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Intelligence Online N°610 - Paris 01/28/2010

SPOTLIGHT

Arms Sales

Paris caught between Delhi and Islamabad

An armaments contract between the Pakistani Air Force and a consortium made up of the French groups ATE and Thales and the European missile house MBDA has been held up while waiting for French government approval. (...) [ 582 words ] [ $9,5 ]

EXECUTIVE BRIEFING

TERABYTES
The Pentagon looks for computer virus DNA
[ 325 words ] [ $5,4 ]

DUE DILIGENCE
Saudi Arabia's (private) guardians
[ 414 words ] [ $5,4 ]

CORRIDORS OF POWER

IRAN

YEMEN

EUROPE

UNITED STATES

The NSA fears that the computer attack in January against 30 American companies, [ 67 words ] [ $1,8 ]

UNITED STATES

Susan K Mashiko was appointed number two at the National Reconnaissance Office, [ 84 words ] [ $1,8 ]

UNITED STATES The Pentagon will not secure US power facilities
	The Department of Energy has just set up a small unit, the National Energy Sector (...) [ 80 words ] [ $1,8 ]

GRAY AREAS

UNITED STATES/YEMEN
Washington imposes a ceasefire with the Houtis
The Yemen’s foreign affairs minister, Abou Bakr al Kourbi, was in meetings all last week in Washington with the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, former ambassador (...)
[ 369 words ] [ $5,4 ]

FRANCE
ENA brings prestige to spy school
	France’s new intelligence academy is due to open its doors in the second half of 2010. Preparations are underway. (...) [ 190 words ] [ $5,4 ]

ITALY

Bruno Branciforte quit as director of the Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna [ 121 words ] [ $1,8 ]

BELGIUM

The R Committee , which oversees Belgian intelligence agencies, has just published [ 114 words ] [ $1,8 ]

EUROPEAN UNION European PNR on the cards?
	A proposal by Spain, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, (...) [ 106 words ] [ $1,8 ]

FRANCE Rival elite units vy for lead role in mass hostage resolution
	The RAID (Recherche, Assistance Intervention et Dissuasion) the unit in charge of (...) [ 133 words ] [ $1,8 ]

UNITED KINGDOM Neville-Jones in the front line
	The Conservative Party’s National Security Strategy, published last week, proposes (...) [ 84 words ] [ $1,8 ]

UZBEKISTAN
Secret service and foreign trade
	Uzbekistan’s deputy prime minister Elior Ganiev, general of the SNB (ex-KGB), also oversees foreign trade (...) [ 308 words ] [ $5,4 ]

JORDAN
Who wanted to kill Israel’s ambassador?
	The Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate (GID) has blamed Iran for the January 14 attack on the convoy of the Israeli ambassador Aman Daniel Nevo. (...) [ 189 words ] [ $5,4 ]

KURDISTAN
A unified national army for Kurdistan
	The Kurdish regional president Massoud Barzani is due to meet Barack Obama on January 28 at the White House. (...) [ 151 words ] [ $5,4 ]

KUWAIT

The NSA has struck a deal with the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial [ 73 words ] [ $1,8 ]

AFGHANISTAN Taliban on the Tajikistan border
	Mohammad Omar, governor of the Afghan province of Kundus, is worried about the appearance (...) [ 81 words ] [ $1,8 ]

CHINA
Chinese Agents Killed in Haiti
	Beijing lost at least eight nationals in the collapse of the UN building during the Haiti quake. All were linked to the Chinese security and intelligence services. (...) [ 221 words ] [ $5,4 ]

CHINA
Diplomats under surveillance
	Since January 1 a new presidential decree signed by Hu Jintao has been in force defining the “rights and responsibilities” of Chinese diplomats posted abroad. (...) [ 174 words ] [ $5,4 ]

UNITED STATES
A new generation at Clayton
	A young officer from the Special Forces has succeeded FBI veteran Jack Cloonan at the head of Clayton Consultants, the kidnapping negotiations specialist. (...) [ 172 words ] [ $5,4 ]

