Your account has been succesfully created.

Subscribe now

UNITED STATES Issue dated 27/03/1997

ROGER TAMRAZ

In suddenly popping up on the American political scene in the scandal over the financing of the Democrat Party's 1996 [...] (330 words)

This article may be accessed by subscribers and e-wallet holders (USD 12.50)
Log in to read more

Subscribe to
Intelligence Online
or
Pay-Per-Article

E-wallet
starting from 50USD

Subscribe or Pay-Per-Article

Discover our offers

Not reader yet?
Create an account to access our FREE SECTION

A free issue

A selection of articles

New editions' summaries

Keyword notifications to follow people or topics of interest to you

A free issue and a selection of free articles

Summaries and email notifications

Gaith Pharaon Advertises His Virtues

A Saudi Arabian businessman whose name has been tied to a number of legal affairs has taken a simple but effective step to state his case. [...]

EGYPT 18/11/1999

SECRET GATHERING AGAINST TERRORISM

Senior officials from many countries met in secret in Cairo at the CIA's invitation on Oct. 30-31 to moot the [...]

ALBANIA 09/09/1999

WESTERN SPY STAMPEDE

Albania has become a prime observation post for the U.S., British, French and Italian intelligence agencies to keep an eye [...]

AFRICA FRANCE 13/05/1999

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM SIRVEN'S FRIENDS

According to the French police sources, former Elf managing director Alfred Sirven is thought to have been helped to drop [...]

FRANCE 25/02/1999

INTELLIGENCE TAUGHT AT ST. CYR

Intelligence history now officially forms part of the curriculum for cadets at the celebrated French military college of St. Cyr-Coetquidan. [...]

FRANCE 28/01/1999

A "JOKER" AT ARMAMENTS BOARD?

Experts associated with France's Centre des Hautes Etudes de l'Armement (CHEAr: Center for Armaments Studies) have come up with a [...]

UNITED STATES 10/12/1998

ARMOR HOLDINGS BUY PARVUS

The forthcoming acquisition of the business intelligence company Parvus by Armor Holdings, a company that specializes in security services and [...]

UNITED STATES 05/03/1998

KEEPING CLOSER WATCH ON ENVIRONMENT

The U.S. intelligence community's increasing focus on environmental intelligence was underlined by last year's move to establish a DCI Environmental [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES EUROPE 19/02/1998

CALL FOR NEW-STYLE EXPORT CLAMPS

With the world's attention currently fixed again on Iraq's clandestine ballistic missile, chemical and germ warfare program most Western countries are clamoring for the introduction of a fresh export control system for dual use goods. [...]

FRANCE 09/10/1997

CHANGES AT ELF AND ITS SUB-CONTRACTORS

The appointment of gen. Patrice de Loustal, who was head [...]

UNITED STATES 13/03/1997

BETTER SHIELD FOR INFRASTRUCTURE

Set up last December, the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP) that aims to hammer out a national strategy [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES 12/12/1996

CLINTON'S GLOBAL-MINDED SECURITY TEAM

The make-up of the new "security team" appointed by President Bill Clinton on Dec. 5 offers a clear idea of the priorities he has chosen for his second mandate. Clinton's first four years were devoted essentially to the economy: [...]

UNITED STATES EUROPEAN UNION 25/01/1996

EUROPE-U.S. RIFT ON IRAN

When a working group set up by the European Union, the U.S. and Canada on Iran meets in Rome in [...]

Spotlight UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FRANCE 11/01/1996

FRENCH MILITARY UMBRELLA FOR UAE

Signed very discreetly on Dec. 20, a document laying down the "ways and means" of implementing a defence treaty concluded between France and the United Arab Emirates in January 1995 marks a decisive victory for Paris in the battle that [. [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES FRANCE 01/03/1995

FRANCO-AMERICAN SQUABBLE

By demanding in spectacular fashion that the American authorities quickly recall five CIA agents, including the Paris station chief, the French government did nothing so much as underline its own incapacity to come to grips with American spying in France. [...]

FRANCE 01/02/1995

JEAN-PIERRE DOLAIT

Accused of spying for France's DGSE by Texas Instruments (TI), Jean-Piere Dolait probably owes his sudden exposure to the limelight [...]

Spotlight UNITED STATES EUROPE 14/12/1994

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SEEKING SECOND WINDS

There's a good chance that within the next decade business intelligence will figure high on the curriculum of universities that teach management. For the moment, however, a major gap exists between intelligence experts who try to anticipate the future needs [. [...]

