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SPOTLIGHT

business intelligence

How London Pushes its New Technology

Although the United Kingdom, unlike the U.S. or France, lacks organizations specifically devoted to business intelligence it packs quite a punch when it comes to promoting companies that develop innovative technologies. The most active government body in the field is the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and its Global Watch service, a monitoring and lobbying unit that works on behalf of British groups. (...) [ 662 words ] [ €8 ]

Networks & organizations

Great Britain : High Profile for U.K. Business Intelligence Team [ FREE ]

Political Intelligence

intelligence
An Admiral No. 2 Man at CIA
	Nominated deputy director of the CIA, vice-admiral Albert Calland can be counted upon to work for better coordination in covert CIA and Pentagon operations. (...) [ 286 words ] [ €5 ]

space
New Delay for TacSat 1
	Dozens of micro satellites have been launched in the world but the U.S. has yet to lift even one into space. A new delay has been announced for a first launch. (...) [ 166 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

washington
Gen. Keith Alexander
	Although the job of National Security Agency (NSA) boss had been vacant since April, president George W. (...) [ 254 words ] [ €1,5 ]

tehran
Ahmadi Moqaddam
	Appointed Iran's new police chief on July 10 by spiritual leader Ali Khamenei, general Ismail Ahmadi Moqaddam is close to the country's president-elect, Mahmud Ahmadinejad. (...) [ 135 words ] [ €1,5 ]

defense
Pentagon Edges Onto DHS Turf
	The Defense Department has unveiled a strategy that it views as a complement to the Department of Homeland Security's efforts. (...) [ 405 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

paris
New Broom at Criminal Affairs Service
	Appointed deputy director in charge of criminal affairs at the Police Judiciaire (PJ) in Paris barely a month ago, Gilles Leclair, who holds the rank of police comptroller-general, has already begun a radical overhaul of his department. (...) [ 248 words ] [ €5 ]

tokyo
Seeking Wider SIGINT Independence?
	Prime minister Junichiro Koizumi is expected to use an American request for Japanese troops to remain in Iraq as a strong bargaining chip in forthcoming negotiations with the Americans on U. (...) [ 390 words ] [ €5 ]

washington
Marine Tipped for DIA Job
	A general who has commanded the 80,000-strong U.S. Marine Forces Pacific since 2003, Wallace Gregson, is being tipped as successor to vice-admiral Lowell Jacoby who will step down next January as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). (...) [ 83 words ] [ €5 ]

washington
Shi'ite Lobby Makes Headway
	Over two million Shi'ite Moslems live in the United States, and they are becoming particularly skilful at political lobbying. (...) [ 300 words ] [ €5 ]

Tehran/Baghdad
An Iraqi Revolutionary Guard?
	During a surprise visit to Tehran, the Iraq defense minister came out strongly against an Iranian plan to create a Revolutionary Guard (Pasdarans) force in Iraq. (...) [ 302 words ] [ €5 ]

SIGNPOSTS

Security - Split In Baghdad

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LOOKING AHEAD

Washington - Deadly Arsenals

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Seoul - No Defectors, Please

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Istanbul - European Moslems Seek Political Involvement

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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	new york
	Kroll Turns to Government Market
		Focused almost exclusively on the private sector, Kroll is anxious to profit from the homeland security boom and has just hired a lobbyist to seek contracts in Washington. (...) [ 204 words ] [ €5 ]

	brussels
	Senior Staff Appointed at ENISA
		Europe's new agency for information systems security, ENISA, has made its final appointments. (...) [ 222 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

paris
Police Raid on Euro RSCG
	Intelligence Online has learned that Stephane Fouks, a leading Paris public relations figure who heads EuroRSCG and serves as co-president for France of Euro RSCG Worldwide, found policemen from France's Brigade Financiere pounding on his door on May 17. (...) [ 290 words ] [ €5 ]

washington
Scramble for Stratcom Contract
	Some 42 companies have submitted bids in a tender issued by the US Strategic Command (Stratcom) for a sub-contractor to analyze coverage in the foreign press of operations carried out by the US Army. (...) [ 162 words ] [ €5 ]

paris
FePIE in Business
	Admiral Pierre Lacoste, former head of DGSE and current president of the Centre d'Etudes Scientifiques de Defense at the Marne la Vallee University, officially announced the creation of the Federation Professionnelle de l'Intelligence Economique (FePIE) on July 11. (...) [ 219 words ] [ €5 ]

	london
	DoD Outsources Emergency Service
		Rather than renewing its helicopter fleet, Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) could outsource its search and rescue service at sea to the private sector. (...) [ 385 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

new york
Arthur Levitt
	The former chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), the New York stock market watchdog, Arthur Levitt, has just been hired by the insurance giant AIG. (...) [ 198 words ] [ €1,5 ]

brussels
Beate Raabe
	Britain's Brian Raggett, who founded the European branch of the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IAOGP) 15 years ago and has run it up to now, was succeeded early this month by Beate Raabe, a German. (...) [ 184 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	chicago
	Navigant Shines in Investigations
		In the space of a few years, the U.S. consultancy Navigant has built up its investigative services to the point it is now challenging market leader Kroll. (...) [ 283 words ] [ €5 ]

	washington
	Bolstering Economic Security
		The White House has just nominated a former soldier and an ex-prosecutor to help run the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry & Security, a key defender of U.S. interests. (...) [ 280 words ] [ €5 ]