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Issue no. 607 dated 10 december, 2009

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UNITED STATES/LEBANON

The FBI’s Secret War Against Hezbollah

Last month’s arrest of 10 alleged Hezbollah bankrollers in the United States was but the latest episode in a shadowy war the FBI has been conducting against the Lebanese Shi’ite movement. In conjunction with foreign intelligence as well as the CIA and the US Treasury Department, the FBI is working to track down Hezbollah’s network outside of Lebanon, which could be working on Iran’s behalf.(...) [ 532 words ] [€7]

FRANCE
Luc Vigneron

(...) [ 96 words ] [€1,3]
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Mike Hindmarsh

(...) [ 69 words ] [€1,3]
UNITED STATES
Erik Prince

(...) [ 114 words ] [€1,3]

Armed Forces Want 4 Dimension Maps

Military maps of the future will all integrate distance, a terrain’s characteristics and important weather data.(...) [ 326 words ] [€4]

The EU Maps Out Critical Infrastructure

A European Task Force is drawing up an inventory of vital infrastructure in the EU, as well as identifying the most innovative technology to protect it.(...) [ 405 words ] [€4]

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GRAY AREAS

SAUDI ARABIA

Riyadh Seeks Excuses for Setbacks in Yemen

After accusing Iran, Saudi Arabia is now explaining away the tough resistance of Houti rebels by claiming they have forged an alliance with Jihadist movements.(...) [ 371 words ] [€4]

FRANCE

New Intelligence Boss at DGSE

After holding the job for six years, the director of intelligence at France’s DGSE is about to leave. His successor could come from the interior ministry.(...) [ 188 words ] [€4]

GEORGIA

Moscow Keeps Tight Watch on Abkhazia

Elections are scheduled for Dec. 12 in the self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia. The ballot will consolidate Russia’s strategic and financial interests.(...) [ 317 words ] [€4]

KOSOVO

Eulex Caught Between Rival Factions

The European Union’s rule of law mission in Kosovo (Eulex) has been forced to arbitrate in a nasty conflict between the Democratic League of Kosovo (DLK) founded by the late Ibrahim Rugova and the Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK) headed by prime minister Hashim Thaci.(...) [ 145 words ] [€4]

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FRANCE - Bertrand Ract-Madoux, chief-of-staff to DGSE director Erard Corbin de Mangoux, is expected(...) [ 66 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED KINGDOM - The GCHQ last month opened its doors to members of the House of Lord’s EU and Home Affairs(...) [ 87 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED KINGDOM - The ISC, a British parliamentary panel that oversees the activities of the country’s(...) [ 130 words ] [€1,3]

EUROPEAN UNION - How the Agreement on SWIFT was reached According to our sources, it was Belgium's decision to give the FBI access to documents(...) [ 97 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED KINGDOM - Spies Don't Have Addresses The British government has enacted two laws preventing company registrars and consular(...) [ 82 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED STATES - Joseph DeTrani is the new director of the American intelligence community’s National(...) [ 125 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED STATES - Norman Hayes has been appointed the new intelligence chief (J2) on the staff of the U.(...) [ 61 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED STATES - Avoiding Espionage on Yahoo On Dec. 2, the web site Cryptome.org published a guidebook from Yahoo that was meant(...) [ 81 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED STATES - The Cold Cyberwar Has Begun Devoted to digital warfare, the latest report on computer crime by the anti-virus publisher(...) [ 103 words ] [€1,3]

AFGHANISTAN

Taliban Pass Through Tajikistan

Western intelligence agencies are faced with a fresh development: in addition to the insurrection in Kunduz province in Afghanistan, new hotbeds of Taliban resistance have sprung up on the country’s border with Tajikistan.(...) [ 194 words ] [€4]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

The Nahyans Angry with Maktoums

Abu Dhabi’s ruling family made no public statements following the Nov. 25 announcement that the debt of leading companies in Dubai would need to be restructured.(...) [ 207 words ] [€4]

AFGHANISTAN - Traffickers Take A Shine to Dubai According to a report put together for members of the U.(...) [ 121 words ] [€1,3]