Spotlight SUDAN 07/09/1994

FRENCH GAME, AMERICAN TRUMPS

The release of French hostages in Lebanon in 1988 was achieved by secret non-governmental networks set up by Interior Minister Charles Pasqua. But this time the kidnapping of Carlos (Ilich Ramirez Sanchez) in Sudan on 14 August was not a [. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 20/07/1994

DGSE "STRATEGIC" PRIORITIES

The French DGSE foreign intelligence service is going to recruit 500 additional civilian personnel over the next five years. This decision went unnoticed in the midst of a wealth of measures which formed part of a military spending plan recently [. [...]

Spotlight GERMANY 26/01/1994

INTELLIGENCE: NEW GRAY ZONES

Like many other intelligence services the German Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) is involved in a serious debate concerning possible future involvement in economic intelligence. According to an internal document signed by the BND operations chief, Volker Foertsch, the service should begin furnishing [. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 16/06/1993

MIDDLE ROAD FOR THE DGSE

With the 3 June appointment of Prefect Jacques Dewatre as director of DGSE foreign intelligence, the French government has chosen a middle road which it considers to be best solution at present. Son of an officer, and himself a graduate [. [...]

UNITED STATES FRANCE 12/05/1993

A "MULTIPLE WARHEAD" MESSAGE

By launching a media campaign against French industrial espionage in the United Stats a few weeks before the Paris air [...]

UNITED STATES FRANCE 14/04/1993

IMAGINARY SPIES

As could be expected, French DGSE foreign intelligence is really [...]

Spotlight ISRAEL 23/09/1992

"SELECTED" PRIVATIZERS

As Israel steps up the pace of privatization to modernize its state-controlled economy, Israeli authorities appear to be resorting to their old habit of spinning off state-owned enterprises to "selected" arms dealers and cutouts who have proven their reliability to [. [...]

Spotlight SWITZERLAND 27/05/1992

BCCI: SWISS MYSTERIES

Almost a year after the BCCI scandal broke, the Swiss subsidiary of the bank, the Banque de Commerce et de Placement (BCP), remains shrouded in secrecy. The next few months, however, may bring new revelations. [...]

On our other sites

Africa Intelligence 31/03/1999

TEXACO TO DRILL ON AGBAMI WITH GLOMAR EXPLORER

The drillship Glomar Explorer will mobilise from the U.S. Gulf [...]

Africa Intelligence 29/01/1994

SECRET CONTACTS WITH PARIS

Special missions to Paris by Sudanese officials from various sectors (ministerial, military, secret service) have multiplied over recent months. In addition to the Sudanese generals who visited France's defence ministry at the beginning of December (ION N° 601) and the [. [...]

New: Sign up for real-time alerts and be notified of new editions!

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Badr Jafar - the businessman 2.0 taking hold in the UAE

Dmitry Vozianov, rider for Russian raiders

ROGER TAMRAZ

This article may be accessed by subscribers and e-wallet holders (USD 12.50) Log in to read more

Already have an account? Log in

Subscribe toIntelligence OnlineorPay-Per-Article

Subscribe or Pay-Per-Article

Not reader yet?Create an account to access our FREE SECTION

Gaith Pharaon Advertises His Virtues

SECRET GATHERING AGAINST TERRORISM

WESTERN SPY STAMPEDE

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM SIRVEN'S FRIENDS

INTELLIGENCE TAUGHT AT ST. CYR

A "JOKER" AT ARMAMENTS BOARD?

ARMOR HOLDINGS BUY PARVUS

KEEPING CLOSER WATCH ON ENVIRONMENT

CALL FOR NEW-STYLE EXPORT CLAMPS

CHANGES AT ELF AND ITS SUB-CONTRACTORS

BETTER SHIELD FOR INFRASTRUCTURE

CLINTON'S GLOBAL-MINDED SECURITY TEAM

EUROPE-U.S. RIFT ON IRAN

FRENCH MILITARY UMBRELLA FOR UAE

FRANCO-AMERICAN SQUABBLE

JEAN-PIERRE DOLAIT

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SEEKING SECOND WINDS

FRENCH GAME, AMERICAN TRUMPS

DGSE "STRATEGIC" PRIORITIES

INTELLIGENCE: NEW GRAY ZONES

MIDDLE ROAD FOR THE DGSE

A "MULTIPLE WARHEAD" MESSAGE

IMAGINARY SPIES

"SELECTED" PRIVATIZERS

BCCI: SWISS MYSTERIES

TEXACO TO DRILL ON AGBAMI WITH GLOMAR EXPLORER

SECRET CONTACTS WITH PARIS

First visit

Contacts

Tools

Free services

Follow us

A website produced by

Indigo Publications also publishes:

This article may be accessed by subscribers and e-wallet holders (USD 12.50)
Log in to read more

Already have an account?
Log in

Subscribe to
Intelligence Online
or
Pay-Per-Article

Not reader yet?
Create an account to access our FREE SECTION