Due to copyright agreements, the full text of this article is not available electronically. The article can be found in its entirety in the "Competitive Intelligence Review", Vol. 5(3) 4-11 (1994). Reprint hard copies are also available on request from Phoenix Consulting Group at <info@intellpros.com>.

Abstract

Four times over the past 40 years the U.S. government intelligence community has been intensely interested in directly supporting U.S. business interests. The three previous debates have all resulted in a continued ban on such cooperation. Now there have been considerable changes in the world's political and military landscape and a concurrent, growing awareness of how foreign businesses are aided in their competitive intelligence efforts. The American government is revisiting the issue with greater vigor than any time in the past.

About the author: John A. Nolan, III CPP, OCP is Chairman and Managing Director of Phoenix Consulting Group, which provides competitive intelligence, counterintelligence and professional development/training programs across a variety of industries. He is also a co-founder of The Centre for Operational Business Intelligence in Sarasota, FL where corporate intelligence practitioners from around the country and the world learn the tools and techniques necessary to prevail in the marketplace. His newest book, “CONFIDENTIAL”:Uncover Your Competitor's Top Secrets Legally and Quickly - And Protect Your Own was released by HarperCollins Business Books in June 1999. He is frequently featured in national and international media such as Forbes, George, Times of London and CNN, to name just a few. He can be reached at jnolan@intellpros.com, or at 1.800.440.1724.