Revealed by Intelligence Online on June 17 (No. 502), the decision by the Texas Pacific Group (TPG) to sell its 26,5% holding in Gemplus, world leader in smart card technology, has caused a major stir in the business circles concerned [.
The British civic rights organization StateWatch issued a highly critical report on June 29 concerning lists of terrorists issued in the U.S. and Europe.
At the behest of South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun, former justice minister Kim Seong-kyu is slated to become head of [...]
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The saga surrounding the sale of French frigates to Taiwan - the judicial aspect of the case will shortly come [...]
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The French police intelligence agency Renseignements Generaux (RG) can hardly be likened to a boxing ring but two officials nonetheless [...]
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By a crushing majority of 409 votes to 16, the House of Representatives adopted a specially generous budget for the new Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
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Cooperation between the Chinese and Australians in the fight against China's triads could well suffer from recent tension between Beijing and Canberra.
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Every July the French foreign intelligence agency DGSE proceeds with a string of in-house changes. This year won't be any different.
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Living in exile in Marbella, Rifaat al Assad, uncle of the Syrian president, is waiting for a green light from Washington and Riyadh to make his move.
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A territorial dispute between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has taken an angry turn.
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Under pressure because a number of big contracts expected for [...]
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The state legislature in California is going to start examining [...]
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With the U.S. defense department poised to spend $23 billion [...]
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The French military observation satellite Helios 2A that was launched [...]
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The French prime minister has sent legislator Pierre Lasbordes on a six month facts-finding mission about developing security technologies for the country's information systems.
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The Department of Commerce is intent on drastically curbing technology transfers to China.
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Banks and equity funds have been quick to provide funding for firms designing a second-generation of firewalls known as "web application firewalls."
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European institutions parted company with European Union member governments and armaments companies during a wide-ranging debate on opening defense markets up to competition.
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France's Federation des Professionnels de l'Intelligence Economique is to be launched on July 11.
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The Foreign Office is to published a White Paper on [...]
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One of the first equity funds to specialize in defense [...]
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A few days before the Galileo Joint Undertaking formally accepted [...]
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Engaged in a struggle with Chevron for control of the [...]
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The French mililtary electronics firm Thales has just signed a contract with the firm Holland & Knight to help it [...]
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Despite criticism from the U.S. inspector-general for reconstruction in Iraq, Britain's Aegis Defense Services has won a year-long extension of [...]
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The CIA's investment fund In-Q-Tel has just invested in the firm Destineer which publishes the Close Combat: First to Fight [...]
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In the wake of our article on June 17 entitled "Apax Partners a Geostrategic Fund? (IOL 502), Maurice Tchenio, president [...]
To steal a march on its American and European competitors trying to win contracts from the U.S. administration, the publisher [...]
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Deputy chief of the Operations Directorate at the French foreign [...]
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The former chief executive officer of Citigate Global Intelligence, Ernest [...]
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The interior minister in Iraq's Kurdistan region, Karim Sanjari has [...]
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A tough task awaits Scott Charbo, the brand new chief [...]
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