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Issue no. 611 dated 11 february, 2010 rss
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SAUDI ARABIA
Chequebook diplomacy
The economic crisis having dried up their foreign affairs budgets, Western countries are increasingly turning to Saudi Arabia to finance the pacification of the Taliban in Afghanistan, to equip the Pakistan army and pay for the offensive against jihadist camps in Yemen.(...) [ 536 words ] [€8]
ITALY
A military intelligence service
Italy’s military wants its own intelligence service, but parliament fears it won’t be able to oversee the new agency.(...) [ 146 words ] [€5]
CHINA / FRANCE
Beijing’s afraid for Georges Freche
The Chinese embassy in Paris is worrying that left-wing heavyweight Georges Freche may lose his seat as president of the Laguedoc-Roussillon region.(...) [ 244 words ] [€5]
FRANCE
Committee audits intelligence services
France’s parliamentary committee into the intelligence services has been in operation for two years. A report into its activities provides a first assessment of its work.(...) [ 300 words ] [€5]
IRAN / UNITED STATES / SWITZERLAND
Secret negotiations in Geneva
Officially, the Iranian Vice President Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie was in Geneva February 1 to attract investors to the Kish Island Persian Gulf Sea City project (see p.(...) [ 164 words ] [€5]
UNITED KINGDOM
Corruption permit for spies
At a time when British intelligence services are counting on being able to turn Taliban commanders by paying them off, (P.(...) [ 214 words ] [€5]

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UNITED STATES / FRANCE
Pierre Falcone’s private investigator
Pierre Falcone, now behind bars in France, paid for the services of a former CIA chief in Paris.(...) [ 342 words ] [€5]
GEORGIA
NoE highlights Georgian TV plight
A small communications agency, NoE Com was behind Georgia successfully getting the story out about censorship of its TV channel Pervy Kavkazky (First Caucasus) by Eutelsat.(...) [ 200 words ] [€5]
COLOMBIA / EUROPE
Manoeuvring for armoured vehicles
The widely-reported French offer of 40 second hand Leclerc tanks to Colombia has met with scant enthusiasm from Bogota.(...) [ 152 words ] [€5]
FRANCE
A corporate intelligence law
After being out of the limelight for a while (IOL 605) France’s new internal security bill, known as “LOPPSI”, is being examined this week by the French parliament.(...) [ 218 words ] [€5]
UNITED STATES
BIA homes in on liar CEOs
Created in 2001, Business Intelligence Advisors (BIA) apply CIA interrogation technique know-how in the corporate world.(...) [ 190 words ] [€5]
UNITED STATES
Cherkasky’s new corporate baby
The former chairman and CEO of Kroll, Michael Cherkasky, has created a corporate intelligence department at the security group Altegrity (ex-USIS).(...) [ 184 words ] [€5]
UNITED STATES / FRANCE
Pierre Falcone’s private investigator
Pierre Falcone, now behind bars in France, paid for the services of a former CIA chief in Paris.(...) [ 342 words ] [€5]
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