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SPOTLIGHT

Information Warfare

Pentagon Losing Iraqi Broadcasting Battle

Throughout the entire month of January, a shadowy war pitted the American administration against Al Zawraa, a television channel that champions the Sunni insurrection in Iraq. At stake in the conflict is whether the channel, which is currently carried by the Egyptian operator NileSat, can continue to operate. (...) [ 707 words ] [ €8 ]

Networks & organizations

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Political Intelligence

Paris
DGSE Calls in the “Old Boys”
	For the first time, the French foreign intelligence agency DGSE summoned its alumnae to a gathering at its headquarters on the boulevard Mortier in Paris. (...) [ 280 words ] [ €5 ]

Washington
McConnell Champions Data-Mining
	The future Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Mike McConnell, who worked with John Poindexter on the controversial Total Information Awareness program, has defended the use of data-mining in gathering intelligence. (...) [ 173 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Paris
Patrick Calvar
	In taking up the post of deputy director of the French domestic intelligence agency DST, Patrick Calvar will have to fill the large shoes of one of the best-known figures of French intelligence, Jean-Francois Clair. (...) [ 217 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Baghdad
Al Hadi al Ameri
	Since a number of Iranian spies were arrested at the headquarters of the Badr organization in Baghdad in December (IOL 538), the group’s chief, Al Hadi al Ameri, is under close watch by the Americans who seem to have uncovered close ties between him and Iranian intelligence. (...) [ 186 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Riyadh
Lebanon Hottest Issue for Bandar
	Prince Bandar appears determined to see Saudi Arabia play a key role in resolving regional conflicts. (...) [ 422 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

Jerusalem
Military Security Boss Steps from Shadows
	After running the Israeli defense ministry's security bureau MALMAB for over 20 years, Yehiel Horev has finally emerged in the daylight - it was previously forbidden to publish his picture - to succeed Gaby Ashkenazi as director-general of the ministry. (...) [ 316 words ] [ €5 ]

Berlin
What BND Was Up To In Middle East
	Despite his legal wrangles with the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) last year, the journalist and historian Erich Schmidt-Enboom went onto the offensive again this month with a highly detailed account of the German foreign intelligence agency’s clandestine operations in the Middle East over the past 50 years. (...) [ 172 words ] [ €5 ]

London
The U.K. Takes a Shot at Public Diplomacy
	In response to protests from the Foreign Office, Tony Blair rejected a proposal by home secretary John Reid to create a post of under-secretary for the fight against terrorism. (...) [ 221 words ] [ €5 ]

Pyongyang
A Secret Jaunt to Macau
	According to intelligence sources in Hong Kong, Kim Jong-il paid a visit to Macau last autumn. (...) [ 311 words ] [ €5 ]

Damascus
Iran to Supply Zalzal Missiles
	Under the terms of a military pact signed on June 15, 2006, Iran will help Syria improve the precision and range of its missiles. (...) [ 312 words ] [ €5 ]

SIGNPOSTS

NORTH KOREA - White-Knuckle Flier

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LOOKING AHEAD

Washington - Special Operations Man at Commerce Department

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Paris - Military Reviews Communications Strategy

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Washington - McConnell’s Investments

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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	Washington
	IPOC Calls for Help Against Alfa
		The IPOC equity fund recently enrolled two new business intelligence concerns in its battle against Mikhail Friedman’s Alfa group for control of the Russian mobile telephone operator Megafon. (...) [ 235 words ] [ €5 ]

	London
	Garda Buys Firm Linked to Yukos
		After buying out Kroll Security, Canada’s Garda World has acquired the investigative concern GSS Global whose founder worked for years for Yukos. (...) [ 229 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

London
MoD’s Suppliers Target American Market
	The British military services company Detica that specializes in intelligence technologies (interception, data management) has taken a further step towards consolidating its position in the United States by acquiring the defense consultancy DFI International for $39. (...) [ 227 words ] [ €5 ]

Paris
International SOS Installs Servers in France
	The success of its Traveller Locator Service (TLS) in the United States has prompted International SOS to develop the same services in Europe. (...) [ 227 words ] [ €5 ]

Washington
Big Political Gun Teams Up With FTI
	The FTI consultancy, highly active in business intelligence, has just forged a key partnership with Gephardt & Associates, a company run by the former leader of the Democrat majority in the House of Representatives, Richard Gephardt. (...) [ 203 words ] [ €5 ]

	Paolo Alto (California)
	How HP Keeps Watch on Rivals
		A trial pitting Hewlett-Packard against one of its former employees has shed light on the business intelligence practices used by the computer giant. (...) [ 358 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Paris
Patrice Allain-Dupre
	Even though he is highly discreet, Patrice Allain-Dupre happens also to be extremely influential. (...) [ 200 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Washington
Louis Andre
	After serving under two successive directors of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Louis Andre has just taken a job at the U. (...) [ 161 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	Hong Kong
	A Leopard Changes its Spots
		Headed since its inception by former police officials who had belonged to the Royal Hong Kong Police, Hill & Associates is now recruiting executives from the world of finance and consultancy. (...) [ 279 words ] [ €5 ]

	Kiev
	French to Bury Chernobyl Reactor
		Two French groups have taken advantage of the waning influence of the oligarch David Jvania to move into pole position for the deal to bury the Chernobyl reactor. (...) [ 282 words ] [ €5 ]