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Issue no. 664 dated 10 may, 2012

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FRANCE

Corporate suspicion puts spies in spotlight

Like their counterparts elsewhere French corporate intelligence firms prefer to stay out of the limelight, but they are becoming ever more exposed as French groups grow increasingly ready to air the dirty linen of their corporate clashes in public. It is all too easy for a company - and it costs nothing - to(...) [ 554 words ] [€8]

FRANCE
Paul Jean-Ortiz

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UNITED STATES / AZERBAIJAN
Richard Morningstar

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ISRAEL / FRANCE
Tzipi Livni

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Drones that see through clouds, thanks to SAR radars

Already fitted on board high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, synthetic aperture radars (SAR) are now being developed for drones.(...) [ 318 words ] [€5]

NBAC, U.S. intelligence's biological detective

A little-known U.S. intelligence laboratory carries out field research on biological and bacteriological warfare that could be a threat to the U.S.(...) [ 364 words ] [€5]

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GREY AREAS

SYRIA

Syrian rebel arms shipment stand-off

Differences between Western nations and Gulf monarchies led to the cargo vessel Lutfallah II being intercepted carrying a shipment of weapons for the Syrian Free Army.(...) [ 354 words ] [€5]

FRANCE

Corbin could stay at DGSE

Erard Corbin de Mangoux, director of the DGSE, is expected to be spared the cull following Socialist Francois Hollande’s presidential victory - for a year at least.(...) [ 263 words ] [€5]

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EUROPE - EC unveils plans for European Cybercrime Centre The European Commission presented the European Parliament’s Security and Defence Committee(...) [ 60 words ] [€1,5]

NETHERLANDS - European alliance against Stuxnet Two years after the discovery of Stuxnet, the first computer worm that targeted SCADA(...) [ 120 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES

DIA angers Congress

The creation of a clandestine branch within U.S. military intelligence has outraged Congress, which was not informed.(...) [ 136 words ] [€5]

CHINA / UNITED STATES

DIA’s Taiwan link compromised

On April 27 a court confirmed the life sentence handed down to Taiwanese General Lo Hsien-che for betraying Taiwan’s defence secrets to China’s State Security, the Guoanbu.(...) [ 178 words ] [€5]

YEMEN / UNITED STATES - Robert Mueller, the head of the FBI, travelled to Sanaa for the first time on April 24,(...) [ 57 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Betty J. Sapp will become the second woman to head a U.(...) [ 103 words ] [€1,5]

SAUDI ARABIA / UNITED STATES - The GSS, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Interior’s intelligence service, supplied the(...) [ 66 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - A million dollars for Pindrop Developed in the laboratories of Georgia Tech, the algorithm PinDr0p, which enables the(...) [ 117 words ] [€1,5]

IRAQ / TURKEY / KURDISTAN

Barzani and Erdogan v Maliki

Openly hostile to Baghdad and the PKK, the president of Iraqi Kurdistan has allied himself with Ankara.(...) [ 321 words ] [€5]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Emirates cooperate on Iran for U.S. shield

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s surprise visit on April 11 to the Iranian island of Abu Musa, whose sovereignty is disputed by the United Arab Emirates,(...) [ 195 words ] [€5]

LEBANON

Hezbollah on the line

Under construction since 2006 (IOL 552), Hezbollah’s independent land telephone system now reaches the centre of Beirut according to information Intelligence Online(...) [ 143 words ] [€5]

EGYPT - Mourad Mowafi, the head of Egypt’s General Intelligence service, has recently led meetings(...) [ 80 words ] [€1,5]

SAUDI ARABIA / UNITED STATES - The GSS, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Interior’s intelligence service, supplied the(...) [ 66 words ] [€1,5]

SYRIA - Defection in Golan Heights Asphyxiated by sanctions, the Syrian military is supplying units engaged in the fight(...) [ 93 words ] [€1,5]

BAHRAIN - Shi’ite fiefdom north of Manama Reproducing a tactic widely employed by fellow Shi’ites in Lebanon and Iraq, Bahrain’s(...) [ 91 words ] [€1,5]

CHINA / UNITED STATES

DIA’s Taiwan link compromised

On April 27 a court confirmed the life sentence handed down to Taiwanese General Lo Hsien-che for betraying Taiwan’s defence secrets to China’s State Security, the Guoanbu.(...) [ 178 words ] [€5]

JAPAN - Shigeru Kitamura, the new head of the Naicho, has met Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda several(...) [ 139 words ] [€1,5]

