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...industry. There is, though, a silver lining: the 11,000 France Télécom shares Breton got in 2002 on joining the company had more than doubled in value by the time he sold them - to just over €250,000. - By Peter Gumbel Emerald Isle Denial Intel is reconsidering future investments in Ireland, its European base, after the state withdrew aid worth €170 million for a €1.6 billion computer chip plant in County Kildare, following hints from Brussels that the subsidy would fall foul of E.U. rules...
Bush went out of his way to say that Negroponte will deliver the President's daily intelligence briefing and will have ultimate authority over the nation's sprawling intel apparatus, including an estimated $40 billion annual budget. But considering how vague the legislation that established the DNI is, Negroponte's ability to actually do that is an open question. In fact, his position puts him smack in the middle of what could be the nastiest bureaucratic battle in Washington for years to come: a tussle over money with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, considered an almost unmatched infighter. Until...
Though Negroponte has no formal intel background, he's an experienced consumer of intelligence, having headed five U.S. diplomatic missions. His well-tested skills as a diplomat may be particularly valuable. "He understands the power centers in Washington," Bush said of Negroponte. "That was code to the intelligence agencies that John is not going to rock the boat," says Leslie Gelb, a former Defense and State Department official and president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. "He's not going to try to pound the table and create a revolution. The agencies would blow up anybody who would...
Negroponte's introduction to the intel community went well, at least. House intelligence committee chairman Peter Hoekstra, a Republican, said that at a retreat late last week for the heads of the 15 intelligence agencies and the committeewhich another source said was held at The Farm, the CIA's secret training facilityGoss, Hayden, Mueller, Rumsfeld's intelligence aide Stephen Cambone and the others got along well and that all seemed ready to help Negroponte succeed. "I think they're all genuinely excited about him coming on board. I talked to Porter. He's thrilled," said Hoekstra. "I think...
...biggest potential obstacle, according to Gartner analyst Iyengar. "Indians tend to be less security sensitive than the clients," he says. "It's quite common for Indians to share salary information with each other. In the U.S., this is absolute heresy." At wholly owned research centers, like those run by Intel and Microsoft, security is less of a concern, says Stefan Spohr, a vice president at consulting firm A.T. Kearney. "You build firewalls. You educate your employees. It's really no different than...