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SPOTLIGHT

UNITED STATES

A Closer Look at Enron's Collapse

Information gleaned by Intelligence Online from several due diligence experts casts a fresh light on the collapse of the Enron and challenges the viability of results presented by the energy group to watchdog bodies, and primarily the Securities Exchange Commission, over a number of years. (...) [ 699 words ] [ €8 ]

Political Intelligence

DIPLOMACY
Riyadh Targets Al Jazira
	Heads of state attending the latest meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) spent a lot of time behind locked doors talking about the Al Jazira television channel. And they weren’t about to tell international observers what they were saying. (...) [ 306 words ] [ €5 ]

ARMAMENTS
Tracking ex-Legionnaires in Croatia
	According to judicial sources in Zagreb, officials from France’s interior ministry traveled to Croatia on several occasions in November and December. Their aim was to get to the bottom of a sensitive traffic in weapons. (...) [ 343 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

EGYPT
Sarwat Salah Shehata
	According to several sources in Cairo, Sarwat Salah Shehata is in the process of becoming the new leader of Egyptian Jihad. (...) [ 197 words ] [ €5 ]

UNITED KINGDOM

David Lock

A 41-year-old British lawyer who went into politics in 1996, David Lock, will take over in April as chairman of the Service Authorities, an organization that dovetails operations of the National Crime Squad (NCS) and the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) at Britain’s Home Office. (...)
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TERRORISM
Washington Gunning for Lebanon’s Hezbollah
	The U.S. administration has opened a full-scale offensive in Beirut and Damascus against Lebanon’s Hezbollah. The aim is to prevent Iranian fundamentalists from using the organization for operations beyond Lebanon’s borders. (...) [ 298 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

SERBIA
Belgrade Gets a Grip on Secret Services
	Since Jan. 11 control over Serbia’s domestic secret service, Drzevana Bezbednost, (DB) has been exercised by a new Serb National Security Council, Savet za Drzavan Bezbednost. (...) [ 158 words ] [ €5 ]

FRANCE

Al Taqwa’s Link to France

See the list of shareholders in the Al Taqwa bank (attached document)

Intelligence Online has managed to get a complete list of shareholders in the Al Taqwa bank, registered in the Bahamas and acting as a holding company for the Al Taqwa group, a web of financial services with headquarters in Lugano, Switzerland. (...)
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UNITED STATES

Return of "an Irangate Man

The U.S. diplomat of Cuban origin, Otto Reich, has landed on his feet again at the U.S. state department. On Jan. (...)
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UNITED KINGDOM
MI6 Back in Teheran?
	The British Foreign Office’s appointment of David Reddaway at new ambassador to Tehran wasn’t appreciated by the Iranian authorities. They accuse him of being a former MI6 operative. (...) [ 89 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZED CRIME
The Powerlessness of Swiss Courts - in Figures
	A study has cast an alarming light on the effectiveness of the courts in Switzerland. With regard organized crime, Bern has all the laws it needs to pursue criminals but the authorities use them with extreme caution. (...) [ 500 words ] [ €5 ]

WASHINGTON
Who Will Win Tug of War Between Pentagon and CIA?
	The Pentagon, which is strongly influenced by the reputedly pro-Israeli Defense Policy Board, is arguing with the CIA over the involvement of U. (...) [ 189 words ] [ €1,5 ]

PARIS

Why Does France Supply Enriched Uranium to Iran?

Eurodif enrichment plant, Tricastin (France)

The French media has recently been falling over itself to answer the question of whether France paid a ransom for the release of French hostages in Lebanon in 1988. (...)
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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	PARIS
	Defense Industry Happy with Taiwan
		Taiwan looks ever more promising as a market. The country began 2002 with membership in the World Trade Organization and by issuing its first passports with the name "Taiwan" on the cover. That new assertiveness hasn’t escaped arms suppliers. (...) [ 199 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

FRANCE
The Prime Minister’s Image-Makers
	A high-profile recruit, Nathalie Mercier, has joined the communications staff of French prime minister Lionel Jospin. While she is officially the prime minister’s new "image adviser," Ms. (...) [ 187 words ] [ €5 ]

UNITED STATES
Mickey the New Lobbying Master
	The U.S. public relations and lobbying giant Fleishman-Hillard, has persuaded Michael Kantor, one of the leading architects of U.S. trade policy during Bill Clinton’s two mandates, to join its group of international experts, known as the International Advisory Board. (...) [ 183 words ] [ €5 ]

UNITED STATES

BMS Picks "Anti-Terrorist Expert

Thomas Pickard led the probe into the bomb blasts at American embassies in 1998

The U.S. pharmaceuticals giant Bristol Myers Squibb has just recruited Thomas Pickard, a FBI agent who led the probe into the bomb blasts at American embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in 1998 for the agency’s National Security Division but also the explosion aboard TWA’s Flight 800 in 1996. (...)
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UNITED STATES
Ernst & Young to Bolster Financial Expertise
	The accountancy Ernst & Young has moved to build up its expertise in financial forensics and in preventing white collar crime. (...) [ 170 words ] [ €5 ]

LONDON

A Covetous Eye on Montenegro’s Oil

Ramco Energy (UK) has made a major discovery in Ulcinj Field

Officials from the Ramco Energy and Star Petroleum firms are stepping up their lobbying campaign to win Foreign Office backing - even discreet - for their operations in the Adriatic. (...)
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WASHINGTON

Uranium the Next Trade Battlefield

After bananas, beef, hormones and steel, enriched uranium looks set to trigger the next trade war between Europe and the U.S. And the price of U235 imported from Europe seems certain to soar. (...)
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DECISION MAKERS

FRANCE
Michel Darras
	A former French Air Force officer and member of the foreign intelligence agency DGSE for seven years, Michel Darras has just opened his own investigative and business intelligence firm. (...) [ 167 words ] [ €5 ]

UNITED KINGDOM

Lord Melchett

After running Greenpeace UK between 1988-2000, Lord Melchett has joined what he must have once considered the enemy: Burson-Marsteller, a leading promoter of powerful corporations. (...)
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Agenda

	ENCRYPTION
	New :Look at Fundamentals
		The Cryptomathic company, in conjunction with the University of Leuven and the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) is organizing a seminar entitled "Fast Software Encryption" in Leuven between Feb. (...) [ 115 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	SURVEILLANCE
	Latest Word on UAVs
		The Smi Conferences firm is organizing the third annual Unmanned Aerial Vehicles event in London on Feb. (...) [ 92 words ] [ €1,5 ]