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SPOTLIGHT

LOBBYING

Lessons from EDF's Debacle in Brussels

Rarely has an energy giant compromised its future with European institutions by conducting such lamentable lobbying operations. The upshot of EDF's failure to get its points across was a decision by competition commissioner Mario Monti on Oct. 16 to launch an inquiry into the state-owned French utility. (...) [ 675 words ] [ €8 ]

Political Intelligence

DIPLOMACY
The St. Petersburg Pact
	Diplomats on post in Berlin say they expect Berlin and Moscow to shortly sign an historic energy accord. The alliance would operate under the terms of an enigmatic St. Petersburg pact. (...) [ 465 words ] [ €5 ]

DEFENSE
Eurocopter's Checkered Past
	In 1996 a businessman accused Eurocopter of illegally selling helicopters to South Africa. But no serious proof of the allegation emerged - until now. (...) [ 329 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

PARIS
Alain Juillet
	In a first and surprising move of its kind, the French government has appointed a businessman as director of intelligence at the French foreign intelligence agency DGSE. (...) [ 251 words ] [ €5 ]

QATAR
Hamad Bin Jassem Al Thani
	Qatari foreign minister Hamad Bin Jassem Al Thani is bracing himself for stormy times ahead. Main backer of the Al Jazira television network, he has broken the taboo concerning cooperation between Arab countries and the United States. (...) [ 151 words ] [ €5 ]

DEFENSE
A Pan-Balkans Defense Force
	A new defense grouping is taking form in the Balkans. Nine southern European nations are to meet in Rome in December to officially launch the first-ever Balkans military force. (...) [ 585 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

WASHINGTON
Tighter Telecom Clamps
	According to senior White House officials, the administration is thinking of subjecting key telecommunications industry personnel to background security checks normally used for government officials. (...) [ 65 words ] [ FREE ]

LONDON
GCHQ Gets the Wrong Number
	In a report to British prime minister Tony Blair last week, the government communications commissioner noted that the Government Communications Headquarters was making an increasing number of mistakes when it bugs telephones. (...) [ 134 words ] [ €5 ]

PARIS
Helios-2 Nearing Com-pletion
	France's Helios-2 military observation satellite will be launched in March, 2004, according to Yves Fromion, a member of the French Parliament's defense committee who drafted a report on space, communications and intelligence allocations in the French military budget for 2003. (...) [ 139 words ] [ €5 ]

OTTAWA
Pat On Back for Canadian Agency
	In her annual report on Oct. 25, Paule Gauthier, the woman who chairs Canada's Security and Intelligence Review Committee, discreetly applauded Canadian intelligence for its work on fundamentalist terrorism. (...) [ 91 words ] [ €5 ]

WASHINGTON
Doubts on FBI's Linguistic Skills
	The U.S. senator Chuck Grassley, who frequently sits on watch-dog commissions that look into the FBI's operations, wrote personally to the agency's boss on Oct. (...) [ 90 words ] [ €5 ]

LONDON
Tom Ridge Checks Out the British
	The head of the new U.S. Office of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, was in London on Nov. 6-7 to speak before an audience of government officials and academics at the Center for Defense Studies at King's College. (...) [ 102 words ] [ €5 ]

PARIS
Is This the Real Low-Down on the Balkans ?
	A novel published this week by the Flammarion house in Paris sheds light on Western maneuvering linked to the NATO intervention in Kosovo. (...) [ 132 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Agenda

WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 12
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
	The Senate's committee of government affairs will hear officials from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) testify as part of its investigation into the Enron affair. (...) [ 71 words ] [ €1,5 ]

NORTHERN France, NOVEMBER 21
Seminar devoted to bio-terrorism
	France's Higher Civil Defense Committee is organizing a seminar devoted to bio-terrorism in the northern city of Cambrai on Nov. (...) [ 73 words ] [ €1,5 ]

LONDON, NOVEMBER 25
Global Milsatcom 2002
	Most of Europe's leading experts from both public and private organizations involved in the military satellite communications branch are to meet at the Radisson Edwardian hotel near Heathrow airport for a two day conference. (...) [ 83 words ] [ €1,5 ]

ARLINGTON, DECEMBER 9
Meeting of the Defense Science Board
	A classified, top-level meeting of the Defense Science Board will devote itself to viral risks. (...) [ 62 words ] [ €1,5 ]

