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SPOTLIGHT

Washington

World-Wide Hunt for Six Iranian Planes

The aviation industry is in the process of becoming a global battlefield between Iran and the United States. After trying to isolate Iranian banks from world capital markets, Washington is now working to prevent Iran from operating American-made passenger aircraft. (...) [ 668 words ] [ €8 ]

Networks & organizations

Business Intelligence : How Telenor Chooses its Consultants to Counter Alfa [ FREE ]

Political Intelligence

Paris
A Trade-Off at NATO?
	In exchange for returning to NATO’s integrated military command, France wants a key post in the Alliance. (...) [ 305 words ] [ €5 ]

Washington
Obama’s Potential Spy Master
	The former chief of staff to ex CIA director George Tenet, John Brennan, could well take over as head of the agency or become Director of National Intelligence. (...) [ 180 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Washington
Anthony Lake
	Considered along with John Brennan (see opposite) for the posts of CIA director of Director of National Intelligence in Barak Obama’s new administration, Anthony Lake must decide whether he is willing to once again confront Republicans sitting on the Senate intelligence committee. (...) [ 209 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Baghdad
Nawaf Fares
	Syria’s first ambassador to Baghdad in 30 years, general Nawaf Fares was chosen for the highly sensitive post last month for two reasons: (...) [ 183 words ] [ €1,5 ]

Beirut
Mentor Crushes Fatah Al Islam
	Created by Syria, the Jihadist group defied its mentor and participated in an attack in Damascus on Sept. 27. Syria hit back instantly. (...) [ 364 words ] [ €5 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

Beijing
Beijing and Hanoi Gang Up on Taiwan Mobsters
	Bitter enemies in the past, Chinese and Vietnamese intelligence agencies have joined ranks against Chinese criminals in Indochina who are often of Taiwanese origin and considered to act as an unofficial foreign intelligence-gathering arm of Taipei. (...) [ 220 words ] [ €5 ]

Washington
ODNI Recruits in Academia
	Little by little, the office of the director of national intelligence (ODNI) is gaining greatly in sway, to the detriment of a number of American intelligence agencies and notably the CIA. (...) [ 171 words ] [ €5 ]

London
Intelligence a Taboo Subject for Journalists
	The United Kingdom is one of the rare countries in the world in which information about intelligence and security is censured by journalists themselves. (...) [ 163 words ] [ €5 ]

Beirut
Faction Fighting in Hezbollah
	Under the attentive eye of Iranian officials, Hezbollah made every effort to appear united during its 8th Congress which wound up on Nov. (...) [ 131 words ] [ €5 ]

Beirut
Hezbollah’s New Foreign Military Boss
	Hezbollah’s 8th Congress has shaken up the military leadership that conducts the movement’s operations outside of Lebanon. (...) [ 275 words ] [ €5 ]

New Delhi
The Naxalite Threat
	Indian intelligence considers that the Maoist Naxalist movement as the main threat facing the country. (...) [ 272 words ] [ €5 ]

SIGNPOSTS

UNITED STATES - Watchful Eye on Business Jets

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UNITED KINGDOM - New SIGINT Center Already Too Small

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LOOKING AHEAD

Moscow - Whither Moscow?

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Tashkent - Back in Good Odor - Discreetly

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Washington - A Democrat at Homeland Security Department

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Business Intelligence and Lobbying

	London
	New Anti-Piracy Tactics
		The increasing number of attacks by pirates against ships in the Gulf of Aden has prompted some private security companies to offer shipowners all-inclusive packages. (...) [ 242 words ] [ €5 ]

	Washington
	Mintz Group Versus ExecutiveAction
		A corruption case concerning Liberia’s shipping registry has pitted the business intelligence firm Mintz Group against a rival, ExecutiveAction. (...) [ 213 words ] [ €5 ]

FIRMS

New York
Kroll Loses One of Its Units
	The American business intelligence firm Kroll has had to wave goodbye to one of its affiliates, Kroll Zolfo Cooper, a unit specializing in restructuring bankrupt companies. (...) [ 209 words ] [ €5 ]

Washington
Shi’ites Don’t Have It Hard in Bahrain
	Regularly slammed by the State Department for the way it treats its Shi'ite population, which represents 70% of inhabitants but are viewed as second class citizens, the al Khalifa Sunni dynasty in Bahrain has signed a contract with the lobbying concern Patton Boggs run by Democrat Tommy Boggs. (...) [ 166 words ] [ €5 ]

New Delhi
First Computer Forensic Center
	Founded last year, the Indian business intelligence concern Orkash has just opened a Cyber Forensics Laboratory at Gurgaon south of New Delhi. (...) [ 150 words ] [ €5 ]

New York
Fortress Takes On Lost Causes
	A new private investigative firm named Fortress Innocence Group that specializes in wrongful conviction cases has just been set up. (...) [ 140 words ] [ €5 ]

	Moscow
	Telenor Marshals Forces Against Alfa
		Stakeholders in the Russian telephone operator Vimpelcom, Norway’s Telenor and Alfa of Russia, have been using consultants for years to fight one another. (...) [ 372 words ] [ €5 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Washington
David Manning
	Like Robin Renwick, one of his predecessors, the former British ambassador to the United States, David Manning, has just joined the advisory board of the private London intelligence concern Hakluyt. (...) [ 174 words ] [ €1,5 ]

London
Keith McCarthy
	Accused of neglecting the fight against corruption since it put an end to its investigation of alleged bribes paid in connection with BAE Systems’ Al Yamamah 1 and 2 contracts, Britain’s Serious Fraud Office has announced it will nearly double its staff working on such issues, from 65 to 100. (...) [ 198 words ] [ €1,5 ]

	London
	Men Behind Travel Security Services
		Set up in March, Travel Security Services, a joint venture between Control Risks and International SOS, now has independent management. (...) [ 267 words ] [ €5 ]

	Paris
	Business Intelligence Unit for Capital
		A business intelligence plan for the Paris region has just seen the light of day. Operations are to be supervised by a specialized regional unit. (...) [ 280 words ] [ €5 ]