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SPOTLIGHT

EUROPE

Atlantic Alliance to Protect Oil Reserves?

Looking ceaselessly for new missions since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is seeking to involve itself in securing energy supplies. The initiative has won applause from neo-conservative circles in the United States but also from governments in Russia's former satellite countries. (...) [ 660 words ] [ €7 ]

Networks & organizations

Washinton : Energy Independence the Latest Battle Cry [ FREE ]

Political Intelligence

defense
US Losing Technical Edge
	Three researchers have warned the Pentagon that the United States is in danger of losing its technological (...) [ 285 words ] [ €4 ]

diplomacy
Assad Appeals for Mubarak's Help
	Hosni Mubarak is ready to offer Damascus his diplomatic support. But his conditions are very tough. (...) [ 185 words ] [ €4 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Washington
Michael Maples
	Marine Corps general Wallace Gregson had been tipped for the job (IOL 504) but president George W. (...) [ 198 words ] [ €1,3 ]

tehran
Ataollah Salehi
	Appointed chief-of-staff of Iran's army on Sept. 11, major-general Ataollah Salehi is a close associate of Iran's spiritual leader, Ali Khamenei, whom he has known since the early 1980s. (...) [ 201 words ] [ €1,3 ]

defense
Differing Views on China's Power
	The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and Japan's Defense Intelligence Headquarters (DIH) appear to differ in their assessment of the Chinese armed forces. (...) [ 278 words ] [ €4 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

paris
DPSD's Eye on the Internet
	The French software firm Go Albert has been contracted by the Direction de la Protection et de la Securite de la Defense (DPSD), formerly the Securite Militaire service, to install a system to collect, sort, analyze and distribute open source information from Web sites, forums and data bases. (...) [ 203 words ] [ €4 ]

washington
New Communications Systems
	The Sept. 11 terrorist strikes, the Iraqi Freedom operation and hurricane Katrina all underscored the shortcomings of American communications systems whether on the battlefield or from the homeland security standpoint. (...) [ 316 words ] [ €4 ]

brussels
Slowdown in Clearances
	A fall in staff at intelligence agencies tasked with conducting background checks for security clearances is causing a real headache for a number of international institutions based in Belgium as well as for many companies operating in the defense sector. (...) [ 179 words ] [ €4 ]

organized crime
Spain Frets Over Red Sun
	Spain's intelligence and law enforcement agencies are worried about the growing threat from Chinese triads such as the Red Sun, which are gaining ground in Catalonia. (...) [ 305 words ] [ €4 ]

politics
Abdallah Finds the Going Rough
	Since he came to the throne on Aug. 2 king Abdallah has found it hard to impose his authority on the clans warring with one another in royal circles. (...) [ 450 words ] [ €4 ]

SIGNPOSTS

Intelligence - Settling Scores In Paris

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LOOKING AHEAD

Riyadh - Portrait of Saudis in Iraq

	[ 145 words ] [ €1,3 ]

San Antonio - Geospatial Conclave

	[ 136 words ] [ €1,3 ]

Washington - Goals for the CIA

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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	washington
	DHS Computers Caught Sleeping
		After demanding that airlines provide new data concerning their passengers, the United States now seems incapable of processing the information. (...) [ 268 words ] [ €4 ]

	bethesda
	Lockheed in RFID Move
		EPC Global, the consortium that installed the first world-wide radio identification network, has brought Lockheed into its fold. (...) [ 221 words ] [ €4 ]

FIRMS

washington
New Ally for Lincoln Group
	The powerful lobbying concern Van Scoyoc Associates has followed in BKSH's footsteps by joining forces with the psychological operations (psyops) firm The Lincoln Group. (...) [ 125 words ] [ €4 ]

paris
Influential Network Under Spotlight
	The judicial woes of retired French diplomat Serge Boidevaix, former secretary-general of the French foreign ministry who was placed under investigation on Sept. (...) [ 365 words ] [ €4 ]

new york
Fortress Global Spreads Its Wings
	Founded in 2000 by two former FBI agents, William Baker and Thomas Kelly, the investigation and inquiry concern Fortress Global is working flat out to establish outposts beyond American borders. (...) [ 174 words ] [ €4 ]

	Paris/berlin
	Franco-German ID Chips?
		With the world-wide market for biometric identity documents eventually coming up for grabs, a shake-out in the smart card industry is well underway. (...) [ 443 words ] [ €4 ]

DECISION MAKERS

brussels
Francois Gayet
	A Frenchman, Francois Gayet, is about to replace a Briton as secretary-general of the defense industry's interest group Aerospace and Defence Industries of Europe (ASD). (...) [ 246 words ] [ €1,3 ]

Washington
Andrew Palowitch
	After three years as chief of the CIA's systems engineering and analysis office, Andrew Palowitch has joined Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as chief technology officer of the group's intelligence division. (...) [ 122 words ] [ €1,3 ]

	washington
	FTI Beefs Up Inquiry Business
		The FTI consultancy based in Annapolis, Maryland, has just hired a former vice president of Kroll in a bid to increase its investigation business. (...) [ 292 words ] [ €4 ]

	paris
	U.S.-Style 'Economic Patriotism"?
		French legislator Bernard Carayon is organizing a major conference on foreign investment and has launched the Prometheus corporate foundation. (...) [ 265 words ] [ €4 ]