http://www.intelligenceonline.com/p_default_list_art.asp?rub=chan_rub_ioa_amnA subscription to the North America Channel gives you on-line access for a year to all articles concerning the region in the twice-monthly Intelligence Online newsletter: access to new articles immediatly on publication + access to archives dating from 1992. enCopyright 1992-2009 Indigo PublicationsFri, 03 Sep 2010 13:49:05 GMTwww.intelligenceonline.com/rss240http://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/terabytes/2010/08/26/diy-mobile-phone-tapping,85099588-ARTThe principle -  At the DefCon hackers’ convention in Las Vegas on July 31, security consultant Chris Paget demonstrated how to record mobile telephone conversations with equipment costing a mere $1,500, a tenth of the price of an “IMSI catcher” tapping device. (...)  [324mots] Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/terabytes/2010/08/26/diy-mobile-phone-tapping,85099588-ARThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/due-diligence/2010/08/26/private-armies-prefer-offshore,85099585-ARTFiscal paradise for security magnates - Holder of lucrative contracts to protect American officials and diplomats in Iraq and Afghanistan, Aegis has been based in the UK since its creation in 2002 by founder Tim Spicer. (...)  [380mots] Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/due-diligence/2010/08/26/private-armies-prefer-offshore,85099585-ARThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2010/08/26/david-kilcullen,85099582-BREDavid Kilcullen, former counter-insurgency advisor to U.S. General David Petraeus in Iraq, has joined the advisory board of Mission Essential Personnel (MEP), the company that provides most of the translators and cultural advisors to U. (...)  [101mots] Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2010/08/26/david-kilcullen,85099582-BREhttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2010/08/26/james-lee-witt,85099576-BREJames Lee Witt, who bought back his firm Witt Associates from Global Options in May this year (IOL 618), has been hired by BP. (...)  [92mots] Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2010/08/26/james-lee-witt,85099576-BREhttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2010/08/26/faux-pas-and-defection-at-kroll,85099572-ARTThe $1.3 billion sale of Kroll by Marsh & McLennan closed at the beginning of August. (...)  [205mots] Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2010/08/26/faux-pas-and-defection-at-kroll,85099572-ARThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/2010/08/26/serbian-suit-against-mpri,85099569-BREA group calling itself Genocide Victims of Krajina filed a lawsuit with the Federal Court of Chicago on August 17 against the private security firm MPRI, a subsidiary of the defence giant L3 Communications, headed by Bantz John Craddock. (...)  [109mots] Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/2010/08/26/serbian-suit-against-mpri,85099569-BREhttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/2010/08/26/new-rules-for-ex-cia-lobbyists,85099568-BREFormer CIA agents who go to work in the private sector are now forbidden from contacting their ex-colleagues for a year after their departure, even if the said colleagues are seconded to another federal agency. (...)  [103mots] Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/2010/08/26/new-rules-for-ex-cia-lobbyists,85099568-BREhttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/2010/08/26/investigators-take-up-metal-detection,85099566-BREThe US’s new Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act (IOL 622) requires industrial groups that buy the minerals coltan and cassiterite from Congo to ensure they do not come from illegal mines controlled by armed groups. (...)  [83mots] Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/2010/08/26/investigators-take-up-metal-detection,85099566-BREhttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/2010/08/26/the-cia-looks-for-hidden-links-on-the-internet,85099554-BREIn-Q-Tel, the CIA’s capital risk fund, has invested in Recorded Future, a company that analyses the internet in real time and searches for hidden links between documents and individuals. (...)  [93mots] Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/2010/08/26/the-cia-looks-for-hidden-links-on-the-internet,85099554-BREhttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/organizations/2010/08/26/the-nga,85099513-BREThe NGA has awarded a new $7.3 billion contract to two of its principal sub-contractors, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye. (...)  [68mots] Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/organizations/2010/08/26/the-nga,85099513-BREhttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/organizations/2010/08/26/john-d-bennett,85099507-BREJohn D. Bennett last month replaced Michael Sulick as head of the CIA’s National Clandestine Services, formerly the Directorate of Operations. (...)  [100mots] Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/organizations/2010/08/26/john-d-bennett,85099507-BREhttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/corridors-of-power/2010/08/26/jack-devine,85099497-BREJack Devine, the CIA’s former assistant head of operations, is still campaigning for the agency to carry out covert diplomacy. (...)  [71mots] Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/corridors-of-power/2010/08/26/jack-devine,85099497-BREhttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/terabytes/2010/07/22/high-frequency-traders-get-into-piracy,84472675-ARTThe principle -  At the upcoming Blackhat cyber-security conference, being held in Las Vegas July 28-29, software gurus Gyan Chawdhary and Varun Uppal will give a demonstration of software that makes it possible to intercept stock market buying and selling orders. (...)  [317mots] Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/terabytes/2010/07/22/high-frequency-traders-get-into-piracy,84472675-ARThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/due-diligence/2010/07/22/cia-frequent-flyer-on-vision-airlines,84472674-ARTThe context - On July 9 a Boeing 767 ER, registration no. N766VA, touched down on the tarmac at Vienna Airport alongside a Yakovlev 42D jet, registration no. (...)  [394mots] Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/government-intelligence/due-diligence/2010/07/22/cia-frequent-flyer-on-vision-airlines,84472674-ARThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2010/07/22/dell-l-daily,84472673-BREDell L. Daily, former counter-terrorism coordinator at the U.S. (...)  [82mots] Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2010/07/22/dell-l-daily,84472673-BREhttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2010/07/22/gardaworld,84472672-BREGardaWorld, the international subsidiary of the Canadian security and consulting firm Garda, is poised to relocate to Dubai. (...)  [123mots] Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2010/07/22/gardaworld,84472672-BREhttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2010/07/22/altegrity,84472667-BREAltegrity is to borrow $550 million from a consortium of banks led by Goldman Sachs and Apollo Investment Corp to cover its acquisition of Kroll. (...)  [123mots] Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2010/07/22/altegrity,84472667-BREhttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2010/07/22/two-sides-of-kroll,84472665-ARTLittle by little, Jules Kroll is bringing back together the teams that the London office of his corporate intelligence firm Kroll, now a subsidiary of Altegrity, was renowned for in its heyday. (...)  [189mots] Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/consultants/2010/07/22/two-sides-of-kroll,84472665-ARThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/2010/07/22/american-dna-identification,84472664-BREA faithful ally of the U.S. in the Middle East, Jordan is an important market for U. (...)  [90mots] Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/2010/07/22/american-dna-identification,84472664-BREhttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/2010/07/22/osen-s-pyongyang-conviction,84472662-BRELike Motley Rice and Mann Mairone (IOL 615), the lawyers at Osen LLC specialise in lawsuits brought on behalf of the victims of acts of terrorism. (...)  [189mots] Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/2010/07/22/osen-s-pyongyang-conviction,84472662-BRE