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618

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Issue no. 618 dated 27 may, 2010

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DEFENCE

NATO in the red

In deficit to the tune of €430 million in 2009, NATO has serious budgetary difficulties, according to information gleaned by Intelligence Online. The organisation’s problems are so great that reforming the way it administers its finances has become a priority. Spending on all fronts - At the beginning of 2010,(...) [ 546 words ] [€8]

UNITED STATES / FRANCE
Bernard Bajolet

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RUSSIA
Oleg Deripaska

(...) [ 83 words ] [€1,5]
UNITED STATES / SYRIA
John Kerry

(...) [ 93 words ] [€1,5]

Infiltrating the military with fake routers

The FBI is clamping down on Chinese counterfeits of Cisco routers, which present a risk for sensitive networks.(...) [ 308 words ] [€5]

Firebird, an American in Pyongyang

Despite worsening relations with its Southern neighbour, a few discreet U.S. financiers have opened for business in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.(...) [ 433 words ] [€5]

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GREY AREAS

IRAN

Tehran's special Sunni friends

The Revolutionary Guards have always cultivated close ties with elements of the Jihadist movement, whose operations tie in with their own interests.(...) [ 380 words ] [€5]

CHINA / RUSSIA

Cheng Fenxiang goes to Moscow

At the behest of China's International Liaison Department, the Chinese intelligence services are strengthening their links with their counterparts in Russia.(...) [ 193 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES / FRANCE

Bugging the chief of the DGSE

Immediately before the Director of National Intelligence in the United States tried to forge a non-aggression pact between American and French intelligence (see(...) [ 183 words ] [€5]

ESTONIA

NATO lines up virtual brigades

NATO organised virtual manoeuvres, Baltic Cyber Shield, involving six member countries, at the beginning of May.(...) [ 153 words ] [€5]

EUROPEAN UNION

Sniffing out bomb-makers

Detecting bombs in public places can be a hit-and-miss affair, while the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is on the rise.(...) [ 197 words ] [€5]

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RUSSIA - The FSB, Russia's internal intelligence service, has been granted permission to have(...) [ 85 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Peter Ricketts has been appointed National Security Advisor to Britain’s new Conservative(...) [ 70 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES

Obama’s spymaster is out

Candidates are not queuing up to replace outgoing Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair. Compared with the all-powerful CIA, the ODNI seriously lacks political clout.(...) [ 223 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES / FRANCE

Bugging the chief of the DGSE

Immediately before the Director of National Intelligence in the United States tried to forge a non-aggression pact between American and French intelligence (see(...) [ 183 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES - The DIA has selected a pool of 11 companies to be its exclusive information technology subcontractors.(...) [ 117 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - The NSA is the only U.S. intelligence agency whose errors on the eve of the attempted(...) [ 106 words ] [€1,5]

IRAN / UNITED STATES - US has no prisoners left to swap The Iraqi government, which took back control of the country’s prisons last summer, is(...) [ 118 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Interception technology race Intelligence services all over the world are working on developing their capacity to(...) [ 110 words ] [€1,5]

SAUDI ARABIA

Abdallah grapples with Mutaween

As he struggles to fight jihadists outside the country’s borders, Saudi Arabia’s ruler is out-manoeuvred by religious extremists on home turf.(...) [ 302 words ] [€5]

LEBANON - Georges Qaraa has been appointed the new head of Lebanese State Security, one of four(...) [ 78 words ] [€1,5]

AFGHANISTAN - NATO tightens its belt Nearly 75% of the costs incurred by NATO’s International Security Assistance Force in(...) [ 71 words ] [€1,5]

IRAN / UNITED STATES - US has no prisoners left to swap The Iraqi government, which took back control of the country’s prisons last summer, is(...) [ 118 words ] [€1,5]

NORTH KOREA / IRAN - Preserving links with Tehran Jo In-chol So Se-pyongin nuclear and weapons technology, as well as in bunker and underground(...) [ 16 words ] [FREE]

IRAQ - Strategic oil pipeline To seal its alliance with Bagdad, Tehran is urging the Iraqi authorities to export some(...) [ 118 words ] [€1,5]

CHINA / RUSSIA

Cheng Fenxiang goes to Moscow

At the behest of China's International Liaison Department, the Chinese intelligence services are strengthening their links with their counterparts in Russia.(...) [ 193 words ] [€5]

AFGHANISTAN - NATO tightens its belt Nearly 75% of the costs incurred by NATO’s International Security Assistance Force in(...) [ 71 words ] [€1,5]

