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SPOTLIGHT

FRANCE

France's Business Intelligence Network

Will the tiny French business intelligence community ever resolve its parochial quarrels? The few companies engaged in the sector sorely need to strengthen their hand lest they find themselves evicted from a still-emerging market worth less than 45 million Euros per year in France. (...) [ 616 words ] [ €8 ]

Political Intelligence

TERRORISM
Bin Laden's 12 Men in Iran
	The hard line wing of Iran's Pasdarans headed by Mohsen Rezai is suspected of helping Al Qaeda in a big way. It reportedly assisted 12 of the terrorist movement's leaders to make their way from Afghanistan to Iran. (...) [ 302 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZED CRIME
The Lucrative Trade in Spare Parts for Aircraft
	An inquiry in Italy into a traffic in spare parts for aircraft has mushroomed into an international investigation. Flawed parts may have led to the crash of an American Airlines A-300 in New York on Nov. 12. (...) [ 381 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

UNITED STATES

Andrew Lundquist

In his capacity as director of the National Energy Policy Development Group (NEPDG), oil expert Andrew Lundquist will probably find himself fielding more questions than any government official in the weeks ahead. (...)
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UNITED STATES
David Cohen
	Head of the CIA's operations directorate between 1995-97, David Cohen will shortly become New York city's first-ever intelligence chief. While some suspect the move could be political grand-standing on the part of New York's freshly-elected mayor, Michael Bloomberg, Cohen will be asked to set up an effective intelligence-gathering operation in the city. (...) [ 135 words ] [ €5 ]

FINANCIAL CRIME
Strange Dealings at BIS
	Did the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which is often called the central bank of central bank, cheat its shareholders? An inquiry has been opened, and could threaten its reputation. (...) [ 351 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

FRANCE
DGSE Complies with CNIL Structures
	The French foreign intelligence agency DGSE now keeps an eye not only on people who cross its threshold but also on the French law-book. (...) [ 188 words ] [ €5 ]

GERMANY
Full Deployment for "BND in Afghan Crisis
	According to diplomatic and military sources in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Afghan crisis has given the German foreign intelligence service BND an opportunity to operate more fully than ever before in a foreign environment. (...) [ 169 words ] [ €5 ]

ITALY

Overhaul for Secret Service

The Italian civil service minister, Franco Frattini

A draft bill concerning the overhaul of Italy's intelligence agencies will be ready by early February, according to civil service minister Franco Frattini, who has worked with the interior and defense ministers in producing the bill. (...)
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ARMS SALES
The Riddle of the Argentine Ring
	An ex-terrorist who became a businessman in Argentina, president Carlos Menem and a prosecutor have all been linked to an arms trafficking ring. Their money is stashed away in Switzerland. (...) [ 368 words ] [ €5 ]

TERRORISM
Hobeika Victim of Local Turf Battle
	The assassination of Elie Hobeika, former head of Libya's Christian forces, in Beirut on Jan. 24 appears to have mystified Syria's leadership. But he could well have fallen victim to rivalry within Syria's secret service. (...) [ 224 words ] [ €5 ]

DAMASCUS
Limited Powers for Armed Forces Chief
	Not unexpectedly, gen. Hassan Turkmani, a Sunni from Aleppo, has succeeded gen. (...) [ 133 words ] [ €1,5 ]

UNITED STATES/IRAQ
Ex Saudi Secret Service Boss Calls for Restraint on Iraq
	For the first time on Feb. 3, prince Turki al Faisal , former head of Saudi Arabia’s General Intelligence Directorate was screened on the American NBC television channel as he was a talk at the University of Georgetown. (...) [ 305 words ] [ €5 ]

Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	BRUSSELS
	What's Behind the Uranium Fight?
		The dispute between Europe and the U.S. over enriched uranium looks like heating up. Beyond the commercial battle reported by Intelligence Online on Jan. 17 lies a clash between concepts of supporting the energy sector. (...) [ 730 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

FRANCE
Former SGDN Staffer Makes Market Headway
	A former official of France's Secretariat General de la Defense Nationale, Bruno Delamotte, has been making fast headway on the Paris market with his business intelligence and computer security firm, BD Consultants. (...) [ 154 words ] [ €5 ]

UNITED STATES
Who Bugged Jiang Zemin's Boeing?
	Nearly two weeks after the Financial Times revealed that Chinese president Jiang Zemin's Boeing 767-300ER airliner had been bugged, Intelligence Online has managed to identify who was behind the operation. (...) [ 393 words ] [ €5 ]

CROATIA/FRANCE
Clarification
	Following publication of an article entitled Tracking ex-Legionnaires in Croatia which appeared in our previous issue (IOL 421) information came to our knowledge which cast a new light on the case. (...) [ 172 words ] [ FREE ]

	WASHINGTON
	Kyoto Warriors Lay Down their Arms
		The lobby that managed to gut the Kyoto Protocol of its substance has disbanded itself. Now that victory has been achieved its financial backers are pushing their money in other directions. (...) [ 265 words ] [ €5 ]

Agenda

	STRATEGY
	Understanding a New World Scene?
		France's Institut de Relations Internationales Strategiques (IRIS) is organizing its annual strategic seminars in Paris on March 12-13 on the theme: (...) [ 105 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	ARMAMENTS
	Defense Funding
		A gathering entitled Defense Budget Conference will be staged in Arlington, Virginia on March 21-22. (...) [ 93 words ] [ €1,5 ]