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SPOTLIGHT

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EU Grapples with Sensitive Galileo Issues

The Galileo project for a European satellite navigation system to compete with Washington's GPS finds itself in the midst of a particularly sensitive phase. Two complicated issues are being dealt with, on the economic level and in the diplomatic sphere. (...) [ 720 words ] [ €8 ]

Networks & organizations

Homeland Security : European Experts Take Firmer Grip on Security [ FREE ]

Political Intelligence

Counter-Espionage
Mole Handed Over Submarine Data
	Japan's counter-espionage service arrested a 63-year-old engineer in mid-March on accusations of turning secret documents on a submarine over to Qingbaobu, China's military intelligence agency. (...) [ 282 words ] [ €5 ]

Intelligence
Secrecy Lifted on DST Files
	The 16 files that the DST handed in the past few days to examining magistrate Jean-Marie Huy, who is looking into the Clearstream "poison pen" affair, aren't expected to reveal much. (...) [ 169 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Tehran
Mohamed Baqer Qalibaf
	An unexpected candidate in Iran's presidential election scheduled for June 17, general Mohamed Baqer Qalibaf was Iran's all-powerful chief of police until his recent resignation. (...) [ 240 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Washington
Lowell Jacoby
	Will Admiral Lowell Jacoby remain boss of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) or will he be forced to shortly quit a job he has held for the past three years? (...) [ 154 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Covert Operations
Syria's New Network in Lebanon
	Syria is officially pulling out of Lebanon but appears to be simultaneously deploying clandestine networks throughout the entire country. (...) [ 408 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

Dayton, Ohio
Building Spree at NASIC
	Re-named and overhauled in February, 2003 just before the assault on Iraq, the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) is going to be handed a $50 million budget in 2006 to build new quarters after receiving $28. (...) [ 262 words ] [ €5 ]

Paris
France
	A DST Man to Head Anti-Terrorist Unit? (...) [ 236 words ] [ €5 ]

Tripoli
A Key Account Leader for Thales
	The French military electronics group Thales is experiencing some difficulty in introducing a "key account leader" system unveiled by its chairman, Denis Ranque, last year. (...) [ 228 words ] [ €5 ]

Intelligence
Delay for Britain's SCOPE
	British intelligence is finding it hard to keep a grip on their information technology programs, as a parliamentary report indicates. (...) [ 301 words ] [ €5 ]

Terrorism
Split in Qatar's Ruling Family
	The ruling family in Qatar is deeply divided over the question of Islamic fundamentalism. Two clans are at loggerheads since a bomb attack last month. (...) [ 281 words ] [ €5 ]

SIGNPOSTS

INTELLIGENCE - Bens Forum

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LOOKING AHEAD

Toulon - Carrier Charles de Gaulle Too Heavy?

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Washington - Bumper Year for Black Programs

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Grenoble - Long Duration Infra Red System

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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	Offenbach
	PGP Spreads Wings in Europe
		The acquisition of the German encryption firm Gluck & Kanja Technology AG by the U.S. concern PGP has stirred some concern among big European corporations. (...) [ 215 words ] [ €5 ]

	Washington
	Google and CIA Connection
		Satellite imagery incorporated into Google's data base was developed with help from In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital firm. (...) [ 192 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

Washington
Tom Ridge to Champion Radio ID
	Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security between 2002 and January of this year, Tom Ridge has joined the board of the Savi Technology company that specializes in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. (...) [ 126 words ] [ €5 ]

Paris
Major Moves at ESL & Network
	Patrice Allain-Dupre, a 61-year-old who founded the discreet but influential Paris business intelligence and lobbying concern ESL & Network in 1989, is planning to sell 49% of his firm's equity to his partners. (...) [ 391 words ] [ €5 ]

Washington
Dyncorp Grabs White House Image Maker
	Gregory Laganda, who headed the White House's Office of Global Communications which worked to brush up Washington's image abroad, has just been hired by the private security concern Dyncorp International to act as its vice president in charge of communications. (...) [ 135 words ] [ €5 ]

	Washington
	Diligence Raises $15 Million
		The U.S. investigative firm Diligence has made major boardroom changes and brought an equity fund, Exxel Partners, into its business. (...) [ 364 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

London
Stephen Kappes
	Former director of operations at the CIA, Stephen Kappes has just been hired by the British security firm ArmorGroup which named him vice president in charge of global strategy. (...) [ 186 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Washington
Marc Grossman
	The Cohen Group, a firm set up by Bill Clinton's former defense secretary William Cohen, is continuing to hire top level U. (...) [ 192 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	New York
	Citigate Global Shut Down
		The U.K. public relations giant Incepta has suddenly closed down its investigative branch in the United States, Citigate Global Intelligence. (...) [ 264 words ] [ €5 ]

	Brussels
	Rating Agencies Escape Regulator
		Accused of being dominated by English-language agencies and hostile to competition, the credit rating market has managed to escape the regulator's hand due to an all-out lobbying campaign. (...) [ 266 words ] [ €5 ]