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SPOTLIGHT

Washington

Chinks in the Computer Armor

The first organization in 1999 to point out the risks run by the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies in using foreign and potentially manipulated software, the Defense Science Board (DSB) rang the alarm again in its latest report, Mission Impact of Foreign Influence on DOD Software. (...) [ 661 words ] [ €8 ]

Networks & organizations

London : Consultants Proxies in New Russian Oligarch Fight [ FREE ]

Political Intelligence

Moscow
Agency In-Fighting Around Putin
	Tempers are rising among leading figures in Russia’s security establishment who gravitate around Vladimir Putin. (...) [ 284 words ] [ €5 ]

Washington
Study of Breakthrough Technology
	The Pentagon has asked the former boss of In-Q-Tel to conduct a study on recent scientific breakthroughs that could threaten its technological superiority. (...) [ 167 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Beijing
Ling Jihua
	Shortly before the Chinese Communist Party’s 17th Congress last month, Ling Jihua was promoted within the Central Committee to head the Bureau of General Affairs and oversee the communist party’s internal security. (...) [ 225 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Gaza Strip
Nizar Rayan
	The driving political figure behind Hamas’ Executive Force, Nizar Rayan argued for a cancellation of celebrations marking the third anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s death in the Gaza strip early this week. (...) [ 166 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Iran
Al Qods People in Iraq
	The elite unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the Al Qods brigade headed by the all-powerful general Qassem Suleimani, is Iran’s fighting force in Iraq. (...) [ 388 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

Moscow
Rogozin Gets Marching Orders to NATO
	The next Russian ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will be Dimitri Rogozin who is to take over from Constantin Totsky. (...) [ 191 words ] [ €5 ]

Paris
Gendarmes No Longer Under by Defense Ministry
	Initially scheduled for November 15, an encounter between French president Nicolas Sarkozy and 2,000 policemen and gendarmes has been put back to an unspecified date. (...) [ 193 words ] [ €5 ]

Berlin
Changes Ahead at BND
	The annual conference of the German foreign intelligence agency Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) was held in Berlin on Nov. 1 as the service girded itself for major changes to come. (...) [ 131 words ] [ €5 ]

Washington
Former CIA Aide Lands Top Pentagon Post
	As Intelligence Online anticipated in last December (IOL 536), the White House last week nominated Mary Beth Long, a former aide in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, to the post of assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. (...) [ 133 words ] [ €5 ]

Georgia
Turning on the Opposition
	Trained to fight against Russian intelligence operations, Georgia’s security forces are now focussing a lot more on combating domestic opponents. (...) [ 284 words ] [ €5 ]

Damascus
Tighter Ties with Pyongyang
	Cooperation between Syria and North Korea was the indirect target of an Israeli air attack on the Dair el Zor base in September but it shows no signs of letting up. (...) [ 262 words ] [ €5 ]

SIGNPOSTS

FRANCE - Fewer Hired but Better Pay

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LOOKING AHEAD

Pristina - No Additional Manpower for NATO Contingent

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Washington - A Financial Director for DNI

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London - Vacancy at MI6 for Technology Innovation Chief

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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	London
	Kroll Hires Leading French Aide
		The long-standing deputy of the French government’s top business intelligence official Alain Juillet, Bechir Mana, joined the European headquarters of Kroll in London on Nov. 12. (...) [ 246 words ] [ €5 ]

	Beijing
	Suspicions About Confucius Institute
		Established abroad to promote the teaching of Mandarin Chinese, Confucius Institutes may be helping to transfer technology to Chinese companies. (...) [ 201 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

Washington
Abraxas Spreads Wings in Aeronautics Industry
	Up to now confined to providing consulting services to American intelligence agencies, the Abraxas group run by Hollis Helms, former director of the CIA’s national resources division, has acquired the aeronautics consulting concern Aerodyne Incorporated. (...) [ 190 words ] [ €5 ]

Paris
Language Weaver Sets Up Shop
	The start-up concern Language Weaver that specializes in automatic translation solutions and works for several American intelligence and security agencies intends to set up an office in Paris to offer its goods to private companies but also governments in southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. (...) [ 150 words ] [ €5 ]

Washington
Veracity Builds Up Capacity in the Middle East
	Already benefiting from input and advice from Frank Anderson, former head of the CIA’s Near East department (IOL), the firm Veracity Worldwide run by Stephen Fox has hired a new specialist in the region. (...) [ 167 words ] [ €5 ]

London
BAE Strengthens Legal Shield
	Although an investigation by Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into alleged bribes paid in connection with the Al Yamamah 1 and 2 contracts in Saudi Arabia was halted, BAE Systems recently recruited a number of lawyers to help prepare itself for future problems of the same nature. (...) [ 152 words ] [ €5 ]

	London
	Private Eye for Racing Teams
		Formula 1 racing teams are turning increasingly to consultants to back up their accusations of industrial espionage. (...) [ 345 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Washington
Mark Ronald
	Ten months after quitting his job as CEO of the American branch of BAE Systems, Mark Ronald has been named special adviser to the Veritas Capital fund run by Robert McKeon. (...) [ 214 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Singapore
Chris Leahy
	In a further push to build up its business in Asia (IOL 528/551), Kroll’s consulting service group has hired newsman Chris Leahy to run its office in Singapore. (...) [ 179 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	Paris
	Wider Brief for Sofresa
		Soon to be headed by France’s chief of naval staff, an armaments agency specializing in Saudi Arabia could shortly be dealing with the entire Middle East. (...) [ 320 words ] [ €5 ]

	London
	Jockeying for Nuclear Contracts
		Nuclear energy groups are cultivating their relations with the United Kingdom as George Brown’s government prepares to put out major contracts out to tender. (...) [ 273 words ] [ €5 ]