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  Intelligence Online N°569  - 24/04/2008     SUBSCRIBE
  SPOTLIGHT
Intelligence
Image Analysis Teachers Much in Demand
On sale since this February, pictures from the TErraSAR-X satellite operated by Infoterra have brought precise radar imagery (a ground resolution of less than 1 metre) within the reach of one and all. (...)  [ 660 words ] [ $8,2 ]
     Networks & organizations
  France :  Competitive Intelligence Club Spreads its Wings  [ FREE ]  
  Political Intelligence

Paris
“Pirate-Mer” Shows its Stuff
Directed by president Nicolas Sarkozy, personnel involved in the release of the crew of the Ponent cruise ship applied procedures of France’s “Pirate-Mer” (Sea Pirate) plan for the first time. (...)  [ 338 words ] [ $4,7 ]

Washington
Testing Time for Cyber Command
The future U.S. Cyber Command is facing a shortage of suitable recruits as well as the hostility of other commands. (...)  [ 146 words ] [ $4,7 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Paris
Jacques Bongrand
The Research and Technology Organization (RTO) which sees to exchanges of technical information in NATO and sets the guidelines for the Alliance's research strategy, is supervised by a Research & Technology Agency based in the Paris suburb of Neuilly. (...)  [ 182 words ] [ $1,5 ]

Tehran
M. Bagher Ghalibaf
A rival of president Mahmud Ahmadinejad in the 2005 elections, the mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibat , is already positioning himself to become the candidate of the moderate camp in the next presidential election scheduled for 2009 (also see Page 4). (...)  [ 208 words ] [ $1,5 ]

Gaza Strip
The Tunnel War
Neither Israel nor Egypt has managed to destroy the tunnel network that supplies Hamas and enables it to send its fighters to train in Iran or Lebanon. (...)  [ 394 words ] [ $4,7 ]

ORGANIZATIONS

Beijing
Taking Fresh Look at Intelligence on France
China's political intelligence agencies failed to anticipate the incidents which marred the passing of the Olympic torch in Paris two weeks ago. (...)  [ 310 words ] [ $4,7 ]

New Delhi
India’s New Intelligence Experts
In mid-April, Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh confirmed the appointment of seven new members out of 13 on the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), a consultative body linked to the National Security Council that has been headed since 2005 by Mayankote Kelath Narayanan , former chief of the Intelligence Bureau . (...)  [ 252 words ] [ $4,7 ]

Washington
Who’s Going to Approve the Intelligence Budget?
With the director of national intelligence, Mike McConnell , currently speaking behind closed doors in Congress about his budget for 2009, two Senate committees - the intelligence panel and the appropriations committee - are engaged in a tug of war over the same subject. (...)  [ 149 words ] [ $4,7 ]

Tehran
Rafsanjani Targeted in Bomb Attack
The blast that killed 15 and wounded 200 in a mosque at Chiraz in southern Iran targeted former president Rafsanjani, according to our sources. (...)  [ 290 words ] [ $4,7 ]

Kabul
Anti-Guerilla Tactics in Afghanistan
The French Army is mulling the lessons from the latest operations of its 27th mountain infantry brigade in Afghanistan. (...)  [ 262 words ] [ $4,7 ]

SIGNPOSTS
UNITED KINGDOM - MI7 Could Take Over Fraud Probes
 [ 126 words ] [ $1,5 ]

LOOKING AHEAD
Paris - When BND Worked Hand in Glove with Siemens
 [ 122 words ] [ $1,5 ]

Washington - Literary Agent the Perfect Cover
 [ 142 words ] [ $1,5 ]

London - From MI5 to the House of Lords
 [ 128 words ] [ $1,5 ]

  Business Intelligence and Lobbying

Paris
Risk & Co Licks its Wounds
The dispute that pitted Bruno Delamotte against Philippe Legorjus after the June, 2006 merger of their two companies took a toll on the new company, Risk & Co., in 2007. (...)  [ 320 words ] [ $4,7 ]

London
New International Play for G4S
After buying up the protective security services concern ArmourGroup, G4S is setting up a new private security department. (...)  [ 308 words ] [ $4,7 ]

FIRMS

Washington
New Lobbyist for Yukos
The GMI holding company, leading stakeholder in the defunct Russian oil company run in the past by Mikhail Khodorkovsky , has retained the services of BKSH & Associates , an affiliate of Burson-Marsteller , to represent its interests. (...)  [ 170 words ] [ $4,7 ]

Brussels
Information Security in Europe
Establish standard rules on defending assets and ensuring economic security in conjunction with the European Commission. That's a project of Remy Pautrat , president of France’s Institut d’Etudes et de Recherche pour la Securite des Entreprise (Study and Research Institute for Corporate Security: (...)  [ 182 words ] [ $4,7 ]

London
A Former Home Office Minister Consultant at KPMG
One of the British Labour party's leading experts on police affairs and domestic security, Charles Clarke , a legislator from Norwich South, has just been retained as a consultant by KPMG . (...)  [ 161 words ] [ $4,7 ]

Santa Monica (California)
Former Bush Envoy in Iraq Quits Lobbying Job
Employed since December, 2004 by Barbour Griffith & Rogers (now BGR Holding ), former diplomat Robert Blackwill plans to leave the lobbying concern to devote himself to research and to re-join the Rand Corporation on Aug. (...)  [ 123 words ] [ $4,7 ]

Paris
Total Banishes Elf’s Ghosts
Under pressure from go-betweens found guilty in cases involving Elf, Total first tried to compromise and then switched its strategy. (...)  [ 287 words ] [ $4,7 ]

DECISION MAKERS

Brussels
William Echikson
An American journalist and bureau manager of the Dow Jones news agency in Brussels between 2001-2006, William Echikson has just joined the lobbying concern Avisa Partners . (...)  [ 188 words ] [ $1,5 ]

Washington
The Pentagon’s Intelligence Spotter
The Defense Department’s new Joint Intelligence Laboratory is counting on a small firm of consultants to help it identify emerging technology. (...)  [ 189 words ] [ $4,7 ]

Moscow
Billionaire Burnishes Russia Image
A former KGB operative, the oligarch Alexandre Lebedev, has taken steps to polish Russia’s image abroad. (...)  [ 358 words ] [ $4,7 ]

SIGNPOSTS
EUROPE - Commission to Finance Maritime Threat Detection
 [ 159 words ] [ $1,5 ]

LOOKING AHEAD
Washington - A High Profile Recruit for L-1
 [ 138 words ] [ $1,5 ]

Paris - Setting New Course for Relations Between Private Sector and Agencies
 [ 121 words ] [ $1,5 ]

New York - DigitalGlobe Plans IPO
 [ 138 words ] [ $1,5 ]



 
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