JAPAN - The Naicho, the Japanese prime minister’s intelligence service, suffered a series of(...) [ 102 words ] [€1,5]

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THE RED LINE

ISRAEL

Barak and Ashkenazi clash over alleged kickbacks

The profound enmity between Israel’s Defence Minister Ehud Barak and former military chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi has revived the Israeli kickback scandal.(...) [ 327 words ] [€5]

FRANCE / IRAQ

Sequentys, Geos’ pilot fish

The French company Geos is moving back into Baghdad in association with little-known compatriot Sequentys.(...) [ 240 words ] [€5]

UNITED KINGDOM

Grant Thornton, treasure hunter

To position itself in the booming business of tracking despotic leaders’ missing millions, the British auditing and corporate intelligence firm Grant Thornton is(...) [ 204 words ] [€5]

EUROPE / IRAN

Last deliveries before the embargo

The European embargo on buying Iranian crude oil comes into effect on July 1. Trading companies such as the British-Swiss firm Vitol, which dominated the Iranian(...) [ 142 words ] [€5]

EUROPE / SYRIA

Damascus refuels in Cyprus

Taking advantage of gray areas in European legislation, Syria is still buying petrol in Europe.(...) [ 343 words ] [FREE]

FRANCE - Strike Global Services, the military services company founded by Jerome Paolini and Peer(...) [ 118 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Monitor Quest, the corporate intelligence firm headed by former Metropolitan Police chief(...) [ 68 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Fulcrum Chambers, the law and corporate intelligence firm that specialises in anti-corruption(...) [ 135 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Systems Interface Solutions, the private investigation firm chaired by Ernie Pallet,(...) [ 60 words ] [€1,5]

ISRAEL / EUROPE - European raid on drones After France, with whom Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and partner Dassault are negotiating(...) [ 137 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES / IRAQ

Rich pickings for Iraq lobbyists

Conflicts between Iraq’s Shi’ite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his Sunni and Kurdish adversaries (see p. 3) have opened up a wealth of opportunities for U.(...) [ 218 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES / AFGHANISTAN - Global Integrated Security, a subsidiary of Global Strategies Group, headed by former(...) [ 65 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - “Outing” corporate monitors In 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice stopped publishing the names of corporate monitors(...) [ 81 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES / AFGHANISTAN - Global Integrated Security, a subsidiary of Global Strategies Group, headed by former(...) [ 65 words ] [€1,5]

INDIA - Speculation over Finmeccanica’s intermediary The investigation launched last month by the Naples prosecution service into Finmeccanica(...) [ 122 words ] [€1,5]

AFGHANISTAN - SIGAR says no alternative to private security Established in 2010 to take over from Western private security companies, the Afghan(...) [ 91 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / PUNTLAND

Sterling struggles in Puntland

Founded to train and supervise the Puntland coastguard service, Sterling Corporate Services has run into a series of difficulties.(...) [ 174 words ] [€5]

FRANCE / IRAQ

Sequentys, Geos’ pilot fish

The French company Geos is moving back into Baghdad in association with little-known compatriot Sequentys.(...) [ 240 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES / IRAQ

Rich pickings for Iraq lobbyists

Conflicts between Iraq’s Shi’ite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his Sunni and Kurdish adversaries (see p. 3) have opened up a wealth of opportunities for U.(...) [ 218 words ] [€5]

EUROPE / IRAN

Last deliveries before the embargo

The European embargo on buying Iranian crude oil comes into effect on July 1. Trading companies such as the British-Swiss firm Vitol, which dominated the Iranian(...) [ 142 words ] [€5]

EUROPE / SYRIA

Damascus refuels in Cyprus

Taking advantage of gray areas in European legislation, Syria is still buying petrol in Europe.(...) [ 343 words ] [FREE]

LIBYA - SAFE Group,Nader Aboughara’s private security company, is becoming the must-have partner(...) [ 87 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES / AFGHANISTAN - Global Integrated Security, a subsidiary of Global Strategies Group, headed by former(...) [ 65 words ] [€1,5]

IRAN - Aircraft “laundering” To escape the unwelcome attentions of the U.S. Department of Commerce, which forbids U.(...) [ 100 words ] [€1,5]

ISRAEL / EUROPE - European raid on drones After France, with whom Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and partner Dassault are negotiating(...) [ 137 words ] [€1,5]

AFGHANISTAN - SIGAR says no alternative to private security Established in 2010 to take over from Western private security companies, the Afghan(...) [ 91 words ] [€1,5]

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