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Intelligence Online N°561 - 04/01/2008
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SPOTLIGHT
Washington
Conflicting Concepts of Intelligence
The first intelligence budget drafted by the Democrat majority in Congress, the Intelligence Authorization Act for 2008, was approved by the House of Representatives on Dec. Lobbying : Michael Cherney’s Friends Across the Globe [ FREE ]
Political Intelligence
Paris
New Ideas to Shield Communications
Keenly aware of the problem of communications security, the French president’s staff would like to introduce changes at the Direction Centrale de la Securite des Systems d’Information (DCSSI). (...) [ 193 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Washington
Broader Remit for NGA
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency could soon take an interest in photographs and video films taken on the ground rather than exclusively in space imagery. (...) [ 210 words ] [ $4,7 ]
DECISION MAKERS
Budapest
Sandor Laborc
Hungarian prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany appointed Sandor Laborc as boss of the National Security Office (NBH: (...) [ 229 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Tehran
Ataollah Salehi
In response to a letter he sent in November to denounce the poor state of the Iranian army’s equipment (IOL 559), general-major Ataollah Salehi , commander of the army, was received last month by the country’s spiritual leader, Ali Khamenei , to whom he is very close. (...) [ 140 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Gaza Strip
How Hamas Organizes its Defenses
In anticipation of an Israeli invasion, Hamas has set up a complicated defense system in the territories that lie under its control. (...) [ 417 words ] [ $4,7 ]
ORGANIZATIONS
Paris
Agencies Get Line into Tax Office
The French Parliament has passed a bill allowing the intelligence services to glean tax information in the name of the fight against terrorism. (...) [ 204 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Beijing
Sino-Indian Intelligence Cooperation
For the first time, Indian and Chinese secret services are to start trading notes on intelligence. As a first measure, China's state security ministry, Guojia Anquanbu , headed by Geng Huichang , is to set up a joint intelligence center with India’s Research and Analysis Intelligence Wing (RAW). (...) [ 255 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Washington
DNI To Move Home
Already located far from the centers of power in Washington, the offices of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) are going to be moved even further away - to North Virginia - in coming months. (...) [ 269 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Islamabad
International Inquiry into Bhutto?
The son of Benazir Bhutto wants an international inquiry into the assassination of the opposition leader in order to avoid meddling by the Musharraf administration. (...) [ 280 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Paris
Parliamentary Oversight of Agencies
After a long period of gestation, the French Parliament’s panel on intelligence was finally set up last month. (...) [ 278 words ] [ $4,7 ]
SIGNPOSTS
UNITED STATES - Washington - North Korean Networks Under Scrutiny
[ 79 words ] [ $1,5 ]
LOOKING AHEAD
Washington - Adding Up the Cost of IED Fight
[ 139 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Kabul - Germany’s BND was There Before MI6
[ 135 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Rome - Space Cooperation with Paris
[ 145 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Business Intelligence and Lobbying
Kiev
French Win Helicopter Upgrade Deal
France’s Safran has won a first round in the fight between Russia, Israel and France to upgrade MI-24 helicopters in the former Soviet republics. (...) [ 278 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Washington
BGR Chaperones Oilmen in Kurdistan
Lobbyist for the regional government for Kurdistan, the firm Barbour Griffith & Rogers also serves as middleman between Erbil and oil groups. (...) [ 281 words ] [ $4,7 ]
FIRMS
London
Former SIGINT Chief Signs Up with Alfa
After heading the British signals intelligence center Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) for five years, Francis Richards joined the advisory board of the Russian telecommunications group Altimo last month. (...) [ 195 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Washington
Qinetiq Fishes for Recruits in Agencies
The American affiliate of the former British military research center Qinetiq , which has become a private company named Qinetiq North America , has just appointed Bennett Hart to the job of vice-president. (...) [ 273 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Paris
La Fontaine and Corneille
French authors from the distant past are lending their names to associations with very up-to-date activities. The Club La Fontaine , named after the author of fables, has been joined over the past five years by business intelligence officials from 30 major French corporations, and the membership list is strictly secret. (...) [ 203 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Paris
Delamotte Alone at Helm of Risk & Co
Eighteen months after Risk & Co was formed out of a merger between BD Consultants and Atlantic Intelligence (IOL 520), Bruno Delamotte has taken over as the company’s lone boss. (...) [ 297 words ] [ $4,7 ]
DECISION MAKERS
Washington
Andrew Levetown
A senior executive at Kroll for 14 years, Michael Slattery , now head of international risk and investigation practice at the FTI consultancy, is continuing to hire his former colleagues. (...) [ 187 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Paris
Alain Belleface
A former member of the French foreign intelligence agency DGSE - he worked for it between 1995-2006 - Alain Belleface recently took up work with the data recovery firm LMCI . (...) [ 190 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Brussels
Private Side of Crisis Group
Several directors of the international conflict-prevention organization International Crisis Group are partners in consultancies and investigative firms. (...) [ 146 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Moscow
Cherney Goes Onto Offensive
Squabbling since last summer with his former partner Oleg Deripaska, Michael Cherney has people beavering away in the background on his behalf. (...) [ 389 words ] [ $4,7 ]
SIGNPOSTS
UNITED STATES - New York - Marsh to Soon Sell Kroll?
