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SPOTLIGHT

Beirut

A Lot of Headaches for Hezbollah

Destabilized by the defection of Iranian general Ali Reza Ashgari who took part in founding Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi’ite movement is also being torn by conflict between its political and security chiefs. Upheavals of every sort could end up by paralyzing the movement and curbing its operations, both in Lebanon and in the world. (...) [ 659 words ] [ €8 ]

Networks & organizations

United Kingdom : Lagardere Group Extends Its Reach [ FREE ]

Political Intelligence

Madrid
French-Spanish Onslaught on ETA
	The Basque terrorist organization ETA is indeed fighting a shadowy war in France against French and Spanish police (...) [ 269 words ] [ €5 ]

Washington
Using the Citizen to Show the Way
	American intelligence agencies are showing a growing interest in new tools that can help to accumulate geographic information. (...) [ 181 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Washington
Alcee Hastings
	The vice chairman of the permanent select committee on intelligence, the Democrat representative from Florida, (...) [ 16 words ] [ FREE ]

Amman
Mohammad Dahabi
	Appointed chief of Jordan’s General Intelligence Department (GID) in November 2005, 52-year-old Mohammad Dahabi remains firmly in the saddle in what is a highly vulnerable job (his two predecessors didn’t last a year) and Jordan’s king has even confirmed him in his post. (...) [ 220 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Baghdad
Al Qaeda Pushed to the Brink
	The formation of Sunni militia to fight Al Qaeda has weakened the movement and led to the elimination of many of its leaders. At the risk of making it even more deadly. (...) [ 395 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

Paris
Key Anti-Terrorist Unit Boss Gets the Bounce
	The head of the French police intelligence agency's Section Nationale de Recherches Operationelle (SNRO), chief superintendent Arnaud Vieules, was suspended on Oct. (...) [ 188 words ] [ €5 ]

Washington
One Satellite System Supersedes Another
	In an attempt to counter the disastrous effect of a New York Times report on the Future Imagery Architecture Program that was scrapped in 2005 after nearly USD 4 billion had been spent on it, the Pentagon made a quiet pitch with the Associated Press news agency on Nov. (...) [ 263 words ] [ €5 ]

London
Intelligence Specialist in Kabul
	Prime minister Gordon Brown is expected to announce the appointment of Paddy Ashdown (Lord Ashdown) as the U. (...) [ 258 words ] [ €5 ]

Paris
French Reject GCHQ-Type System
	A French plan to set up a new service dedicated exclusively to intercepting communications has been dropped. Instead, the DGSE will dovetail and share all of France’s SIGINT resources. (...) [ 280 words ] [ €5 ]

Beijing
Striking A Political Balance
	Chinese president Hu Jintao and his adversaries each have their men in the intelligence agencies while the Central Security Bureau has been entrusted to a neutral figure. (...) [ 290 words ] [ €5 ]

SIGNPOSTS

FRANCE - Where Does Libyan Intelligence Buy Equipment?

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LOOKING AHEAD

Washington - A Cyber Command Against Chinese Hackers

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London - Washington Says GCHQ Helped Change its Mind on Iran

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Washington - Wolfowitz Pops Up Again

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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	Paris
	ADIT Takes Over Sofred
		One of France’s leading business intelligence companies, ADIT, has bought out the Sofred consultancy that was sold off by Nexter (previously GIAT). (...) [ 171 words ] [ €5 ]

	New Delhi
	EADS Sales Team Takes a Knock
		Eurocopter’s associates in India have just cost the company a major contract. (...) [ 320 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

London
Crucial Alliance for Control Risks
	According to our sources, Control Risks is in talks to form a partnership with the medical assistance and crisis management group International SOS. (...) [ 184 words ] [ €5 ]

Paris
I2F Invests in Monitoring Operations
	The French business intelligence firm I2F and the media monitoring company Argus de la Presse have bought a stake in the start-up Neotia which specializes in monitoring platforms as well as in tracking information and providing analysis to assist in decision-making. (...) [ 144 words ] [ €5 ]

Washington
Diligence’s Fight with IGI
	Early this year (No. 540), Intelligence Online reported that the IPOC equity fund had retained the services of Terry Lenzner’s Investigative Group International (IGI) to help it in its battle against Mikhail Friedman’s Alfa Group that was being advised by the Diligence company. (...) [ 274 words ] [ €5 ]

Paris
Kroll Still Recruiting at DGSE
	Herve Zany, the head of the Paris office of Kroll Consulting, the investigative and business intelligence arm of Kroll, has just hired a former non-commissioned officer at DGSE, Laurent Lebois. (...) [ 80 words ] [ FREE ]

	Moscow
	Fists To Fly in Russian Oil Fray
		Gazprom and Rosneft find themselves in open conflict against a backdrop of political rivalry between their bosses, one of whom was selected as Vladimir Putin’s heir apparent on Dec. 10. (...) [ 304 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Paris
Jacques Beltran
	The French engineering giant (...) [ 5 words ] [ FREE ]

Washington
William Sessions
	A former director of the FBI, William Sessions has just been appointed vice chairman of the advisory board of ExecutiveAction LLC, a firm set up last spring by Neil Livingstone (IOL 545). (...) [ 237 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	Geneva
	European Push against Fake Goods
		Several international companies and organizations are about to set up a center in Switzerland to endorse technology used in the fight against the counterfeiting of goods. (...) [ 265 words ] [ €5 ]

	Paris
	Easing Arms Export Controls?
		The French are pondering the question of how far they should go to facilitate arms exports. The answer will come by next March. (...) [ 298 words ] [ €5 ]