NORTH KOREA / IRAN - Preserving links with Tehran Jo In-chol So Se-pyongin nuclear and weapons technology, as well as in bunker and underground(...) [ 16 words ] [FREE]

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THE RED LINE

UNITED STATES / EUROPE

Traders discover industrial espionage

Hedge funds and banks specialising in high-frequency trading, a business that involves heavy start-up costs, monitor each other actively.(...) [ 317 words ] [€5]

UNITED KINGDOM / UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

GPW has eyes in the East

The City-based private investigation firm is opening a bureau in Dubai that will cover the Persian Gulf and Central Asian regions.(...) [ 159 words ] [€5]

FRANCE

Private consultants in port security

Some 15 companies are now involved in bringing security in French ports and on board French vessels up to the latest international norms.(...) [ 224 words ] [€5]

FRANCE / KYRGYZSTAN

Oil king surfaces in Paris

NATO’s exclusive supplier of Kerosene in Bagram and Manas is living in France.(...) [ 291 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES / UKRAINE

Kroll rights wrongs in Kiev

After promoting a documentary film that accuses his rival Yulia Timoshenko of corruption (IOL 617), President Viktor Yanukovych ’s pro-Russian inner circle is now probing the previous regime’s finances.(...) [ 169 words ] [FREE]

RUSSIA

Ikea investigators in crossfire

A series of internal leaks coming from Ikea’s operations in Russia are affecting consultants working for the Swedish furniture giant.(...) [ 180 words ] [€5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Stuart Poole-Robb, who left the corporate intelligence firm Merchant International Group(...) [ 72 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - CforC, the new firm set up by Hakluyt founder Christopher |James, has helped the Zimbabwean(...) [ 115 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES / EUROPE - Daimler not quite off the hook Having obtained a deal and a settlement of $185 million from the German group Daimler(...) [ 123 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - Libya hesistates over Rafale Intelligence Online has learned that Saadi Gaddafi, the son of Libyan leader Colonel(...) [ 93 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - On the offensive The Reseau Corneille, (Corneille Network) is organising an invitation-only conference(...) [ 69 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES / UKRAINE

Kroll rights wrongs in Kiev

After promoting a documentary film that accuses his rival Yulia Timoshenko of corruption (IOL 617), President Viktor Yanukovych ’s pro-Russian inner circle is now probing the previous regime’s finances.(...) [ 169 words ] [FREE]

UNITED STATES / KAZAKHSTAN

Lobbyists in court

The U.S. businessman DaVinci Hourani has filed a suit in Washington against lobbying firms working for Kazakhstan. DaVinci Hourani is the main shareholder in Caratube(...) [ 234 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES - Navigant has acquired the New York-based corporate intelligence agency Daylight Forensic(...) [ 73 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - James Lee Witt, the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)(...) [ 83 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Red24, the private security firm, has been picked by Allied World Assurance Company to(...) [ 78 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES / EUROPE - Daimler not quite off the hook Having obtained a deal and a settlement of $185 million from the German group Daimler(...) [ 123 words ] [€1,5]

IRAQ / UNITED STATES - The army is leaving, its messengers remain While the U.S. Army is progressively scaling back its presence in Iraq, it has extended(...) [ 52 words ] [€1,5]

NORTH KOREA - Daedong Credit Bank Ken Frost, who is on the board of directors of the Pyongyang-based Daedong Credit Bank,(...) [ 42 words ] [FREE]

UNITED KINGDOM / UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

GPW has eyes in the East

The City-based private investigation firm is opening a bureau in Dubai that will cover the Persian Gulf and Central Asian regions.(...) [ 159 words ] [€5]

FRANCE / KYRGYZSTAN

Oil king surfaces in Paris

NATO’s exclusive supplier of Kerosene in Bagram and Manas is living in France.(...) [ 291 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES / KAZAKHSTAN

Lobbyists in court

The U.S. businessman DaVinci Hourani has filed a suit in Washington against lobbying firms working for Kazakhstan. DaVinci Hourani is the main shareholder in Caratube(...) [ 234 words ] [€5]

IRAQ / UNITED STATES - The army is leaving, its messengers remain While the U.S. Army is progressively scaling back its presence in Iraq, it has extended(...) [ 52 words ] [€1,5]

IRAN / MALAYSIA - Kuala Lumpur, Tehran's refinery Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC), a group controlled 63% by the national(...) [ 140 words ] [€1,5]

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