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Issue no. 603 dated 15 october, 2009

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UNITED STATES

Weather Intelligence a Vital Tool

Over the past year, climate change has emerged as a major concern of the American intelligence community. Officially, the agencies are worried about the impact that global warming (famine, floods and the like) will have on the security of the U.(...) [ 539 words ] [€8]

FRANCE
Olivier Buquen

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UNITED STATES
Peter Galbraith

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UNITED STATES
Robert McFarlane

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Somali Pirates Skewer Localisation Systems

Despite their rudimentary methods, the pirates are fully up to date on using sophisticated equipment.(...) [ 352 words ] [€5]

Elektron, Specialist in Legal Interception

The French police used equipment from the Elektron company to monitor conversations of certain protagonists of the Clearstream affair.(...) [ 410 words ] [€5]

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GREY AREAS

IRAN

Setback for Iran's Nuclear Watchdogs

The disappearance of researcher Shamram Amiri during a pilgrimage to Mecca has led to a shakeup in Iran’s nuclear counter-espionage agency.(...) [ 317 words ] [€5]

NORTH KOREA / FRANCE

Pyongyang's Spies in Paris

The arrival of North Korea’s national football squad in France has given French counter-espionage aides a chance to identify Pyongyang’s spy network in the country.(...) [ 175 words ] [€5]

FRANCE

Rivalry Between Elite Police Units

France recently bought the country’s gendarmerie under the wing of the interior ministry instead of the defence ministry. The move stirred rivalry between GIGN and RAID.(...) [ 221 words ] [€5]

FRANCE

Specific Command for French Satellites

Long confined to operating from an office in the defense ministry, France’s military space sector will come under a command of its own next July.(...) [ 313 words ] [€5]

RUSSIA

IDC, Moscow’s Mouthpiece in the West

Ensconced in comfortable offices on the rue de Varenne in the government district of Paris, the Institute pour la Democratie et la Cooperation (IDC) acts as the(...) [ 205 words ] [€5]

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FRANCE - Herve Pelletier, who was imposed as head of the criminal chamber of France's Cour de(...) [ 100 words ] [€1,5]

RUSSIA - SVR Targets Czech Legislators Published early this month, the annual report of the Czech Republic's intelligence agency,(...) [ 92 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Finding an Actor to Play George Smiley The British production company Working Title is currently auditioning to find the right(...) [ 98 words ] [€1,5]

CENTRAL ASIA / UNITED STATES

US Special Forces in Tajikistan

A recent instruction from the Central U.S. Command under the orders of general David Petraeus calls for group No.(...) [ 217 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES - Ronald Burgess, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, is expected to travel in(...) [ 66 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - NRO, which operates American spy satellites, will shortly be endowed with a charter that(...) [ 83 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Spies Interested in Clean Coal Published early this month, the latest report on industrial espionage in the United States(...) [ 113 words ] [€1,5]

CANADA - Permission to Intercept Communications Abroad On Oct. 6, the Federal Court of Canada gave the Canadian Security Intelligence Service(...) [ 103 words ] [€1,5]

SYRIA

What Bachar Said to Abdallah

After several trips were put off in July (IOL 598), Saudi king Abdallah bin Abdulaziz finally made it to Damascus on Oct.(...) [ 115 words ] [€5]

PAKISTAN - ISI, the all-powerful Pakistani intelligence agency, is going to lose its monopoly on(...) [ 82 words ] [€1,5]

ISRAEL - Mossad doesn’t appear worried that its cooperation with its Turkish counterpart, MIT,(...) [ 99 words ] [€1,5]

MIDDLE EAST - Lebanese Shi’ites in the Firing Line Meeting last month in Riyadh, the interior ministers of the six Gulf Cooperation Council(...) [ 87 words ] [€1,5]

NORTH KOREA / FRANCE

Pyongyang's Spies in Paris

The arrival of North Korea’s national football squad in France has given French counter-espionage aides a chance to identify Pyongyang’s spy network in the country.(...) [ 175 words ] [€5]