INDIA

Anti-Terrorism the Poor Relative

A year after the deadly attack on Mumbai by the Pakistani Lashkar-e-Toiba movement, India still doesn’t have an anti-terrorist unit worthy of the name.(...) [ 230 words ] [€4]

AFGHANISTAN

Taliban Pass Through Tajikistan

Western intelligence agencies are faced with a fresh development: in addition to the insurrection in Kunduz province in Afghanistan, new hotbeds of Taliban resistance have sprung up on the country’s border with Tajikistan.(...) [ 194 words ] [€4]

INDIA - A. B. Mathur, who was named special secretary of India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW),(...) [ 111 words ] [€1,3]

AFGHANISTAN - Traffickers Take A Shine to Dubai According to a report put together for members of the U.(...) [ 121 words ] [€1,3]

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THE RED LINE

SAUDI ARABIA/EUROPE/ISRAEL

A Wild Rush for Turkmenistan's Oil

With backing from their respective governments, Petrosaudi, Italy’s ENI, Total from France and Israel’s Merhav are all fighting for a piece of Turkemistan’s oil.(...) [ 367 words ] [€4]

UNITED KINGDOM

AKE Buys Back Freedom of Action

Two years after being sold to Cerberus Security Group, the private security concern AKE has been bought back by its management and can thus run its own affairs again.(...) [ 231 words ] [€4]

FRANCE

Market Research for France’s Military

The French defence ministry’s strategic forecasting unit has a budget of EUR 9.8 million for 2010. Consultants are lining up for contracts.(...) [ 300 words ] [€4]

FRANCE - Control Risks has officially opened its liaison bureau in France run by an former French(...) [ 101 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED KINGDOM - Kroll Inc. may content itself in future with leasing its name to influence business deals.(...) [ 125 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED KINGDOM - Kevin Halligen, who founded the security concerns Red Defense and Oakley, was arrested on Nov.(...) [ 115 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED KINGDOM - Foreign Office Puts Foot Down on Ransoms Although it authorized the payment of ransoms for hijacked ships and their foreign crews(...) [ 89 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED KINGDOM/UNITED STATES - How Much was an Obama Adviser Worth? Named deputy national security adviser for counter-terrorism in the White House on Jan.(...) [ 159 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED STATES

Active Retirement for Duane Clarridge

At the age of 77, Duane Clarridge hasn’t the least intention of slowing down. According to our sources, the CIA veteran has formed a small private security concern based in Tampa, Florida and named Specom.(...) [ 179 words ] [€4]

UNITED STATES - Clarification - Aegis LLC Clarification.Kristi Clemens remains president of Aegis LLC following the appointment(...) [ 69 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED STATES - Dyncorp, a security firm that rents helicopters to American diplomats in Baghdad, fired(...) [ 73 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED STATES - Verasys, a corporate intelligence firm run by the former number two man in the Drug Enforcement(...) [ 110 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED STATES - KKR Invests in Intelligence Unlike its counterpart Carlyle (IOL 571), the buy-out fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR)(...) [ 106 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED KINGDOM/UNITED STATES - How Much was an Obama Adviser Worth? Named deputy national security adviser for counter-terrorism in the White House on Jan.(...) [ 159 words ] [€1,3]

CHINA

Great Leap Forward for G4S

In snapping up Hill & Associates in Hong Kong, security giant G4s has bolstered its position in Asia but also partly diversified into consultancy.(...) [ 185 words ] [€4]

CHINA

Spy Academy Grads Take Private Jobs

A key figure in Chinese intelligence, the historian Zhu Yingquan, attended a conference on economic globalization at the University of Tokyo on Nov.(...) [ 240 words ] [€4]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Experts Argue over Waters’ Danger

Engaged in an aggressive lobbying campaign against his father, who stripped him of his title, the former crown prince of Ras al Khaimah (IOL 589/605), sheikh Khalid Bin Saqr al Qasimi, tried to turn a legal battle about starting the next America’s Cup in the emirate on Feb.(...) [ 193 words ] [€4]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Vultures Seen in Dubai's Skies Betting that Dubai Holding, a company owned by sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,(...) [ 90 words ] [€1,3]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Home Stretch in Race for Power Plant Abu Dhabi will announce the winner of the competition to build a nuclear power plant(...) [ 122 words ] [€1,3]

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