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SPOTLIGHT

RIYADH

The Princes Who Want to Take on Iran & Iraq

Although it has cautiously kept its distance from the Iraqi conflict, Saudi Arabia now strands the risk of being drawn into the cauldron - faced with Iran’s increasing activism and Washington’s temptation to withdraw its forces, Riyadh is ringing with ever-stronger cries to form a Sunni shield to fend off a “Shi’ite crescent” that would stretch from Tehran to Beirut via Baghdad. (...) [ 736 words ] [ €8 ]

Networks & organizations

United States : CIA's Private Network to Carry its Prisoners [ FREE ]

Political Intelligence

Washington
Gates’ New Team at Pentagon
	The expected confirmation of Robert Gates as secretary of defense this week will give rise to new appointments. (...) [ 258 words ] [ €5 ]

Beijing
China Growls at Pyongyang
	For the first time the Chinese army is drafting plans to attack North Korea. And it has let Pyongyang know about it. (...) [ 226 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Washington
Silvestre Reyes
	The decision by Nancy Pelosi, the new Democrat speaker in the House of Representatives, to name Silvestre Reyes as chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence caught almost everybody by surprise. (...) [ 244 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Riyadh
Nawaf Obaid
	The op-ed article published by an unknown Saudi, 33-year-old Nawaf Obaid, in the Washington Post on Nov. (...) [ 135 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Tehran
Iran Turns on the Charm
	To counter American pressure, Tehran is preparing a campaign to charm the Western media and offer business opportunities to major European corporations. (...) [ 335 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

Beirut
Plan Hatched in Damascus
	According to Intelligence Online sources in Beirut, Hezbollah’s anti-government demonstration and current sit-in in the Lebanese capital were carefully prepared in November in Damascus. (...) [ 162 words ] [ €5 ]

Paris
When the CIA Refused French Help in Iraq
	A book published by Tyler Drumheller, who was in charge of the European division at the CIA’s Directorate of Operations between 2001-2005, reveals details of an episode between American and French intelligence on the eve of the Iraq war. (...) [ 305 words ] [ €5 ]

Washington
Shaping a New World Order?
	The U.S. government would like to develop a "global security envelope" in which all biometric identification systems in the world would be inter-connected. (...) [ 208 words ] [ €5 ]

Munich
Identifying the Chinese “Fish”
	German intelligence agencies seized the occasion of the second World Uighur Congress (WUC) in Munich in late November to identify Guoanbu agents. (...) [ 271 words ] [ €5 ]

Washington
A Touch of Suspicion Between Friends
	The French army’s liaison officers in the United States have been suspected by Washington of working on behalf of French defense groups. (...) [ 259 words ] [ €5 ]

SIGNPOSTS

UNITED KINGDOM - Syria Hires the Top Defenders

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LOOKING AHEAD

Paris - The Spymasters’ Christmas Ball

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Washington - Seeking a Stand-in for Analyst’s Eyes

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Riyadh - Armaments Deals in Offing

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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	Washington
	Rothschild to Buy Into Diligence?
		Financier Nathaniel Rothschild from the British branch of the banking dynasty is seeking a stake in the private intelligence firm Diligence. (...) [ 240 words ] [ €5 ]

	Paris
	Storm Clouds Still Over Safran
		A Paris-based consultancy, Salamandre, has been lobbying fiercely in recent weeks in favor of shareholders of the Safran group and wants to show the door to the company’s boss. (...) [ 197 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

London
Garda to Buy Kroll Security?
	Intelligence Online understands the Canadian group Garda World Security made contact in early November with Kroll for talks on buying Kroll Security International, the group’s security and protection arm set up two years ago by Alastair Morrison. (...) [ 175 words ] [ €5 ]

Paris
True Multimedia Searches
	The publisher of business intelligence software, Go Albert, has made a breakthrough of sorts with the 3.0 version of its AMI Enterprise Intelligence suite. (...) [ 209 words ] [ €5 ]

London
ArmorGroup Carries the Day in Afghanistan
	The private security firm ArmorGroup won the competition with its rivals Kroll Security and Aegis for a contract to protect Foreign Office diplomats in Afghanistan (IOL 534). (...) [ 99 words ] [ €5 ]

Brussels
Lobbyist Panel Examines First Complaints
	Formed in June to examine possible breaches of the European Public Affairs Consultancies Association’s (EPACA) code of conduct, the group’s Professional Practices Panel is examining its first complaints filed, in the instance, by European members of parliament. (...) [ 161 words ] [ €5 ]

	Paris
	When Hakluyt Worked for EADS
		The secretive London intelligence concern Hakluyt served as a regular consultant to the disgraced strategy chief of EADS, Jean-Louis Gergorin, concerning Russia and South Korea. (...) [ 370 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Paris
Jacques de Lajugie
	For the first time, an official who isn’t an armaments engineer has been appointed international development director of France’s armaments board, Delegation Generale pour l’Armement (DGA). (...) [ 185 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Washington
James Kimsey
	Co-founder of the Internet service provider AOL, the American billionaire James Kimsey is now turning his interest to the security industry. (...) [ 185 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	London
	Yukos Link to Litvenenko Affair?
		Before he was poisoned, the former KGB operative Alexander Litvinenko and several of his associates worked for former Yukos shareholders. (...) [ 293 words ] [ €5 ]

	Paris
	Software to Fight Litigation Risk
		Business Process Associates is developing an automatic legal monitoring system to protect companies and their bosses from litigation and image risks. (...) [ 259 words ] [ €5 ]