UNITED STATES
Cofer Black’s special operations
	Blackbird Technologies, the company that last year recruited Joseph Cofer Black, the former counterterrorism chief of the CIA (IOL 608), keeps landing contracts with the U. (...) [ 155 words ] [ $5,4 ]

UNITED STATES

Stroz Friedberg , the computer intelligence firm, has just named John Reed Stark, [ 90 words ] [ $1,8 ]

UNITED STATES

Jules Kroll , a guest on Bloomberg TV’s Charlie Rose Show December 31, revealed the [ 92 words ] [ $1,8 ]

UNITED STATES

Joe Rosetti , the ex vice chairman of Kroll who is currently trying to buy the port [ 95 words ] [ $1,8 ]

MONACO/UNITED STATES Prince Albert’s former investigator wins court case
	Santa Barbara’s Superior Court on January 26 pronounceed a default judgement against (...) [ 96 words ] [ $1,8 ]

UNITED STATES Oil industry espionage
	Marathon Oil, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips were the victims of cyber attacks last (...) [ 75 words ] [ $1,8 ]

THE RED LINE

FRANCE
Zaleski’s private investigations into the Duvals
Romain Zaleski has left no stone uncovered in his campaign against the Duval family, about to be played out in the French courts. (...)
[ 332 words ] [ $5,4 ]

UNITED KINGDOM
Page Group first in Haiti
	In the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake private security groups rushed to the country. The Page group is one of the few who were already there. (...) [ 217 words ] [ $5,4 ]

SAUDI ARABIA/EUROPE
EADS stuck in the sand
	Technical and cultural obstacles hold up EADS’ landmark frontier security contract. (...) [ 327 words ] [ $5,4 ]

RUSSIA/ISRAEL
The FSB picks Aeronautics over Elbit
	According to our information, the Israeli drone manufacturer Aeronautics Defence Systems is currently negotiating the sale of ten unmanned small “orbiter” aerial vehicles, (UAVs) to the Russian frontier police, a branch of the FSB’s internal intelligence service. (...) [ 240 words ] [ $5,4 ]

UNITED KINGDOM

Hakluyt , contrary to most British private investigation firms, has continued to [ 113 words ] [ $1,8 ]

UNITED KINGDOM

Bill Fairclough , former manager at the audit firm Coopers & Lybrand, set up his [ 73 words ] [ $1,8 ]

UNITED KINGDOM

Nigel Churton , ex chairman and chief executive of Control Risks and still a member [ 96 words ] [ $1,8 ]

MONACO/UNITED STATES Prince Albert’s former investigator wins court case
	Santa Barbara’s Superior Court on January 26 pronounceed a default judgement against (...) [ 96 words ] [ $1,8 ]

FRANCE New security boss at Sanofi
	Currently head of operations at the Vienna- based United Nations Office on Drugs (...) [ 79 words ] [ $1,8 ]

CHINA/FRANCE Areva’s dilemma
	The Taishan site where late last year Areva began construction of a third generation (...) [ 121 words ] [ $1,8 ]

SPAIN Ransoms for fishing vessels under scrutiny
	Legal firms and British security companies helping Spanish shipping companies to (...) [ 156 words ] [ $1,8 ]

SAUDI ARABIA/EUROPE
EADS stuck in the sand
	Technical and cultural obstacles hold up EADS’ landmark frontier security contract. (...) [ 327 words ] [ $5,4 ]

RUSSIA/ISRAEL
The FSB picks Aeronautics over Elbit
	According to our information, the Israeli drone manufacturer Aeronautics Defence Systems is currently negotiating the sale of ten unmanned small “orbiter” aerial vehicles, (UAVs) to the Russian frontier police, a branch of the FSB’s internal intelligence service. (...) [ 240 words ] [ $5,4 ]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Radar Imagery to monitor Iran
	The surveillance mechanism put in place by the Franco-Emirati group 4C Controls in the United Arab Emirates, which was expected to be operational by mid-2009, was still being fine-tuned at the end of the year. (...) [ 202 words ] [ $5,4 ]

CHINA/FRANCE Areva’s dilemma
	The Taishan site where late last year Areva began construction of a third generation (...) [ 121 words ] [ $1,8 ]

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