[ 96 words ] [ $1,5 ]
LOOKING AHEAD
Washington - Founders of GlobalSource Part Company
[ 131 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Abu Dhabi - Sovereign Funds in Hiring Mode
[ 128 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Washington - DC Capital’s Intelligence Portfolio
[ 126 words ] [ $1,5 ]
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Intelligence Online N°561 - 04/01/2008
SUBSCRIBE
SPOTLIGHT
Washington
Conflicting Concepts of Intelligence
The first intelligence budget drafted by the Democrat majority in Congress, the Intelligence Authorization Act for 2008, was approved by the House of Representatives on Dec. Lobbying : Michael Cherney’s Friends Across the Globe [ FREE ]
Political Intelligence
Paris
New Ideas to Shield Communications
Keenly aware of the problem of communications security, the French president’s staff would like to introduce changes at the Direction Centrale de la Securite des Systems d’Information (DCSSI). (...) [ 193 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Washington
Broader Remit for NGA
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency could soon take an interest in photographs and video films taken on the ground rather than exclusively in space imagery. (...) [ 210 words ] [ $4,7 ]
DECISION MAKERS
Budapest
Sandor Laborc
Hungarian prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany appointed Sandor Laborc as boss of the National Security Office (NBH: (...) [ 229 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Tehran
Ataollah Salehi
In response to a letter he sent in November to denounce the poor state of the Iranian army’s equipment (IOL 559), general-major Ataollah Salehi , commander of the army, was received last month by the country’s spiritual leader, Ali Khamenei , to whom he is very close. (...) [ 140 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Gaza Strip
How Hamas Organizes its Defenses
In anticipation of an Israeli invasion, Hamas has set up a complicated defense system in the territories that lie under its control. (...) [ 417 words ] [ $4,7 ]
ORGANIZATIONS
Paris
Agencies Get Line into Tax Office
The French Parliament has passed a bill allowing the intelligence services to glean tax information in the name of the fight against terrorism. (...) [ 204 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Beijing
Sino-Indian Intelligence Cooperation
For the first time, Indian and Chinese secret services are to start trading notes on intelligence. As a first measure, China's state security ministry, Guojia Anquanbu , headed by Geng Huichang , is to set up a joint intelligence center with India’s Research and Analysis Intelligence Wing (RAW). (...) [ 255 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Washington
DNI To Move Home
Already located far from the centers of power in Washington, the offices of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) are going to be moved even further away - to North Virginia - in coming months. (...) [ 269 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Islamabad
International Inquiry into Bhutto?
The son of Benazir Bhutto wants an international inquiry into the assassination of the opposition leader in order to avoid meddling by the Musharraf administration. (...) [ 280 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Paris
Parliamentary Oversight of Agencies
After a long period of gestation, the French Parliament’s panel on intelligence was finally set up last month. (...) [ 278 words ] [ $4,7 ]
SIGNPOSTS
UNITED STATES - Washington - North Korean Networks Under Scrutiny
[ 79 words ] [ $1,5 ]
LOOKING AHEAD
Washington - Adding Up the Cost of IED Fight
[ 139 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Kabul - Germany’s BND was There Before MI6
[ 135 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Rome - Space Cooperation with Paris
[ 145 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Business Intelligence and Lobbying
Kiev
French Win Helicopter Upgrade Deal
France’s Safran has won a first round in the fight between Russia, Israel and France to upgrade MI-24 helicopters in the former Soviet republics. (...) [ 278 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Washington
BGR Chaperones Oilmen in Kurdistan
Lobbyist for the regional government for Kurdistan, the firm Barbour Griffith & Rogers also serves as middleman between Erbil and oil groups. (...) [ 281 words ] [ $4,7 ]
FIRMS
London
Former SIGINT Chief Signs Up with Alfa
After heading the British signals intelligence center Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) for five years, Francis Richards joined the advisory board of the Russian telecommunications group Altimo last month. (...) [ 195 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Washington
Qinetiq Fishes for Recruits in Agencies
The American affiliate of the former British military research center Qinetiq , which has become a private company named Qinetiq North America , has just appointed Bennett Hart to the job of vice-president. (...) [ 273 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Paris
La Fontaine and Corneille
French authors from the distant past are lending their names to associations with very up-to-date activities. The Club La Fontaine , named after the author of fables, has been joined over the past five years by business intelligence officials from 30 major French corporations, and the membership list is strictly secret. (...) [ 203 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Paris
Delamotte Alone at Helm of Risk & Co
Eighteen months after Risk & Co was formed out of a merger between BD Consultants and Atlantic Intelligence (IOL 520), Bruno Delamotte has taken over as the company’s lone boss. (...) [ 297 words ] [ $4,7 ]
DECISION MAKERS
Washington
Andrew Levetown
A senior executive at Kroll for 14 years, Michael Slattery , now head of international risk and investigation practice at the FTI consultancy, is continuing to hire his former colleagues. (...) [ 187 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Paris
Alain Belleface
A former member of the French foreign intelligence agency DGSE - he worked for it between 1995-2006 - Alain Belleface recently took up work with the data recovery firm LMCI . (...) [ 190 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Brussels
Private Side of Crisis Group
Several directors of the international conflict-prevention organization International Crisis Group are partners in consultancies and investigative firms. (...) [ 146 words ] [ $4,7 ]
Moscow
Cherney Goes Onto Offensive
Squabbling since last summer with his former partner Oleg Deripaska, Michael Cherney has people beavering away in the background on his behalf. (...) [ 389 words ] [ $4,7 ]
SIGNPOSTS
UNITED STATES - New York - Marsh to Soon Sell Kroll?
[ 96 words ] [ $1,5 ]
LOOKING AHEAD
Washington - Founders of GlobalSource Part Company
[ 131 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Abu Dhabi - Sovereign Funds in Hiring Mode
[ 128 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Washington - DC Capital’s Intelligence Portfolio
[ 126 words ] [ $1,5 ]
Subscriptions
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