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SPOTLIGHT

UNITED STATES/EUROPE

Crucial Time for Spy Satellites

Long kept under wraps by the industrial nations, interception satellites have reached a critical phase in their history. As their technology advances they have emerged as the most effective espionage arm of the 21st century because of their ability to closely monitor huge communications networks — and do it without breaking any laws since space belongs to everybody. (...) [ 687 words ] [ €8 ]

Community watch

FRANCE
DGSE's New "Openness" Policy
	Intelligence Newsletter has been informed about a confidential meeting behind closed doors at the Military College in Paris on Nov. (...) [ 302 words ] [ €5 ]


Woes of an ex-DST Hacker
	A colorful legal saga involving a former hacker recruited by France's DST has ended in the ornate surroundings of the Paris county court. (...) [ 419 words ] [ €5 ]

WHO'S WHO

LEBANON
Elias El Murr
	In becoming Lebanon's new interior minister, 38-year-old Elias El Murr was respecting a family tradition. In Rafic Hariri's new government he succeeded his father, Michel El Murr, who had been interior minister from 1995 until now. (...) [ 230 words ] [ €5 ]

UNITED STATES
Rob Simmons
	The number of former CIA operatives in the House of Representatives grew by one on Nov. 7: Rob Simmons, who worked for the directorate of operations between 1969-72. (...) [ 305 words ] [ €5 ]

JORDAN
Samih Al Batikhi
	The dismissal of Samih Al Batikhi as head of the General Intelligence Service on Nov. 9 came as a major surprise. (...) [ 208 words ] [ €5 ]

AFRICA
Clarification
	In an article in our issue number 388 entitled Insurers Cross the Rubicon we mentioned the case of expatriates who were rescued after being taken hostage aboard a boat in Africa early in the summer. (...) [ 129 words ] [ €5 ]

UNITED STATES
The FBI's Eavesdropping Systems
	Classified documents released by the FBI to the NGO Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) on Nov. 16 partially lift the veil on many of the agency's leading surveillance programs. (...) [ 279 words ] [ €5 ]

UNITED STATES
"Return to the Future" For NRO
	The National Reconnaissance Office came under heavy fire last winter when prominent legislators like Porter Goss qualified some of its decisions as "esoteric" during a debate on the Intelligence Authorization Act. (...) [ 644 words ] [ €5 ]

FRANCE
Legislators Pussy-Foot Around Oversight Issue
	Anybody who might have thought the French parliament was fighting tirelessly to exercise oversight over France's intelligence community would be in for a surprise if they talked with Bernard Grasset, a lawmaker who sits on the National Assembly's all-party defense committee. (...) [ 165 words ] [ €1,5 ]

UNITED KINGDOM
The Anti-Censorship Lobby Mobilizes
	At the bidding of the Freedom Forum's European bureau, several British personalities involved in sensitive affairs in one manner or another gathered in London on Nov. (...) [ 194 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Agenda

UNITED STATES
The Communications Battlefield
	The Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association is organized its 15th annual conference entitled "TechNet Asia-Pacific 2000" in Honolulu between Dec. (...) [ 124 words ] [ €1,5 ]

EUROPE
New Solutions for Businesses
	A conference entitled "Biometrics in Business" will be staged in Brussels on Dec. (...) [ 116 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Threat assessment

	EUROPE
	Fondo Sociale di Cooperazione Reappears
		Nearly six months ago a 52-year-old French national of Romanian origin, Sever Muresan, was jailed for three and a half years in Geneva for obtaining money by fraud from Dacia Felix, the first bank to be privatized in Romania. (...) [ 521 words ] [ €5 ]

	UNITED STATES/MIDDLE EAST
	Planning Attacks on US Interests in Gulf
		Yemen's investigation into "Arab Afghan" movements in the wake of the bomb attack against the USS Cole on Oct. 12 has shed light on an organization called the International Islamic Legion. (...) [ 457 words ] [ €5 ]

TECHNOLOGY

EUROPE
Bringing Back the Brains from U.S.
	Situated at Cambridge near Boston, which lies half-way between Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the new Swiss House for Advanced Research and Education (SHARE) bills itself as the "world's first digital consulate. (...) [ 364 words ] [ €5 ]

EUROPE
Differences on Intercepting E-Mail
	A lot of confusion prevails in Europe over the legality of software that companies can install to keep an eye on e-mail, mainly that of their employees. (...) [ 468 words ] [ €5 ]

UNITED STATES
IBM Puts An Eye into Your Computer
	International Business Machines plans to employ face recognition technology in some of its future laptop computers by equipping them with digital cameras. (...) [ 162 words ] [ €1,5 ]

EUROPE
Moment of Truth for Galileo
	A meeting of European transportation ministers on Dec. 20 will mark a crucial turning point in the Galileo satellite navigation project. (...) [ 158 words ] [ €1,5 ]

UNITED STATES
Early Winners of CIA Investment
	The computer engineering firm Graviton that was founded in La Jolla in Silicon Valley in 1999 by Michael Nova has become one of the first firms to win investment from In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital company set up in 1999. (...) [ 130 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	CHINA
	Cyber Threats as Seen by Beijing
		Sources in the Chinese diaspora who live in New York and are close to the Falun Gong organization have provided details on hacking systems developed by China. (...) [ 183 words ] [ €5 ]

	FRANCE/SWITZERLAND
	Lethier's Money in Virgin Islands
		Pierre Lethier, who served as go-between for Elf in the acquisition of the German oil refinery Leuna, has been absent from his Swiss residence since Oct. (...) [ 499 words ] [ €5 ]

	UNITED KINGDOM
	The NCIS to Fight Hackers
		A new organization set up to fight cybercrime in the U. (...) [ 195 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	UNITED NATIONS
	International Treaty Finally in Sight
		Nearly six months behind schedule, the United Nations will hold a conference between Dec. (...) [ 135 words ] [ €1,5 ]