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SPOTLIGHT

EUROPEAN UNION

Moment of Truth Coming for European Defense Force

Theoretically, all the elements are in place for the 15 European Union nations to shortly forge Europe’s first joint military system. In keeping with decisions taken at the Helsinki and Cologne summit meetings, a European general staff will find itself commanding a 60,000-strong rapid reaction force capable of projecting itself beyond Europe’s borders. (...) [ 667 words ] [ €8 ]

Political Intelligence

TERRORISM
Washington & Sanaa Strike a Deal
	Intelligence Online has obtained a report from Arab diplomats concerning talks between the American and Yemen leaders who established a partnership to neutralize Al Qaeda’s rear bases. (...) [ 254 words ] [ €5 ]

TERRORISM
The Next Target in Anti-Terrorist Campaign
	A growing number of U.S. Navy warships are patrolling off the coast of Somali. Al Qaeda’s strong foothold in Somali could well be seen as justifying selective strikes. (...) [ 293 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

UNITED STATES

Peter Teets

Former boss of Lockheed Martin and close to the Bush family, Peter Teets had been tipped for long months as the most likely future director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). (...)
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UNITED KINGDOM
Andrew Tesoriere
	A 51-year-old diplomat, Andrew Tesoriere, will shortly take up the post of British representative in Afghanistan with a mandate to defend the Foreign Office’s interests until Britain’s embassy reopens in Kabul. (...) [ 270 words ] [ €5 ]

FINANCIAL CRIME

What Remains of BCGe’s Secret Operations?

A new twist has occurred in the case surrounding the Banque Cantonal de Geneve (BCGe). (...)
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ORGANIZATIONS

FRANCE
DST Worried by Paris Airport Authority
	In early November, the T section of the French domestic intelligence agency DST, which deals with the fight against terrorism, drafted a five page note on the Paris airport authority – Aeroports de Paris – for France’s interior minister. (...) [ 174 words ] [ €5 ]

POLAND
Radical Face-Lift for Intelligence Agencies
	Zbigniew Siemiatkowski, the new head of Poland’s civilian intelligence service, Urzad Ochrony Panstwa (UOP), has fired a dozen of his underlings. (...) [ 292 words ] [ €5 ]

UNITED KINGDOM

A Pat on the Back for GCHQ

In a letter signed and dispatched by prime minister Tony Blair, Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) received formal thanks from the government for the missions it has carried out since the Sept. (...)
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DIPLOMACY
Taipei Throws Spanner into Sino-U.S. Works
	The legislative elections in Taiwan on Dec. 1 didn’t just prove a disappointment to Kuomintang leaders but also upset the plans of Western diplomats. (...) [ 587 words ] [ €5 ]

PARIS
Are French Soldiers Good at Communicating?
	Two notes drafted on Nov. 22 and Nov. 27 by the French defense ministry’s public relations service offer media training for French soldiers to be deployed eventually in Afghanistan. (...) [ 158 words ] [ €1,5 ]

WEST BANK

Who Will Win the Fight to Succeed Arafat?

The turmoil in recent weeks in Israel is increasingly undermining the position of Yasser Arafat, who is facing growing contestation in his immediate circle and is physically weakened. (...)
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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	WASHINGTON
	A TV Service in Arabic to Rival Al Jazeera
		Intelligence Online has obtained a copy of a U.S. government plan to compete with Al Jazeera in a bid to win the propaganda war in the Moslem world. (...) [ 154 words ] [ €5 ]

	BRUSSELS
	American Chamber Preaches Self-Regulation
		One of the main battle cries of lobbyists at the moment is self-regulation, a concept that helps the corporate world beat off regulations laid down by institutions. (...) [ 305 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

UNITED STATES
Sun Microsystem "Implicated?
	A federal judge in San Jose, California, sentenced a former engineer at Intel Corp. to two years in jail under the Economic Espionage Act. (...) [ 185 words ] [ €5 ]

EUROPE
Jockeying for Position "to Protect Berlusconi
	It was after meeting with Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, that Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi said Italy would no longer stand in the way of a plan to establish a European arrest warrant. (...) [ 366 words ] [ €5 ]

FRANCE
Atlantic, First to be Listed
	Philippe Legorjus, founder and current head of Atlantic Intelligence, has managed to get his company listed on a third-tier stock exchange in Paris, making it the first French business intelligence firm to be quoted on the Paris Bourse. (...) [ 198 words ] [ €5 ]

	ROME
	Italy the Winner at Laeken Summit
		The Italian government could walk away happy from the European summit meeting being held at Laeken near Brussels on Dec. 14-15. Rome has traded its participation in the A400M military transport aircraft project for wider influence in European policy. (...) [ 535 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

UNITED STATES

Larry Cockell

Deputy director of the US Secret Service and a leading figure in the organization, Larry Cockell has just been appointed chief security officer and senior vice president of the AOL Time Warner group. (...)
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FRANCE

Thomas Kamm

The head of institutional relations at France’s Pinault Printemps Redoute (PPR) group, Thomas Kamm, is facing a sensitive issue. In coming weeks he will put the final touches to a Code of Business Practices that PPR boss Serge Weinberg asked him to draft when he joined the group last year. (...)
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Agenda

	INTELLIGENCE
	Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance
		SMi is organizing a conference on the latest developments in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in London on Feb. (...) [ 119 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	SECURITY
	European Professionals to Meet
		The next technical seminar of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) will be held in London between Feb. (...) [ 102 words ] [ €1,5 ]