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SPOTLIGHT

business intelligence

MMC Acquisition of Kroll a Mixed Blessing

Although Marsh & McLennan's acquisition of Kroll in May and appointment of Michael Cherkasky as boss of MMC has helped the financial services company to avoid criminal charges, notably for bid rigging, the investigative firm itself hasn't gained much from the operation. (...) [ 688 words ] [ €7 ]

Networks & organizations

Security : Private Military Firms in Conclave at Oxford [ FREE ]

Political Intelligence

anti-terrorism
Swiss Prosecutors Under the Gun
	Switzerland's prosecutor-general, Valentin Roschacher, and his deputy in charge of the fight against terrorism, Claude Nicati, find themselves in a very tight corner. (...) [ 244 words ] [ €4 ]

Defense
Showing their Euro Credentials
	Poland's bad example in buying U.S. goods has been forgotten. The new countries seeking membership in the European Union are choosing European suppliers. (...) [ 223 words ] [ €4 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Tehran
Nasser Mohammadi-Far
	The biggest military exercises ever carried out by Iran's army - it covered nearly 100,000 sq. (...) [ 252 words ] [ €1,3 ]

Canberra
Maurie McNarn
	Major-General Maurie McNarn, a 47-year-old who commanded Australian forces in Iraq last year, has been named head of the Defence Intelligence Organization (DIO), the country's military intelligence organization. (...) [ 110 words ] [ €1,3 ]

Espionage
Rolling Up Iranian Spy Ring
	In response to pressure from Washington, Cairo finally revealed on Dec. 7 that a major Iranian spy ring had been operating in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. (...) [ 433 words ] [ €4 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

Washington
Squabble over Verity Software
	The Defense Intelligence Agency's use of the K2 Enterprise data-mining software published by the Verity company lies at the center of a dispute between the Pentagon and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). (...) [ 208 words ] [ €4 ]

Tokyo
Rising Intelligence Star
	In mid-November, Takashi Oizumi, boss of Japan's Public Security Investigation Agency (Koancho) requested an urgent meeting with Masahiro Futahashi, the assistant chief secretary to prime minister Junichiro Koizumi. (...) [ 301 words ] [ €4 ]

Washington
Better Days Ahead for NOCs
	Because of legal and bureaucratic rules that often go to absurd length, the CIA has practically no covert operators out in the field any more- the famous "Non Official Cover" (or NOC) people. (...) [ 202 words ] [ €4 ]

Infowar
How Chinese Threaten Japan
	China's young generation of "information warriors" has gone onto the offensive just as Lenovo has bought out the computer division of IBM. (...) [ 301 words ] [ €4 ]

Terrorism
Grand Mufti Takes a Stand
	Saudi Arabia's interior minister, prince Nayef, made no public statement after the Dec. 6 attack against the American consulate in Jeddah. His silence appeared surprising. (...) [ 312 words ] [ €4 ]

SIGNPOSTS

BRUSSELS - Takeoff For Biometric Passport

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LOOKING AHEAD

Luxembourg - Financial Revolt

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Keiv - Kuchma's Quiet Friends

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Paris - Did Someone Bug Minister's Phone?

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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	moscow-paris
	Elf Affair Catches up with Total
		With Paris, Moscow, London, New York and Madrid all bidding to host the 2012 Olympic Games the Russians have revived the Elf scandal at a delicate moment for the French. (...) [ 315 words ] [ €4 ]

	Baghdad
	Good Times Roll for Insurance Men
		The security boom in Iraq is benefiting lawyers and insurance companies as much as security firms. (...) [ 303 words ] [ €4 ]

FIRMS

Washington
FBI Drops In On Riyadh's Lobbyists
	The FBI last week raided the three Washington offices of Qorvis Communications, an affiliate of Patton Boggs and long-standing lobbyist for Saudi Arabia in the capital. (...) [ 187 words ] [ €4 ]

Paris
SOFEMA Sees International Future
	The French armaments agency SOFEMA is seeking to play a hand in big international contracts, particularly those put out to tender by the United Nations and the European Union. (...) [ 344 words ] [ €4 ]

Washington
Lobbyist With Intelligence Past
	Peter Dorn, a former staffer at the Senate select committee on intelligence, has just founded a small lobbying concern, PKDorn & Associates, that specializes in intelligence and defense questions. (...) [ 170 words ] [ €4 ]

	Baghdad
	Security Firms Gang Up on Spicer
		As an official interface between the U.S. Army and private military companies, the Aegis company run by Tim Spicer has come under fire from several quarters in Baghdad. (...) [ 185 words ] [ €4 ]

DECISION MAKERS

London
Harry Legge-Bourke
	An ex-aide de camp to the former Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Charles Guthrie, Harry Legge-Bourke, who now works for Olive Security, is to shortly quit the company to work for a bigger firm, according to our sources. (...) [ 215 words ] [ €1,3 ]

new york
Frank Holder
	Joining Kroll in 1998 when the American firm bought out his firm Holder Associates in Brazil, Frank Holder was named boss of the group's consulting branch last week. (...) [ 173 words ] [ €1,3 ]

	Paris
	DGM Conseil in Fighting Mood
		The communications strategy of big French corporations is becoming increasingly aggressive. (...) [ 292 words ] [ €4 ]

	Washington
	Carlyle Sets the Example
		Veritas Capital, an equity fund that has just bought the private military firm Dyncorp., invests exclusively in the defense sector and employs several generals. In doing so, it has torn a page out of Carlyle's book. (...) [ 372 words ] [ €4 ]