagon is receiving a bigger share of the action is [...]

Subscribers only 07.12.1995

United States
AIDE SLAMS MILITARY "TAKEOVER"

A former CIA deputy director, Richard Kerr, told the House intelligence committee on Nov. 16 that he was worried over [...]

Subscribers only 23.11.1995

United States
U.S. ILL-PREPARED FOR EMERGENCY

The American intelligence community has come to the uncomfortable conclusion that the U.S. is ill-prepared to deal with the threat [...]

Subscribers only 09.11.1995

United States
KEEPING LID ON FRONT COMPANIES

Congress has shown some wariness over at least one striking aspect of a plan by CIA director John Deutch to [...]

Subscribers only 09.11.1995

United States
CLINTON'S THREE PRIORITIES

When he paid an official visit on the CIA on July 14 just two months after the arrival of a [...]

Subscribers only 27.07.1995

Spotlight | United States
NEW POWER PLAY FOR CIA

The CIA has weathered what is probably its deepest crisis in its 50-odd year existence. Seldom before had its morale been so low, its aims so criticized, its bureaucracy so out of hand and its scandals as numerous (Aldrich Ames [.

Subscribers only 10.05.1995

United States
NEW TURN OF SCREW ON TERRORISM

President Bill Clinton's executive order in late January to freeze the US assets of 18 individuals and a dozen organizations [...]

Subscribers only 01.02.1995

United Kingdom
FISHING FOR SECRETS ABROAD

Unable to pry any information from MI6, members of the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee (FASC) who wanted information on [...]

Subscribers only 01.02.1995

Israel
LIFTING NUCLEAR SECRECY?

The issue of controlling and limiting weapons of mass destruction has taken a back seat to diplomatic maneuvers between Israel [...]

Subscribers only 14.12.1994

United States
THE SUPER TERRORISM AGE

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) forms the most dangerous threat to the post-Cold War world, according to [...]

Subscribers only 30.11.1994

Spotlight | United States
NEW LINKS IN INTELLIGENCE CHAIN

The U.S. Departments of Treasury and Energy are emerging as ever-more important players alongside the traditional intelligence services in identifying and tracking down terrorist organizations and their state backers as well as fighting the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological [.

Subscribers only 16.11.1994

Spotlight | France
DGSE "STRATEGIC" PRIORITIES

The French DGSE foreign intelligence service is going to recruit 500 additional civilian personnel over the next five years. This decision went unnoticed in the midst of a wealth of measures which formed part of a military spending plan recently [.

Subscribers only 20.07.1994

United States
COMPARATIVE THREAT ANALYSIS

The recent hearings before the U.S. Senate Government Affairs Committee furnished an unprecedented occasion to compare high-quality intelligence on threat [...]

Subscribers only 17.03.1993

United States
ROBERT GALLUCCI

Although the obnoxious David Kay of the first UN team that inspected Iraq's weapons was accused by the Iraqis of [...]

Subscribers only 09.09.1992

Spotlight | United States
COVERT ACTIONS' FUTURE

A largely ignored report by a group of former senior U.S. officials urging stricter rules for covert operations may yet attract the attention of policy makers if the next chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee cannot maintain the cordial relations [.

Subscribers only 24.06.1992

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Spotlight | United States U.S.A.: BETTER DAYS AHEAD?

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Spotlight | Europe, United States NEW NBC TERRORISM RISKS

United Kingdom INTERNATIONAL SPY POW-WOW

United States TOO MUCH COLLECTION, LACK OF ANALYSIS

United States PENTAGON, CIA TAKEN TO TASK

Spotlight | United States HOW PEACE-KEEPERS GLEAN VITAL INTELLIGENCE

United States HOW THE U.S. GOT IT WRONG

Spotlight | United States HOW TO MODERNIZE INTELLIGENCE?

Spotlight | United States CIA ASSERTS AUTHORITY OVER COUNTER-PROLIFERATION

United States SPYING SECRETS UNVEILED

United States NEW ACCENT ON HUMINT

Spotlight | United States CIA SLIMS DOWN FOR FASTER ACTION

Europe, Middle East NUCLEAR REPORT RINGS THE ALARM

United States PORTER GOSS

United States TAKING "C" OUT OF COVERT

United States NEW WARNINGS SOUNDED

Spotlight | United States DRAWING NEW MAP FOR U.S. INTELLIGENCE

European Union, United States EUROPE-U.S. RIFT ON IRAN

United States SPLITTING THE BURDEN

United States MILITARY BETTER AT COVERT WORK

United States AIDE SLAMS MILITARY "TAKEOVER"

United States U.S. ILL-PREPARED FOR EMERGENCY

United States KEEPING LID ON FRONT COMPANIES

United States CLINTON'S THREE PRIORITIES

Spotlight | United States NEW POWER PLAY FOR CIA

United States NEW TURN OF SCREW ON TERRORISM

United Kingdom FISHING FOR SECRETS ABROAD

Israel LIFTING NUCLEAR SECRECY?

United States THE SUPER TERRORISM AGE

Spotlight | United States NEW LINKS IN INTELLIGENCE CHAIN

Spotlight | France DGSE "STRATEGIC" PRIORITIES

United States COMPARATIVE THREAT ANALYSIS

United States ROBERT GALLUCCI

Spotlight | United States COVERT ACTIONS' FUTURE

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Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Spotlight | United States
U.S.A.: BETTER DAYS AHEAD?

Spotlight | Europe, United States
NEW NBC TERRORISM RISKS

United Kingdom
INTERNATIONAL SPY POW-WOW

United States
TOO MUCH COLLECTION, LACK OF ANALYSIS

United States
PENTAGON, CIA TAKEN TO TASK

Spotlight | United States
HOW PEACE-KEEPERS GLEAN VITAL INTELLIGENCE

United States
HOW THE U.S. GOT IT WRONG

Spotlight | United States
HOW TO MODERNIZE INTELLIGENCE?

Spotlight | United States
CIA ASSERTS AUTHORITY OVER COUNTER-PROLIFERATION

United States
SPYING SECRETS UNVEILED

United States
NEW ACCENT ON HUMINT

Spotlight | United States
CIA SLIMS DOWN FOR FASTER ACTION

Europe, Middle East
NUCLEAR REPORT RINGS THE ALARM

United States
PORTER GOSS

United States
TAKING "C" OUT OF COVERT

United States
NEW WARNINGS SOUNDED

Spotlight | United States
DRAWING NEW MAP FOR U.S. INTELLIGENCE

European Union, United States
EUROPE-U.S. RIFT ON IRAN

United States
SPLITTING THE BURDEN

United States
MILITARY BETTER AT COVERT WORK

United States
AIDE SLAMS MILITARY "TAKEOVER"

United States
U.S. ILL-PREPARED FOR EMERGENCY

United States
KEEPING LID ON FRONT COMPANIES

United States
CLINTON'S THREE PRIORITIES

Spotlight | United States
NEW POWER PLAY FOR CIA

United States
NEW TURN OF SCREW ON TERRORISM

United Kingdom
FISHING FOR SECRETS ABROAD

Israel
LIFTING NUCLEAR SECRECY?

United States
THE SUPER TERRORISM AGE

Spotlight | United States
NEW LINKS IN INTELLIGENCE CHAIN

Spotlight | France
DGSE "STRATEGIC" PRIORITIES

United States
COMPARATIVE THREAT ANALYSIS

United States
ROBERT GALLUCCI

Spotlight | United States
COVERT ACTIONS' FUTURE