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Issue no. 693 dated 24 july, 2013 Download this issue (PDF, 480 Ko) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES US cyber-spies strike electronic gold Without waiting for their former employee Edward Snowden to blow the whistle on their work as contractors to the National Security Agency (NSA), the US cyber-intelligence consultants Booz Allen Hamilton and others have already moved on to fresh pastures. The most lucrative is undoubtedly the Persian Gulf, particularly the United Arab Emirates, which is the first Arabian monarchy to have invested in electronic defence and attack capabilities. (...) TERABYTES French Army targets mini-drone detection The French military is looking to counter the proliferation of hard-to-detect miniature drones. (...) CORRIDORS OF POWER FRANCE Dominique Gevrey UNITED STATES Erik Prince KAZAKHSTAN Richard "Dick" Evans DUE DILIGENCE Jean-Paul Gut's new career in finance Lagardere's former star international salesman has carved a new role for himself in the City of London. (...) GOVERNMENT INTELLIGENCE GREY AREAS SAUDI ARABIA/FRANCE Bandar's unconvincing Paris pitch The head of Saudi intelligence failed to get a firm guarantee on arming Syria's rebels from either the French president or his European counterparts. (...) EUROPE UNITED KINGDOM Defence Intelligence soldiers on Heavily hit by budget cuts, Britain's military intelligence service is contracting out some of its work to allies' services and relying on secondments to carry out other missions. (...) SAUDI ARABIA/FRANCE Bandar's unconvincing Paris pitch The head of Saudi intelligence failed to get a firm guarantee on arming Syria's rebels from either the French president or his European counterparts. (...) FRANCE Satellite imagery sales policed France has established a government commission that will provide a formal framework for the export of satellite imagery. (...) UNITED KINGDOM GCHQ briefs ISC on corporate data theft Hackers who target Britain's major defence groups no longer bother to attempt to break through their increasingly complex fire-walls: it is easier to gain access (...) UNITED STATES/ROMANIA - John Brennan, the new head of the CIA, visited the Romanian capital Bucarest at the beginning (...) FRANCE - Remi Marechaux, the director of strategy at the DGSE since August 2010, is poised for (...) FRANCE - Alain Zabulon almost failed to secure his appointment on June 19 as France's intelligence coordinator. (...) NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES/PAKISTAN Aid work led CIA to Bin Laden The recent Abbottabad report goes into detail about the CIA's operational mode in Pakistan, particularly on how the agency recruited Shakeel Afridi, who helped (...) UNITED STATES/ROMANIA - John Brennan, the new head of the CIA, visited the Romanian capital Bucarest at the beginning (...) UNITED STATES - William Liquori became commander of the 50th Space Wing on July 12. (...) UNITED STATES - L3 will see through clouds. DARPA, the US military research agency, has awarded a contract to L-3 Communications (...) MIDDLE EAST UNITED STATES/PAKISTAN Aid work led CIA to Bin Laden The recent Abbottabad report goes into detail about the CIA's operational mode in Pakistan, particularly on how the agency recruited Shakeel Afridi, who helped (...) BAHRAIN Bomb attack sparks speculation The car bomb explosion in Rifaa, a district where members of Bahrain's royal family live, south of the capital Manama, on July 17, has fuelled the ruling monarchy's (...) SAUDI ARABIA - GID sends Yemenites to Syria.  To strengthen the ranks of the Syrian rebel forces, which are engaged in a deadly combat (...) SYRIA - Aleppo bulldozer.  To stem its losses in Aleppo, the Syrian Army appointed Brigadier General Issam Zahreddine (...) QATAR - Crown prince at five.  An unexpected consequence of Sheikh Tamim becoming the new Emir of Qatar is that his (...) TURKEY - PKK appoints new security chiefs.  While the PKK pursues its negotiations with the Turkish government via the intermediary (...) ASIA CHINA Guoanbu guide to Tibetan tourism China's State Security has a new string to its bow, developing tourism in the rebel province of Tibet. (...) UNITED STATES/PAKISTAN Aid work led CIA to Bin Laden The recent Abbottabad report goes into detail about the CIA's operational mode in Pakistan, particularly on how the agency recruited Shakeel Afridi, who helped (...) CHINA - Fang Binxing, the chairman of the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (...) CHINA - Huang Chengqing, has been appointed director of the China National Computer Network Emergency (...) CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE THE RED LINE RUSSIA Behind the scenes in Yukos battle The shareholders of former Russian oil company Yukos have a team of lawyers and corporate intelligence firms working on their $114 billion law suit against the Russian government. (...) EUROPE EUROPEAN UNION Argus Security comes of age Having started out protecting the EU in the Balkan states, Argus Security Project has grown to be the European Commission's leading security contractor. (...) UNITED KINGDOM CIEX's missions in Luxembourg A parliamentary investigation into Luxembourg's intelligence services makes mention of a curious partnership with a British private investigation firm. (...) LUXEMBOURG Auchi's intelligence firm A parliamentary report has revealed that Sandstone, Luxembourg's only corporate intelligence firm , had ties with an Iraki billionnaire. (...) FRANCE EADS: A family affair for the Lahouds The corridors of EADS are abuzz with talk of the recent hiring of Walid Lahoud, Cassidian's new head of sales in Abu Dhabi, whose brother is none other than Marwan (...) UNITED KINGDOM/AFGHANISTAN - Page Group finally obtained the contract to protect the European External Action Service (...) UNITED STATES/UNITED KINGDOM - IPSA International, the US-Canadian corporate intelligence and private security company, (...) UNITED KINGDOM - Holdingham, the corporate intelligence firm Hakluyt's parent company has taken something (...) UNITED KINGDOM - From Ambassador to advisor in Libya. Former British Ambassador to Libya Dominic Asquith has set up shop as an advisor to companies (...) FRANCE - Legal responsibility to protect expatriate workers tested in court.  A complaint filed by the family of Pierre Legrand, a French hostage being held in the (...) NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES Akin Gump on Bakiyevs' scent Kyrgyzstan's prosecutor general Aida Salyanova, has hired US law firm Akin Gump to help with an investigation into alleged embezzlement by relatives of ex-president (...) UNITED STATES/UNITED KINGDOM - IPSA International, the US-Canadian corporate intelligence and private security company, (...) UNITED STATES - McLarty Associates, the strategic advice consultancy founded by Thomas McLarty, Bill (...) UNITED STATES - Global Integrated Security, the homeland security subsidiary of former Royal Marine Damien (...) UNITED STATES - Lockheed's new one-stop shop. US defence giant Lockheed has followed EADS and BAE Systems' lead by setting up a new (...) MIDDLE EAST SAUDI ARABIA EDF and Veolia share same network Veolia won a $464 million contract to build and operate a desalination plant serving Saudi Arabia's Jubail Industrial City at the beginning of this month. (...) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Astrium won - or did Digital Globe lose? The French defence ministry has insistently trumpeted minister Jean-Yves Le Drian's role in EADs Astrium and Thales Alenia Space obtaining the contract to sell two observation satellites to the United Arab Emirates (>IOL 680). (...) UNITED KINGDOM/AFGHANISTAN - Page Group finally obtained the contract to protect the European External Action Service (...) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Restrata, the industrial security branch of Britain's Olive Group, has gone into partnership (...) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Thales and Astrium's partners. One of many questions that remains unanswered in the wake of the Thales and Astrium optical (...) ASIA UNITED KINGDOM/AFGHANISTAN - Page Group finally obtained the contract to protect the European External Action Service (...)

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