PARIS, JANUARY 21
?offensive competitive intelligence?
	The business intelligence firm Egideria is organizing a working session on ? (...) [ 61 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	NICOSIA
	Who Can Control Armament Movements in the Mediterranean ?
		The U.S. military attache to Cyprus saw red during a parade to mark the 42nd anniversary of the country's independence. (...) [ 130 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	SANAA
	Will Bin Laden's Son Take Over from Dad?
		According to Yemeni intelligence sources, Saad Bin Laden, son of Osama, has assumed operational leadership of the World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders, an entity that serves as a lynch-pin within the Al Qaeda organization. (...) [ 120 words ] [ €1,5 ]

FIRMS

PARIS
Pierre Maillot Seeks Firm Footing
	The new business intelligence firm that Pierre Maillot set up following his break with Eurogroup is having trouble finding its feet. (...) [ 117 words ] [ €5 ]

LONDON
Internal Strains at Kroll
	Kroll Worldwide has just hired several financial auditors who previously worked for Arthur Andersen. Most have been assigned to Europe, and specifically to Kroll's offices in London and Frankfurt. (...) [ 188 words ] [ €5 ]

NEW YORK
Stephen Flynn Switches to Business World
	The New York private intelligence firm The Sabatier Group has just hired a highly singular consultant, Stephen Flynn. A lot of experts see him as one of the brains behind the homeland security concept in the U. (...) [ 203 words ] [ €5 ]

NEW YORK
New Boss for H&K Bureau
	A specialist in lobbying the drugs industry, Marilyn Castaldi, will be taking over as head of Hill & Knowlton's New York office on Dec. (...) [ 201 words ] [ €5 ]

	WASHINGTON
	Auditors, Fear Not!
		The new federal bureau to supervise the activities of auditors will prefer compromise to crackdown. The appointment of a former CIA chief as its boss is highly significant. (...) [ 511 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

SAN FRANCISCO
Patricia Yarrington*
	On Nov. 1, Patricia Yarrington took over as head of all lobbying operations for the ChevronTexaco oil group. She succeeded Rosemary Moore who has just taken up similar functions with United Airlines. (...) [ 154 words ] [ €5 ]

LONDON
Martin Kohlhaussen
	A well-known and highly respected figure in the City of London, Martin Kohlhaussen, has just been named to the supervisory board of the private intelligence company Hakluyt & Co. (...) [ 222 words ] [ €5 ]

	PARIS
	Clipping the Bird's Wings Again ?
		The surprising destabilization campaign - named ?Clipping the Bird's Wings? - that Thomson CSF allegedly mounted against Lagardere is going to bounce back into the news with the arrest of lawyer William Law. (...) [ 277 words ] [ €5 ]

	INTERNATIONAL
	Negociations > 7 November 2002
		MILKO KOVACHEV, Bulgarian energy minister, has formed a lobby group that includes 20 European Parliament legislators to negotiate with Brussels on allowing the Koziodoi nuclear power station to continue functioning. (...) [ 212 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	INTERNATIONAL
	Weak signals
		IN WASHINGTON, MICHAEL ROBINSON, spokesman for Securities and Exchange Commission boss Harvey Pitt, has left his job to take up work as a consultant for the lobbying firm Hill and Kowlton n IN LONDON, the HOUSE OF COMMONS is presently examining a draft bill tabled by Linda Perham that aims to give official form to the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS). (...) [ 191 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Influence Strategy

	MICROSOFT>WASHINGTON
	Microsoft's Government Connections
		The decision by U.S. federal court judge Colleen Kollar Kotelly on Nov. 1 to confirm the government's agreement with Microsoft was a shining victory for Jack Krumholtz, the group's leading lobbyist. (...) [ 393 words ] [ €5 ]

Risk Assesment

	THAILAND
	An attack could shortly take place in Thailand
		British diplomats in daily contact with MI6 feel an attack similar to the blast in Bali could shortly take place in Thailand. (...) [ 42 words ] [ FREE ]

	YEMEN
	The authorities in Sanaa are expecting reprisals
		Following the CIA's operation to eliminate Salim Sinan al Harethi the authorities in Sanaa are expecting reprisals. (...) [ 62 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
	The Hawala system
		The United Arab Emirates Central Bank in Dubai inaugurated a system on Nov. (...) [ 76 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	UNITED STATES
	U.S. tobacco giants will face a flurry of suits
		With RJ Reynolds in the forefront, U.S. tobacco giants will face a flurry of suits by the European Commission in a New York court-room. (...) [ 75 words ] [ €1,5 ]