A pure product of the agency he joined in 1972, John McLaughlin didn't wait to officially become acting head of the CIA on July 12 to go onto the offensive. Even while his boss, George Tenet, was theoretically still in [. [...]
Two Americans murdered last month in Riyadh in attacks claimed by Al Qaeda were connected to the Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) set up as part of a controversial offset program, and some of whose shareholders remain unknown. [...]
A private bank has discreetly funded an extension of the Acropol communication system used by the French police. [...]
Russia's giant Gazprom is forging partnerships in order to press ahead with its project to pipe gas directly to West Europe. [...]
Named the French government's "senior official for business intelligence," Alain Juillet has achieved the stunning feat of getting officials from 11 government departments to work together each week. [...]
Banking on the regional Kurdish government's desire for independence, several foreign companies are dealing directly with the authorities in Arbil. [...]
For the first time, the European Commission has figured the cost of the future satellite navigation system Galileo into its budget forecasts. [...]
The U.S. military electronics firm L-3 Communications has been picked [...]
Unofficial sources indicate Kuwait has decided to jettison a number [...]
Three companies have been short-listed by South Korea to fulfill [...]
With moves underway in Paris to set up a strategic [...]
The Japanese authorities announced on July 7 they had arrested three persons who had tried to kill Takaji Kunimatsu, head [...]
The director of operations (DO) at the French foreign intelligence agency DGSE, gen. Xavier Bout de Marnhac, will step down [...]
Ever since January, 2002, all judicial proceedings in Switzerland involving terrorism, organized crime, money laundering and corruption have been handled [...]
The U.S. Congress is on the verge of adopting a budget amounting to no less than $33 billion for the Homeland Security Department. [...]
A report by French legislator Jean Lemiere examines various ways to consolidate Europe's naval industry. [...]
The king of Bahrain told Tony Blair this week that Washington was exaggerating the terrorist threat in his country. [...]
The Moslem Brotherhood in Egypt is taking steps to participate in the country's legislative elections in 2005. [...]
Even while relentlessly tracking down Islamic terrorists the Saudi government has engaged in secret bargaining with some of their chiefs. [...]
The poison pen case that has stirred consternation in French [...]
The report tabled before the House of Commons by Robin [...]
The Pentagon and Congress seem particularly concerned about cutting back [...]
The agreement between the European Union and Israel on July [...]
For the moment, the U.S. aircraft constructor Lockheed is the one and only customer of a new and highly specialized [...]
Formed in London in early June, the services affiliate of the U.S. security firm Universal Guardian, SecureRisks, has brought together [...]
According to IOL sources, the firm Securite Sans Frontieres (SSF) is finalizing a partnership agreement with SOFEMA, an armaments agency [...]
A relatively unknown soldier, gen. Ju Sang-song, was named head [...]
The secretary general of the Iraqi Committee of Moslem Ulemas, [...]
Head of the Moscow bureau of Risk Advisory Group since [...]
Son of late French president Georges Pompidou, Alain Pompidou took [...]
