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Businesses today can turn to full-service intelligence and security companies, such as PINKERTON, KROLL or CONTROL RISKS GROUP, which can do everything from evaluating a government's general stability to investigating the background of a potential business partner to managing hostage negotiations with a terrorist group. But boutique firms, often staffed by former government-intelligence hands, have flourished by carving out specialized niches and frequently outdoing the big boys. Business executives can subscribe to the many newsletters focused on specific regions or industries, or have an intelligence firm prepare a report tailored to answer almost any question...
...last few years, corporate chiefs such as Microsoft's Bill Gates and IBM's Lou Gerstner became global celebrities--boosting brand awareness through frequent public appearances. Is the age of the celebrity CEO over? "Their risk profile just went up exponentially," says Jules Kroll, head of the security firm Kroll Associates. But most identifiable CEOs are already well protected, he says. It's other executives who aren't. "Some of the wealthiest people in the corporate world shun security," says Kroll. "They could use more...
...activity is the placement in corporations of what are called nonofficial cover officers--paid CIA employees who work without diplomatic immunity. Many companies are leery of accepting CIA officers. Says Norbert Garrett, a 27-year veteran of the CIA's clandestine service and now president of Kroll Associates, a global security firm: "You can jeopardize the company or the officer involved." The Internet executive, asked if he would consider placing a CIA officer, replied, "Absolutely not. I've got to protect my company...
...were executed in 1953 on charges of spying for the Russians, or the confinement in prison for 16 years of Jonathan Pollard, who turned over U.S. intelligence secrets to Israel? Or will Hanssen be pardoned? We should not be surprised by anything the justice system delivers these days. MALKA KROLL Netanya, Israel...
...Thursday night, Palm Beach County circuit-court judge Kathleen Kroll issued an injunction that barred the county from certifying the recount results until a hearing on Nov. 14. In this initial phase, Florida law gives lower-court judges considerable power to decide if a vote is valid and, if not, to rule on remedies. The initial thing to determine is whether the confusing Palm Beach ballot was illegal in the first place. Democrats contend that it violates a provision of state election law that requires each candidate's name to appear to the left of the corresponding punch hole. Republicans...