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SPOTLIGHT

DEFENSE

EU Seeks to Improve Crisis Management

As if in response to the NATO summit that began in Prague on November 20, the European Union's foreign and defense ministers gathered the day previously in Brussels to discuss implementing the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP).The talks, led by Greek foreign minister Giorgios Papandreou (whose country will shortly take over the EU's rotating presidency), were aimed at clarifying European positions on the policy in order to present them officially at the European Summit in Copenhagen on Dec. (...) [ 696 words ] [ €8 ]

Political Intelligence

SECURITY
Wahhabi Networks in Mombasa
	The Nov. 28 attacks in Mombasa demonstrated the continuing influence of Wahabbi networks on the east coast of Kenya. (...) [ 665 words ] [ €5 ]

TAIPEI
Taiwan's armed forces go shopping in the U.S.
	An American business source told Intelligence Online that Taiwan is currently talking with companies in the United States on buying Harrier AV-8B vertical take-off fighters built by Boeing even though no official request has been conveyed to Washington. (...) [ 106 words ] [ €1,5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

RIYADH
Turki Al Faycal
	The name of former Saudi Arabian intelligence chief Turki Al Faycal is on everyone's lips in London and Riyadh this week. (...) [ 226 words ] [ €1,5 ]

WASHINGTON
Chuck Safell
	A former U.S. Navy engineer who specializes in data processing systems, Chuck Saffell, will play a prime role in executing a contract signed between the National Security Agency and the firm Titan Corp. (...) [ 149 words ] [ €1,5 ]

GENEVA
Swiss Extradite an Arms Merchant
	The event is sufficiently extraordinary to make the news: Switzerland is to extradite an arms merchant, the French national Jean-Bernard Lasnaud (whose real name is Francois Lasnosky) in coming days. (...) [ 141 words ] [ €1,5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

WASHINGTON
On Al Qaeda's Track on the Triple Border
	According to sources in the U.S. Justice Department, the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) recently issued a warning concerning elements of Al Qaeda operating in Latin America and specifically in the Triple Border region of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay known for its lack of law enforcement and its penchant for traffic of all kinds. (...) [ 190 words ] [ €5 ]

MOSCOW
So Who Benefits from Grey Matter ?
	The International Science and Technology Center in Moscow that was founded at the initiative of James Baker with American and German money celebrated its 10th anniversary on Nov. (...) [ 232 words ] [ €5 ]

THE HAGUE
ISB Loses its Case
	The all-powerful International Settlements Bank, an establishment based in Basel, Switzerland that acts as a central bank to central banks, was the only international financial institution to be listed on the stock exchange in Paris and in Zurich until last year. (...) [ 157 words ] [ €5 ]

PARIS
Human Resources at DGSE
	A member of the French parliament's finance committee who specializes in intelligence questions, Bernard Carayon, questioned the French defense minister on Nov. (...) [ 113 words ] [ €5 ]

BELGRADE
Latest Deliveries to Baghdad
	Companies based in the Srpska Republic (the Serb part of Bosnia) were responsible for the latest sales of war material to Iraq in violation of the United Nations embargo. (...) [ 79 words ] [ €1,5 ]

DIPLOMACY
Baghdad Observer Makes Waves
	An article penned by a London nightclub owner in the Baghdad Observer has stirred panic in Britain's Conservative Party. The author is an influential donor to the party. (...) [ 355 words ] [ €5 ]

SECURITY
Moscow Upgrades Its Missiles
	Russia is upgrading its remaining SS-18 missiles in order to restore nuclear equilibrium with Washington. (...) [ 147 words ] [ €5 ]

GERMANY/UNITED STATES/GEORGIA
Negociations
	In Tblisi, representatives of BP bargained fiercely for the entire week with Georgia's environment minister, Nino Shkobadze, to secure permission for the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline to pass by way of the Bojormi valley where wildlife and flora are protected. (...) [ 201 words ] [ €1,5 ]

