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Issue no. 665 dated 24 may, 2012

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GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE

Beijing calls shots between U.S. and Europe

Heavily dependent on government contracts, the commercial satellite imagery business has been hit hard by U.S. intelligence budget cuts, and China is turning into the beleaguered sector’s principal client.Budget cuts in Washington - James Clapper, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI), had been expected(...) [ 514 words ] [€8]

Mass phone-tapping just round corner

It has never been easier, nor cheaper, to analyse vast quantities of intercepted telephone call data.(...) [ 299 words ] [€5]

Griffon Aerospace serves Arab armies

A growing number of armies in the Middle East and in North Africa rely on Dubai-based Griffon to supervise fighter pilots, integrate arms systems and even operate aircraft.(...) [ 364 words ] [€5]

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GREY AREAS

LEBANON / SYRIA

Syria targets rebel support in Lebanon

Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been carrying out operations against supporters of the Syrian Free Army with the help of Lebanon’s general security and military security services.(...) [ 308 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES / EUROPEAN UNION

NGA could supply EU

The U.S. geospatial intelligence agency may be authorized to provide the European Union with satellite imagery.(...) [ 163 words ] [€5]

FRANCE

Orion sheds light for Socialists

Several experts from the Socialist defence working group Orion have joined new French President Francois Hollande's ministerial cabinets.(...) [ 306 words ] [€5]

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FRANCE - The CMOS, the military satellite observation centre in Creil, could soon be integrated(...) [ 88 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - Bertrand Gaume, who became deputy director in charge of finance and the budget at the(...) [ 79 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - Pleiades behind schedule Launched in December, the very high definition civil and military satellite Pleiades,(...) [ 89 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE / LIBYA - Kafa Kashur Bashir's French naturalisation France's haste in 2008 to naturalise diplomat's wife Kafa Kashur, who received a jail(...) [ 159 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES / EUROPEAN UNION

NGA could supply EU

The U.S. geospatial intelligence agency may be authorized to provide the European Union with satellite imagery.(...) [ 163 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES - The CIA operates certain GNAT and Predator drones positioned on the Guelmim base in the(...) [ 80 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - James R. Marrs, the current military intelligence chief in Afghanistan, has been promoted(...) [ 86 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Michael Daniel is the new Cybersecurity Coordinator at the White House, replacing Howard(...) [ 103 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES / YEMEN - U.S. Special Forces move in In the wake of the terrorist attack that decimated Yemen's Central Security forces on(...) [ 88 words ] [€1,5]

ISRAEL

Raed al-Attar ceasefire threat

Having spent months negotiating a long-term ceasefire between Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and Israel, the greatest fear of Mourad Mowafi, the head of Egypt’s General(...) [ 116 words ] [€5]

IRAN

Pasdaran hit by deaths

Some ten high-ranking officials of Iran’s Guardians of the Revolution, or Pasdaran, have died in apparently violent circumstances in recent months.(...) [ 170 words ] [FREE]

TURKEY - Murat Ozcelik, Turkey's intelligence coordinator, resigned abruptly last week following(...) [ 117 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / QATAR / SAUDI ARABIA - Adversaries of unity It was mainly because of opposition from Oman, which is less hostile to Iran than other(...) [ 104 words ] [€1,5]

SAUDI ARABIA - Gulf intelligence academy deal sealed Under the terms of a security pact that was signed by the six members of the Gulf Cooperation(...) [ 64 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE / LIBYA - Kafa Kashur Bashir's French naturalisation France's haste in 2008 to naturalise diplomat's wife Kafa Kashur, who received a jail(...) [ 159 words ] [€1,5]

CHINA

Shanghai gang hold security reins

China’s new security chiefs will be appointed by a small circle of advisors to future president Xi Jinping, all of whose members come from Shanghai.(...) [ 233 words ] [€5]

CHINA

Zhou Yongkang keeps busy

To bring an end to persistent rumours that he was standing down, Zhou Yongkang, the coordinator of China’s intelligence services, has been busier than ever recently,(...) [ 233 words ] [€5]

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THE RED LINE

AFGHANISTAN / EUROPE

EU Kabul contract up for grabs

The European Union has invited tenders for a four-year contract estimated to be worth up to €50 million to protect its facilities and staff in Kabul.(...) [ 354 words ] [€5]

UNITED KINGDOM

Admiral advises Shell

Retired Admiral James Burnell-Nugent, the former commander in chief fleet of the Royal Navy, has become a consultant to Shell and the maritime transport industry.(...) [ 135 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES / POLAND

Interfor hunts in the East

Controversial investigation and security executive Juval Aviv has opened a bureau in Poland to serve the former Eastern Europe.(...) [ 278 words ] [€5]

UNITED KINGDOM

Special Forces director at Heritage

U.S. special forces veteran Mark Erwin has joined the board of Heritage Oil, the British company present in Kurdistan and Libya that is headed by former SAS officer(...) [ 134 words ] [€5]

FRANCE

Baku cultivates friends in Paris

The French branch of The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS), which was set up in Paris in March this year, recently made a donation of €15,000 to the victims of(...) [ 266 words ] [€5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Clayton, a subsidiary of the private security group Triple Canopy, has pulled out of(...) [ 115 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Hakluyt, the corporate intelligence firm based in London's Upper Brook Street, is branching(...) [ 79 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Red24, the British-South African private security company, has recruited Christopher(...) [ 66 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - Margerie's network Isolated during the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy, Total chairman Christophe de Margerie(...) [ 96 words ] [€1,5]

SWITZERLAND - Bertossa on the phone-call trail The sale of cellphone communications records has recently come under investigation by(...) [ 119 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - Veolia target of poison pen letter After the recent EDF espionage rumour, which turned out to be untrue (IOL 664), Veolia(...) [ 102 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES / POLAND

Interfor hunts in the East

Controversial investigation and security executive Juval Aviv has opened a bureau in Poland to serve the former Eastern Europe.(...) [ 278 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES / TURKEY

Congress drone stand-off

The visit by Turkey’s Chief of General Staff Necdet Ozel to Washington last week had a number of official purposes, and one that was less so:(...) [ 156 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES - At Risk, the security company headed by Chuck Tobin is auditing security procedures at(...) [ 79 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Guidepost Solutions, the private security and investigation company chaired by former(...) [ 96 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Stroz Friedberg, the computer forensics company co-founded in 2000 by Edward Stroz and(...) [ 92 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES / IRAN - Grounding Iran's planes The U.S. Department of Commerce is continuing its war on Iranian air companies, in a(...) [ 145 words ] [€1,5]

ISRAEL

How Elbit infiltrated Algeria's SU-30

A complex network of business relationships allowed Israel’s Elbit to provide most of the components of the calculators on board Irkut fighter aircraft sold to Algeria.(...) [ 317 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES / TURKEY

Congress drone stand-off

The visit by Turkey’s Chief of General Staff Necdet Ozel to Washington last week had a number of official purposes, and one that was less so:(...) [ 156 words ] [€5]

SYRIA / VENEZUELA - Chavez fills army's tanks In addition to the small Swiss trader AOT Trading (IOL 660) and the Cyprus-based Q-One(...) [ 87 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES / IRAN - Grounding Iran's planes The U.S. Department of Commerce is continuing its war on Iranian air companies, in a(...) [ 145 words ] [€1,5]

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