PAKISTAN - ISI, the all-powerful Pakistani intelligence agency, is going to lose its monopoly on(...) [ 82 words ] [€1,5]

CHINA - Chen Zhimin, appointed deputy minister of the Public Security department (Gonganbu) last(...) [ 126 words ] [€1,5]

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THE RED LINE

RUSSIA

Private British Firms Spy for Russian Shipping Firm

The state-owned oil tanker Sovcomflot, retained the services of British corporate intelligence firms to find evidence in a political and business vendetta.(...) [ 343 words ] [€5]

UNITED KINGDOM

Radnor Casts a Wider Net

Operator of a firing range used by Britain’s special forces and police marksmen, Radnor is seeking contracts in the Gulf and North Africa.(...) [ 177 words ] [€5]

UNITED KINGDOM

Ransom Business to be Outlawed?

An investigation into links between Somali pirates and terrorism could make it illegal for ship owners to pay ransoms.(...) [ 299 words ] [€5]

CHINA / RUSSIA

Cherney Stalks Deripaska in China

Citing British High Court rulings in his favor, Michael Cherney has sent legal warnings to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) and Credit Suisse that could derail(...) [ 224 words ] [€5]

SWEDEN

Vendetta in Private Security Business

Long-standing rivalry between two Swedish special forces units has spilled into the private sector. The Swedish prosecutor’s service recently received several anonymous(...) [ 176 words ] [€5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Gerard Willing, development director of the corporate intelligence firm Inint founded(...) [ 56 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Mike Welton, a consultant with the corporate intelligence firm Montrose Associates for(...) [ 99 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - Olivier Darrason, the chief executive of the CEIS strategic consultancy firm, accompanied(...) [ 95 words ] [€1,5]

INDIA / FRANCE - French Clash Over Two Contracts Fearing that Romania doesn't have the wherewithal to buy 63 French Mirage 2000 fighters(...) [ 110 words ] [€1,5]

RUSSIA - Mobile Fone War Ends As Intelligence Online had predicted would be the case (No 597), the Norwegian telephone(...) [ 64 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES

Krolls in Tug-of-War

Jules Kroll’s new company, K2, has poached executives from his former company, Kroll Inc.(...) [ 246 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES - Veracity Worldwide, a corporate intelligence firm headed by Stephen Fox, has just appointed(...) [ 146 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - A Lobbyist for Investigators Private investigative companies are banding together to defend their interests in Congress.(...) [ 66 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Ex-DARPA Boss Switches to Lobbying Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for nearly a decade, Anthony(...) [ 61 words ] [€1,5]

CHINA / RUSSIA

Cherney Stalks Deripaska in China

Citing British High Court rulings in his favor, Michael Cherney has sent legal warnings to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) and Credit Suisse that could derail(...) [ 224 words ] [€5]

CHINA - Samuel Porteous has left the consultancy Navigant after running the firm’s operations in Asia.(...) [ 72 words ] [€1,5]

CHINA - Hill & Associates, the corporate intelligence and security concern based in Hong Kong,(...) [ 91 words ] [€1,5]

INDIA / FRANCE - French Clash Over Two Contracts Fearing that Romania doesn't have the wherewithal to buy 63 French Mirage 2000 fighters(...) [ 110 words ] [€1,5]

PAKISTAN - Submarine Deal Cooking The Pakistani Navy is keeping its options open even though it is poised to order three(...) [ 74 words ] [€1,5]

ISRAEL

Private Diplomacy in Ashkhabad

Intelligence Online understands that businessman Yosef Maiman was behind a decision by Israel’s foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, to name an Israeli ambassador(...) [ 193 words ] [€5]

PALESTINE - Arafat's Financiers Keep Fighting It Out Wrangling for years with the Palestinian tycoon Munib Masri (IOL 562/581), the Consolidated(...) [ 136 words ] [€1,5]

PAKISTAN - Submarine Deal Cooking The Pakistani Navy is keeping its options open even though it is poised to order three(...) [ 74 words ] [€1,5]

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