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SPOTLIGHT

security

Surge in World Interception Market

Whether it be telephoning on the Internet (VoIP), GSM telephones, broadband telephones (3G, GPRS, UMTS), Wifi networks, video-conferencing, ADSL lines, optical fibers and much more, the world’s intelligence and law enforcement agencies are confronted at present by any number of new and increasingly sophisticated forms of communication and fast-developing technologies. (...) [ 697 words ] [ €8 ]

Networks & organizations

security : Europe in the Forefront with World Interception Standards [ FREE ]

Political Intelligence

intelligence
A Paris Outing for Chinese Spies
	The Chinese prime minister had plenty of Guoanbu operatives to keep him company when he visited France this week. (...) [ 229 words ] [ €5 ]

internet
Chipping Away at U.S. Monopoly
	Could the United States, which controls the Internet’s root servers, lose its monopoly one day, as many attending the recent world summit of the information society hoped? Technical alternatives are emerging. (...) [ 249 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

damascus
Amin Charabeh
	Appointed head of the formidable Palestine section of Syria’s Military Intelligence agency very discreetly at the end of October, general Amin Charabeh is considered a highly intelligent officer who counts among the mainstays of the regime. (...) [ 246 words ] [ €1,5 ]

strasbourg
Dick Marty
	Chairman of the Council of Europe’s legal and human rights committee, Dick Marty, who is to investigate “secret” CIA prisons in Europe, is probably the most untypical politician in Switzerland. (...) [ 155 words ] [ €1,5 ]

diplomacy
Why Mehlis Threw in Towel
	Detlev Mehlis was “abandoned” by Riyadh, Paris, Washington and Cairo. That’s the true reason for his decision to step down as chief U.N. investigator into the assassination of Rafic Hariri at the end of December. (...) [ 447 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

guam
An International Base for Global Hawk?
	Dropping in on the American island of Guam during an Asian tour that took him to South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan, general Paul Hester, commander of US air forces in the Pacific, announced on Nov. (...) [ 276 words ] [ €5 ]

seoul
NIS Crises a Boon to Mililtary
	Undermined by a series of scandals, South Korea's civil intelligence agency, the National Intelligence Service (NIS), has been forced to turn over some of its prerogatives to the Defense Security Command (DSC). (...) [ 283 words ] [ €5 ]

paris
Government Intranet
	France's Secretariat General de la Defense Nationale (SGDN), which has greatly built up its role of coordinating government work in the areas of defense, security and business intelligence in recent years, is to have a EUR69 million ($80 million) budget in 2006. (...) [ 190 words ] [ €5 ]

corruption
Taiwan Frigates: End to the Saga?
	The affair concerning six French Lafayette frigates sold to Taiwan in 1991 by Thomson-CSF - now Thales - has ended in a stalemate and Switzerland could release $700 million dollars to go-between Andrew Wang. (...) [ 693 words ] [ €5 ]

SIGNPOSTS

FRANCE - Marseille - CIA Helicopters

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LOOKING AHEAD

Washington - Industrial Hierarchy

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Arnsberg, Germany - An Affordable Micro-UAV

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London - Geo-Spatial Conclave

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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	brussels
	Diligence Fishes in NATO Pond
		The American investigative firm Diligence has poached a French special forces officer presently on assignment with NATO. (...) [ 240 words ] [ €5 ]

	new york
	Call for Look at Volcker Papers
		Only weeks after the United Nations inquiry into the oil-for-food scandal was wound up, the NGO Transparency International has begun calling for the documents to be preserved and made public. (...) [ 208 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

WASHINGTON
BKSH Lands New Iraq Account
	An affiliate of the communications giant Burson-Marsteller, the BKSH lobbying concern has won a contract from the military attache’s office at the Iraqi embassy in Washington. (...) [ 112 words ] [ €5 ]

LONDON
Risk Advisory Turns Hand to Computer Forensics
	Bought out by its management last year, the London-based investigative firm Risk Advisory Group (RAG) is continuing to diversify by setting up a computer forensics unit that will be run by Michael Penhallurick. (...) [ 113 words ] [ €5 ]

PARIS
Change at the Top at Temis
	Shareholders of Temis, one of Europe’s leading publishers of text mining software, discreetly named a new boss, Eric Bregand, in November. (...) [ 222 words ] [ €5 ]

WASHINGTON
The People Who Oversee Triple Canopy
	Like all of its rivals, the private American security concern Triple Canopy, which is almost exclusively made up of former Delta Force commandos, has appointed a consultative board. (...) [ 107 words ] [ €5 ]

VANCOUVER
A Mounty Joins IPSA
	A former chief superintendent of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), David Douglas has just been taken on as senior consultant in the Canadian office of the U. (...) [ 106 words ] [ €5 ]

	dubai
	Rich Iranians Seek Haven for Money
		Gripped by panic since the election of president Mahmud Ahmadinejad, wealthy Iranians are transferring capital massively to Malaysia, India and specially the UAE. (...) [ 316 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

brussels
Rosalind Wright
	Director of Britain’s Serious Fraud Office for the six years between 1997-2003, Rosalind Wright has been appointed to the new supervisory board of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). (...) [ 170 words ] [ €1,5 ]

washington
Arthur Morrish
	The former director of the Tactical Technology Office (TTO) in the Pentagon’s R&D agency, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Arthur Morrish has been appointed chief technology officer at the U. (...) [ 171 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	montreal
	Garda Debuts in Investigation
		The U.S. firm SPX has just sold Vance, its investigative arm, to Canada’s Garda World Security. But Garda will now find itself competing with ex-SPX men. (...) [ 284 words ] [ €5 ]

	london
	A British Trio with Iraq Connections
		Versed in intelligence issues and public relations, three Britons with solid connections in Iraq have discreetly opened a consultancy in London. (...) [ 422 words ] [ €5 ]