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Issue no. 606 dated 26 november, 2009

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STRATEGY

Glencore as Israel’s Wild Card

To deprive Iran of gasoline and force the country to come to the negotiating table regarding its nuclear program, Western nations are turning up the heat on traders who supply Tehran with oil products. While the United States is threatening to adopt a new sanctions bill, Israel is clearly preferring to use its(...) [ 581 words ] [€8]

UNITED STATES
Kevin Halligen

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FRANCE
Claude Gueant

(...) [ 95 words ] [€1,5]
LEBANON
Hassan Nasrallah

(...) [ 91 words ] [€1,5]

How Agencies Listen in on Skype

Although it is encrypted, Skype telephone software on the Internet is complicated but not impossible to intercept.(...) [ 346 words ] [€5]

Rafale's Man in the Emirates

Companies that build France's Rafale fighter aircraft are partners of the same group in the United Arab Emirates headed by a former Air Force commander.(...) [ 416 words ] [€5]

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GREY AREAS

UNITED STATES / SAUDI ARABIA

Riyadh Calls for CIA Help in Yemen

Fighting alongside Yemen’s army against Houti rebels from the Zaidite religious community, Saudi Arabia wants to coordinate its operations with the CIA.(...) [ 348 words ] [€5]

FRANCE

More Money for French Spies

The 2010 allocation for France’s intelligence community depends on Parliament adopting next year’s budget.(...) [ 284 words ] [€5]

FRANCE

When Paris Helped Karadzic and Mladic

A memo that ex interior minister Charles Pasqua made public confirms that Paris backed Bosnian Serbs in 1996.(...) [ 330 words ] [€5]

SPAIN

Ex-Mercenary on Intelligence Mission

A person formerly under contract to Spain’s Centro Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI) has confirmed to Intelligence Online that the agency used illicit methods against(...) [ 194 words ] [€5]

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FRANCE - DCRI, the French domestic intelligence agency, will be affected by a global revision(...) [ 145 words ] [€1,5]

RUSSIA - GRU, the Russian military intelligence agency, plans a major shakeup and intends to shift(...) [ 60 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - DRM, the French military intelligence agency, only had access this summer to images from(...) [ 107 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - The Pocket Squadron Ready to Take Flight The Bordeaux-based firm Fly-n-Sense which specializes in tiny unmanned aerial vehicles(...) [ 105 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - Falcon 50s Take to the Sea Dassault Aviation is about to sign a contract worth EUR 53 million with the French procurements(...) [ 77 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - NSA offered its advice to Microsoft concerning security procedures for its new Windows(...) [ 72 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Office of Naval Intelligence, the US Navy's intelligence service, briefly made public(...) [ 92 words ] [€1,5]

ISRAEL

Shalit's Release Delayed

Despite media reports and leaks by both sides in recent days, the Israeli-French soldier Gilad Shalit who has been held by Hamas for 41 months, is unlikely to be(...) [ 200 words ] [€5]

LEBANON - Hezbollah on Speaking Terms with Army For the first time in the annals of Hezbollah, the Shi’ite movement recently allowed(...) [ 64 words ] [€1,5]

ISRAEL - Elbit System’s Latest Night Vision Device The Israeli firm Elbit Systems unveiled its new Nox night vision system at the Milipol(...) [ 97 words ] [€1,5]

CHINA

Agencies in New Al Qaida Push

With Al Qaida in Islamic Maghreb specially targeting Chinese nationals in North Africa, Beijing has moved to beef up its intelligence operations in Algeria and Mali.(...) [ 136 words ] [€5]

CHINA - Gonganbu to See to Shanghai’s Security Liu Jinguo, deputy minister of the Public Security department (Gonganbu), will be in(...) [ 156 words ] [€1,5]

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THE RED LINE

FRANCE / IRAQ

Paris Wants to Catch Up in Iraq

Far behind London and Washington in the scramble for contracts in Iraq, Paris has set up a system to back its corporations in Baghdad.(...) [ 334 words ] [€5]

FRANCE

Amarante Quizzed on Ariane Deal

Amarante beat out Crisis Consulting last year for a contract to protect the most sensitive components of the Ariane launch rocket. Crisis is trying to challenge the deal.(...) [ 252 words ] [€5]

CENTRAL EUROPE

Firtash & RosGas Vie for Russian Gas

Opposition has sprung up to Rosgas’ takeover of Russian gas networks in central Europe.(...) [ 322 words ] [€5]

BRAZIL / FRANCE

Jungle Law between EADS & Thales

While French defense groups sing the same song when it comes to blue-ribbon contracts in Brazil such as the Rafale fighter and submarines, they compete fiercely(...) [ 177 words ] [€5]

MONACO / UNITED STATES

Investigators Clash over Prince Albert

Represented by lawyer Stanley Arkin, prince Albert of Monaco managed to get a court in California to throw out a suit against him on Nov.(...) [ 226 words ] [€5]

UNITED KINGDOM

The Cost of Investigating a President

Officials in Zambia are now counting the cost of a failed suit against former Zambian president Frederick Chiluba in a case in which the defunct British investigative(...) [ 218 words ] [€5]

FRANCE - Herve Pierre, former world-wide security director of the French dairy concern Danone,(...) [ 76 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Aegis, the private British security concern run by Tim Spicer, has just hired retired(...) [ 113 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - CEIS, a strategic consultancy chaired by Olivier Darrason, recently landed a EUR 300,000(...) [ 56 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Global, a company headed by former Royal Marines commando Damian Perl, has just floated 4.(...) [ 132 words ] [€1,5]

RUSSIA / UNITED STATES - Gazprom’s American Consultants Gazprom Export, subsidiary of the state-owned Russian gas giant, has added to the list(...) [ 71 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE / UNITED STATES - Limited US Access to SWIFT Data Negotiated by former French examining magistrate Jean-Louis Bruguiere, a European agreement giving the U.(...) [ 155 words ] [€1,5]

KURDISTAN / UNITED KINGDOM - The Barzanis Won’t Be Listing in London . As Intelligence Online anticipated would be the case in its 600th issue, a merger between(...) [ 136 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES

Blackwater Sells its Affiliates

The controversial American security firm is seeking a buyer for its intelligence outfit Total Intelligence Solutions.(...) [ 162 words ] [€5]

MONACO / UNITED STATES

Investigators Clash over Prince Albert

Represented by lawyer Stanley Arkin, prince Albert of Monaco managed to get a court in California to throw out a suit against him on Nov.(...) [ 226 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES - Condoleezza Rice and president George W. Bush’s former national security adviser, Stephen(...) [ 85 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Kroll was retained this summer by the Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc.(...) [ 90 words ] [€1,5]

RUSSIA / UNITED STATES - Gazprom’s American Consultants Gazprom Export, subsidiary of the state-owned Russian gas giant, has added to the list(...) [ 71 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - How Much Has the Madoff Investigation Cost? The staff of Irving Picard, the administrator in charge of liquidating Bernard L.(...) [ 97 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE / UNITED STATES - Limited US Access to SWIFT Data Negotiated by former French examining magistrate Jean-Louis Bruguiere, a European agreement giving the U.(...) [ 155 words ] [€1,5]

KURDISTAN / UNITED KINGDOM - The Barzanis Won’t Be Listing in London . As Intelligence Online anticipated would be the case in its 600th issue, a merger between(...) [ 136 words ] [€1,5]

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