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SPOTLIGHT

paris

Sharp Slap on Wrist for Armaments Industry

French arms suppliers have been told firmly by the government to “hunt in packs” in future instead of operating on their own. A number of sharp setbacks in recent months, many of them due to quarrels between the French themselves, have earned the industry a slap on the wrist from defense minister Michele Alliot-Marie. (...) [ 782 words ] [ €8 ]

Networks & organizations

biometrics : Washington Develops Facial Recognition Technology [ FREE ]

Political Intelligence

intelligence
Negroponte’s Fight with Rumsfeld
	Revealed by the Baltimore Sun, defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s decision in June to find a replacement for James Clapper as head of the NGA reflected a power struggle between Rumsfeld and John Negroponte. (...) [ 228 words ] [ €5 ]

espionage
Why China and Japan Kept Mum
	It took a good 18 months for a scandal indirectly pitting Japan against China to suddenly surface: the suicide of an encoder at the Japanese consulate in Shanghai. (...) [ 235 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

cairo
Admiral I. Siddiq
	Close to president Hosni Mubarak and director of the Egyptian Naval academy since 1992, admiral Ibrahim Muhammed Siddiq was named coordinator of exercises by all navies in the Gulf region at a summit meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council on December 20. (...) [ 177 words ] [ €1,5 ]

beijing/Paris
Gen. Zhang Changtai
	In the wake of an Intelligence Online article published on Nov. (...) [ 224 words ] [ €1,5 ]

armaments
Iranian Plane was Heading to Syria
	The French Falcon aircraft operated by Revolutionary Guards (Pasdarans) that crashed on Jan. 9 in north-west Iran was en route to Syria to pursue strategic accords between Damascus and Tehran. Sabotage cannot be ruled out. (...) [ 418 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

paris
New Police Swoops
	French examining magistrate Philippe Courroye is pushing ahead with his probe into the U.N. oil-for-food case in which he has already placed 11 persons under formal investigation, one step short of an indictment They include two former leading French diplomats, Serge Boidevaix, aged 68, and 77-year-old Jean-Bernard Merimee. (...) [ 276 words ] [ €5 ]

warsaw
Face-Lift for Agencies
	The Polish parliament will shortly examine a draft bill putting paid to the existence of the Polish military intelligence agency Wojskowe Sluzby Informacyjne (WSI). (...) [ 373 words ] [ €5 ]

bern
Code Breakers
	The Swiss intelligence agency Service de Renseignement Strategique (SRS) has been rocked by the publication of a fax sent by the Egyptian foreign ministry to its embassy in London in the weekly SonntagsBlick on Jan. (...) [ 77 words ] [ FREE ]

guerRilla warfare
Beijing Halts Aid to Foreign Militants
	China’s new foreign policy has dictated that Beijing put a halt to backing guerrilla movements inspired by Mao, particularly in South East Asia and the Indian sub-continent. (...) [ 300 words ] [ €5 ]

diplomacy
Who is Behind Khaddam?
	Living in exile in Paris, former Syrian vice president Abdulhalim Khaddam has emerged as the spokesman for a group determined to overthrow Bashar al Assad. (...) [ 328 words ] [ €5 ]

SIGNPOSTS

UNITED STATES - Weston (Florida) - French Encryption for the Pentagon

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LOOKING AHEAD

Washington - An Electronic Shield

	[ 142 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Paris - DST Boss at Eurosec

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Singapore - Intelligence and Computer Science

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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	washington
	Viisage Seeks Lead in Biometrics
		A pioneer in facial recognition, Viisage, is intent on becoming an integrated biometrics company under the leadership of its new stakeholder, the L1 Investment Partners equity fund. (...) [ 357 words ] [ €5 ]

	washington
	Ashcroft to Work for France’s LTU
		Founded in Paris and acquired last year by Japan’s Jastec computer services group, the French image mining company LTU Technologies is counting on ex attorney general John Ashcorft to help it advance in the U.S. market. (...) [ 283 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

WASHINGTON
U.S. Army in Blog Business
	The American army has signed a contract with a small Detroit public relations company, Haas MS&L, that specializes in publishing information through web blogs on behalf of big American automotive groups like Ford and General Motors. (...) [ 142 words ] [ €5 ]

LONDON
Olive Security Seeks New Functions
	Founded in 2001 by a group of former British special operations soldiers, the private security firm Olive Security changed its name to Olive Group last month and is trying to diversify into new areas. (...) [ 279 words ] [ €5 ]

PARIS
Changes at Finance Ministry
	After serving for seven years as the defense ministry's representative at the French finance ministry, Didier Lallemand has been named paymaster (Tresorier-Payeur General) in the Lozere department. (...) [ 294 words ] [ €5 ]

	singapore
	Analysts Differ over Risk in Straits
		Political risk consultants have jumped into an argument between Lloyd’s of London and ship owners on how to qualify acts of piracy in the straits of Malacca. (...) [ 336 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

washington
Amit Yoran
	Previously in charge of national cyber security at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Amit Yoran has taken over as boss of the CIA’s equity fund, In-Q-Tel. (...) [ 208 words ] [ €1,5 ]

London
Philip Keevil
	A partner in the British investment bank Compass Advisers since December, banker Philip Keevil has been named to the board of Risk Advisory Group (RAG), the third-ranking London business intelligence and investigative firm after Kroll and Control Risks in terms of annual revenue. (...) [ 182 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	london
	Hakluyt Casts Net Wide for Talent
		Several prominent figures have just joined Hakluyt, the most discreet of private British intelligence firms. (...) [ 209 words ] [ €5 ]

	paris
	Elite Cops Join Sofema
		The former armaments agency Sofema Groupe is taking on four men from an elite French police unit to flesh out its security division. (...) [ 264 words ] [ €5 ]