DEFENSE
DCN Hit by Corruption Charges
	Investigators appear to have uncovered evidence of fake billings at French warship builder Direction des Constructions Navales. (...) [ 281 words ] [ €5 ]

Agenda

DECEMBER 10
Paris. The Cost of Exports
	The French armaments board Delegation Generale pour l'Armement and the International and Strategic Relations Institute are organizing a seminar on arms exports. (...) [ 53 words ] [ €1,5 ]

DECEMBER 12
Copenhagen. Athens' Signal to Turkey
	During the forthcoming European Union summit in Copenhagen, the Greek government will officially back Turkey's application for membership in the EU. (...) [ 54 words ] [ €1,5 ]

DECEMBER 13
London. Iraqi Consultation
	The next meeting of the Group of Six that encompasses the main Iraqi opposition parties will be held in London between Dec. (...) [ 134 words ] [ €1,5 ]

DECEMBER 17
Washington. Lining Up Contracts
	The Washington bureau of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) is organizing a working lunch on Dec. (...) [ 109 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	LONDON
	Penumbra & Kroll Square Off
		The private British intelligence firm Penumbra Partners has declared outright war on Kroll because of an erroneous news report involving the Oryx company. (...) [ 466 words ] [ €5 ]

	AFGHANISTAN/GEORGIA/UNITED KINGDOM
	Weak Signals
		ASKING CORPORATE LEADERS to respond publicly to attacks against their company in the media could prove to be counter-productive in the medium-term, even if lobbying firms rather like the method because it flatters the vanity of their clients. (...) [ 184 words ] [ €1,5 ]

FIRMS

NEW YORK
Giuliani Recruiting in U.K.?
	According to sources close to Britain's intelligence community, former New York mayor Rudolf Giuliani is presently in talks with two stars of private U. (...) [ 209 words ] [ €5 ]

LONDON
Kroll In House Move
	The firm Kroll Worldwide has quit its posh offices on London's Saville Row, where one of its neighbors was Boris Berezovsky. (...) [ 57 words ] [ FREE ]

PARIS
JCB Hits for Growth
	The financial investigation firm JCB Consulting is building up its operations based on tracing the origin of money used by terrorist organizations. (...) [ 108 words ] [ €5 ]

NEW YORK
New Boss for Carlyle
	Louis Gerstner has been named head of the Carlyle Group, the most political of American investment funds and very close to the Republican Party to boot. (...) [ 91 words ] [ €5 ]

LONDON
Bona Fama
	Losing one's reputation is the worst nightmare of British businessmen, according to a survey carried out by the London-based business intelligence firm Risk Advisory Group. (...) [ 206 words ] [ €5 ]

	MOSCOW
	Gazprom Turns Up in Beijing
		Gazprom is on the verge of forging a major alliance with PetroChina. The state-owned Russian giant symbolizes the new strategic tie between Moscow and Beijing. (...) [ 348 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

LONDON
Anthony Payne
	The British lobbyist Anthony Payne, a specialist in financial issues in the City, is embroiled in a controversy concerning Hill & Knowlton. (...) [ 86 words ] [ €1,5 ]

WASHINGTON
Thomas McLarty
	A former chief-of-staff to president Bill Clinton in the White House, Thomas McLarty, is expected to take over some of Henry Kissinger's biggest contracts and keep the latter's political contacts on the boil in coming weeks. (...) [ 292 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Influence Strategy

	BP AMOCO
	President's Son an Oil & Caviar King
		Azerbaijan's state-owned oil company SOCAR will shortly be privatized. The financial operation looks set to increase the influence of BP, which has skillfully allied itself with Ilham Aliev, all-powerful vice chairman of SOCAR. (...) [ 391 words ] [ €5 ]

Risk Assesment

	UNITED STATES
	Terrorism
		The CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center has warned about the possibility of a terrorist attack in the U. (...) [ 204 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	ASIA
	Destabilization
		South Korea has responded to revelations concerning North Korea's nuclear weapons program with a discreet show of force of its own. (...) [ 121 words ] [ €1,5 ]