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Issue no. 623 dated 26 august, 2010

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PRIVATE SECURITY

Sarkozy eyes war zone contracts

French president Nicolas Sarkozy is keen for French companies to secure a bigger slice of the lucrative war-zone private security market, dominated by British and American groups such as Control Risks and Xe, formerly Blackwater.(...) [ 520 words ] [€8]

IRAQ
Ismael al-Lami

(...) [ 104 words ] [€1,5]
UNITED STATES
Jack Devine

(...) [ 71 words ] [€1,5]
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan

(...) [ 105 words ] [€1,5]

DIY mobile phone tapping

The interception of mobile telephone calls requires a costly tapping device. Now, however, there is a low-cost alternative.(...) [ 324 words ] [€5]

Private armies prefer offshore

Britain’s Aegis, one of the world’s biggest private security firms, has moved from London to Basel in Switzerland. Its competitors operate out of Dubai.(...) [ 380 words ] [€5]

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GREY AREAS

LEBANON

Hezbollah seeks high ground in opinion over STL

Hezbollah wants put the skids under the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, to prevent its followers from being accused of complicity in Rafik Hariri’s death.(...) [ 358 words ] [€5]

FRANCE

Spies swap services

The time for tearing down walls within France’s intelligence community has come. Several top DGSE members are going to switch over to the DCRI.(...) [ 219 words ] [€5]

EUROPEAN UNION

Torrejon’s new missions

Following a major crisis in 2009, the EU’s Satellite Centre is undergoing a wide-ranging reform.(...) [ 327 words ] [€5]

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FRANCE - Erard Corbin de Mangoux, director of the DGSE, now deals personally with relations with(...) [ 59 words ] [€1,5]

ITALY - Ignazio La Russa, the defence minister, in July authorised the creation of an exclusively(...) [ 109 words ] [€1,5]

GERMANY - The BND has launched an investigation into twelve former intelligence agents whose CVs(...) [ 80 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - Death of a pioneer The Parisian investigative journalist Pascal Krop, 54, has died after an illness.(...) [ 123 words ] [€1,5]

RUSSIA - French Mistral deal would include bases If Paris wins the contract, currently under negotiation, to build two Mistral-class command(...) [ 120 words ] [€1,5]

FRANCE - Like father, like son The names that crop up in the soon-to-be-published "Carnets” (Diaries) of Louis Rivet,(...) [ 113 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - John D. Bennett last month replaced Michael Sulick as head of the CIA’s National Clandestine(...) [ 100 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - The NGA has awarded a new $7.3 billion contract to two of its principal sub-contractors,(...) [ 68 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - The CIA looks for hidden links on the internet In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s capital risk fund, has invested in Recorded Future, a company that(...) [ 93 words ] [€1,5]

ISRAEL

Internal strife at General staff

Amid a serious crisis of trust in the military establishment, on August 22 Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced he would appoint General Yoav Galant as the next Chief of Staff.(...) [ 252 words ] [€5]

BAHRAIN

An anti-Shi’ite service

King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa held a meeting of the country’s secular leaders mid-August to plan security for parliamentary elections, due to take place on October 23.(...) [ 153 words ] [€5]

AFGHANISTAN - Nabil Rahmatullah replaced Saleh Amrullah in July as head of the National Security Directorate,(...) [ 125 words ] [€1,5]

CHINA / VIETNAM

Chinese fish in the Mekong

Chinese moles are reported to have infiltrated Vietnamese military intelligence.(...) [ 215 words ] [€5]

CHINA

APL taps Asia

The 3rd Department of the People’s Liberation Army (APL), in charge of interceptions, is reviewing its network of listening stations in Asia and is reinforcing(...) [ 132 words ] [€5]

AFGHANISTAN - Nabil Rahmatullah replaced Saleh Amrullah in July as head of the National Security Directorate,(...) [ 125 words ] [€1,5]

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THE RED LINE

PAKISTAN

Zardari's Paris shopping trip

Pakistan and France are secretly negotiating a major arms deal for equipment destined for use against Taliban camps.(...) [ 358 words ] [€5]

FRANCE

Risk & Co’s allies in the Gulf

After opening a bureau in Dubai in 2009, Bruno Delamotte’s firm has teamed with Olive and Garda to develop its business in the Middle East.(...) [ 238 words ] [€5]

FRANCE

Dark side of green business

France’s financial investigation brigade is probing CO2 trading fraud.(...) [ 320 words ] [€5]

FRANCE - ESL & Network, the firm founded by Patrice Alain Dupre, is among numerous candidates(...) [ 81 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Simon Barker, former head of kidnapping resolution at Control Risks, has joined the Anglo-Danish(...) [ 110 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - GPW,Patrick Grayson’s corporate intelligence firm, has a new advisory board member, Charles Lawton.(...) [ 83 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Polly Springer, who led the Serious Fraud Office investigation into Bernard Madoff, is(...) [ 87 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED KINGDOM - Divorce precedent A July 31 Court of Appeal decision barring the admission of stolen documents in the high-profile(...) [ 160 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES

Faux pas and defection at Kroll

With the ink still fresh on the deal that closed the firm’s acquisition by Altegrity, Kroll is grabbing attention for other, less welcome, reasons.(...) [ 205 words ] [€5]

UNITED STATES - James Lee Witt, who bought back his firm Witt Associates from Global Options in May this(...) [ 92 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - David Kilcullen, former counter-insurgency advisor to U.S. General David Petraeus in(...) [ 101 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Investigators take up metal detection The US’s new Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act (IOL 622) requires industrial(...) [ 83 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - New rules for ex-CIA lobbyists Former CIA agents who go to work in the private sector are now forbidden from contacting(...) [ 103 words ] [€1,5]

UNITED STATES - Serbian suit against MPRI A group calling itself Genocide Victims of Krajina filed a lawsuit with the Federal Court(...) [ 109 words ] [€1,5]

AFGHANISTAN

Race to fill U.S. Army’s tank

Rival bidders are going full throttle for the lucrative contract to supply jet fuel and petrol to U.S. Army’s Manas base in Kyrgyzstan, which is an integral part(...) [ 249 words ] [€5]

AFGHANISTAN - Watan Risk cleans up act Following President Hamid Karzai’s criticism of private security firms on August 7, the(...) [ 90 words ] [€1,5]

TURKEY

Private security: Israelis still on duty

Officially, relations may have cooled between Tel Aviv and Ankara, but in the security business it is another matter. Israeli groups continue to outbid the competition(...) [ 197 words ] [€5]

AFGHANISTAN

Race to fill U.S. Army’s tank

Rival bidders are going full throttle for the lucrative contract to supply jet fuel and petrol to U.S. Army’s Manas base in Kyrgyzstan, which is an integral part(...) [ 249 words ] [€5]

SAUDI ARABIA

King to intervene in Saad/AHAB spat

New York and the Caiman Islands having said they are not competent to arbitrate between warring Saad and Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Bros (AHAB), the bankrupt Saudi conglomerates which have mutually accused each another of causing their simultaneous financial downfall, will have to settle their affairs in Saudi Arabia.(...) [ 157 words ] [FREE]

AFGHANISTAN - Watan Risk cleans up act Following President Hamid Karzai’s criticism of private security firms on August 7, the(...) [ 90 words ] [€1,5]

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