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SPOTLIGHT

business intelligence

U.S. Trade Lobbying Takes a New Tack

Long spearheaded by the Advocacy Center, a small organization with a direct line to the White House, U.S. policy to back American exports underwent a radical change in 2004. It is now driven by an office in the Department of Commerce, the International Trade Administration (ITA), under the authority of professional lobbyists. (...) [ 681 words ] [ €8 ]

Networks & organizations

Defense : France Works on Network Enabled Capability [ FREE ]

Political Intelligence

organized crime
Japan & China Team Up
	The Japanese government has decided to launch a big offensive against trans-national organized crime. (...) [ 313 words ] [ €5 ]

Islam
Tariq Ramadam Kicks Off Campaign
	France's Moslem community could play a big part in the country's presidential elections in 2007. (...) [ 182 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Washington
Sidney Fuchs
	Head of the TASC business unit at the Northrop Grumman Information Technology firm, Sidney Fuchs has just been named to the board of the JMIC Foundation that funds the Joint Military Intelligence College. (...) [ 148 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Baghdad
B. Shawkat Zebari
	The first Kurd to command the Iraqi army, general Babaker Shawkat Zebari, who was named to the post last April by Paul Bremer, has become a key factor in American strategy in Iraq. (...) [ 223 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Terrorism
Kuwait Army Infiltrated
	Clashes that took place between Kuwaiti troops and Islamic radicals on Jan. 10 and 15 made it clear the Emirate's army has been infiltrated by Al Qaeda. (...) [ 400 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

Beijing
SIGINT Base Hit by Tsunami
	Despite denials by the Burmese military government which said last month's tsunami hadn't struck the Coco Islands it appears that China's SIGINT facility on the island was badly hit by the disaster, even though a back-up system managed to limit the damage. (...) [ 231 words ] [ €5 ]

London
MI6 Soon to be Run as a Company
	Like any well-managed firm, Britain's MI6 has just named an important businessman who specializes in management issues to its board. (...) [ 401 words ] [ €5 ]

guerilla warfare
Syria a Rear Base for Iraq Fighters
	A Lebanese Islamic radical has told Intelligence Online how guerilla fighters make their way to Iraq through Syria. (...) [ 314 words ] [ €5 ]

Space
GPS-Galileo Rivalry Hots Up
	Commercial and military rivalry between the GPS satellite navigation system and Europe's Galileo has broken out despite a pact between the EU and the U.S. (...) [ 293 words ] [ €5 ]

SIGNPOSTS

Los Alamos - A New Nuclear Era

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LOOKING AHEAD

Beijing - Germany Presses on with SIGINT Deal

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Paris - Franco-Russian Legal Wrangle

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Tokyo - Intelligence Brigade Planned

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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	Washington
	SASA Pushes for Intelligence Firms
		A discreet organization run by a former NSA director organizes fairs for subcontractors of U.S. intelligence agencies and lobbies on their behalf. (...) [ 237 words ] [ €5 ]

	Paris
	A 100 Million Euro Security Fund
		After six months of planning, ACE Management and Thales have set up a 100 million euro ($130 million) "security fund." (...) [ 198 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

los angeles
Bin Laden Hunter Finds Work with AIG
	The California-based security firm Clayton Consultants which has a long-term contract with the American insurance giant AIG has just hired a FBI veteran, John Cloonan, to act as its boss. (...) [ 229 words ] [ €5 ]

LONDON
Risk Advisory Sets Up Shop in Spain and Kenya
	Recently bought out by its management (IOL 489), the investigative firm The Risk Advisory Group (TRAG) has just opened an office in Madrid. (...) [ 332 words ] [ €5 ]

LONDON
Freshfields, Specialist in Oil Pipelines
	Lawyers from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, one of London's biggest corporate law firms, have been landing a lot of business of late concerning trans-national oil and gas pipelines. (...) [ 155 words ] [ €5 ]

	Paris
	Autonomy Wins Nod for DGSE
		The British firm Autonomy recently won a hotly-disputed contest to supply an information management system for France's foreign intelligence agency, DGSE. (...) [ 457 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Brussels
Auke Haagsma
	An adviser in the European Commission's internal markets directorate, the Dutch national Auke Haagsma has just been hired by the Brussels branch of Hill & Knowlton. (...) [ 145 words ] [ €1,5 ]

new york
Scott Gilbert
	The ex-CEO of Kroll and former aide in the Manhattan district attorney's office, Michael Cherkasky is continuing to overhaul the management team at Marsh & McLennan (MMC), the financial services group he was appointed to run in October. (...) [ 218 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	Washington
	Ricard & Bacardi an Explosive Mix
		The French liquor company Ricard has mounted a major lobbying operation in Washington to help it win a decade-long fight with Bacardi for control of the Havana Club rum brand. (...) [ 314 words ] [ €5 ]

	Paris
	Clusters in French Regions
		Inspired by the success of clusters in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Scandinavian countries, the French government wants to establish "competitive clusters with international influence" in the French provinces. (...) [ 278 words ] [ €5 ]