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Buro Jansen & Janssen<ref>http://www.burojansen.nl/</ref> are a Dutch 'detective' agency co-founded by [[Eveline Lubbers]] and [[Peter Klerk]] itself being 'a spin-off from the powerful squatters movement of the eighties'<ref>http://www.evel.nl/</ref> The squatters' movement and other activist groups were, in the 80's, increasingly confronted investigation by police and intelligence services. Jansen & Janssen began as a reaction against the collection of counter-information. During the nineties, the research firm shifted more towards controversial issues in general.<ref>http://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buro_Jansen_%26_Janssen&oldid=21307453</ref>
 
Buro Jansen & Janssen<ref>http://www.burojansen.nl/</ref> are a Dutch 'detective' agency co-founded by [[Eveline Lubbers]] and [[Peter Klerk]] itself being 'a spin-off from the powerful squatters movement of the eighties'<ref>http://www.evel.nl/</ref> The squatters' movement and other activist groups were, in the 80's, increasingly confronted investigation by police and intelligence services. Jansen & Janssen began as a reaction against the collection of counter-information. During the nineties, the research firm shifted more towards controversial issues in general.<ref>http://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buro_Jansen_%26_Janssen&oldid=21307453</ref>
  
one of it's subsiduaries, [[Stichting Res Publica]] ('Res Publica' foundation,) went on to be responsible for [[TobaccoTactics.org]]; a site that purports to monitor 'Big Tobacco' but also takes an active interest into people who are vocal about anti-tobacco tactics not affiliated with tobacco companies.
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One of it's subsiduaries, [[Stichting Res Publica]] ('Res Publica' foundation,) went on to be responsible for [[TobaccoTactics.org]]; a site that purports to monitor 'Big Tobacco' but also takes an active interest into people who are vocal about anti-tobacco tactics not affiliated with tobacco companies.
  
The agency takes its name from the bumbling detectives in the Dutch translation<ref>http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jansen_en_Janssen</ref> of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintin|Tintin]] by Hergé. In the original French and translation into English they were known as 'Dupont et Dupond<ref name="dd">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson_and_Thompson</ref>' and 'Thomson and Thompson<ref name="dd" />'
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The agency takes its name from the bumbling detectives in the Dutch translation<ref>http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jansen_en_Janssen</ref> of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintin Tintin] by Hergé. In the original French and translation into English they were known as 'Dupont et Dupond<ref name="dd">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson_and_Thompson</ref>' and 'Thomson and Thompson<ref name="dd" />'
  
  

Latest revision as of 11:11, 4 July 2012

Buro Jansen & Janssen[1] are a Dutch 'detective' agency co-founded by Eveline Lubbers and Peter Klerk itself being 'a spin-off from the powerful squatters movement of the eighties'[2] The squatters' movement and other activist groups were, in the 80's, increasingly confronted investigation by police and intelligence services. Jansen & Janssen began as a reaction against the collection of counter-information. During the nineties, the research firm shifted more towards controversial issues in general.[3]

One of it's subsiduaries, Stichting Res Publica ('Res Publica' foundation,) went on to be responsible for TobaccoTactics.org; a site that purports to monitor 'Big Tobacco' but also takes an active interest into people who are vocal about anti-tobacco tactics not affiliated with tobacco companies.

The agency takes its name from the bumbling detectives in the Dutch translation[4] of Tintin by Hergé. In the original French and translation into English they were known as 'Dupont et Dupond[5]' and 'Thomson and Thompson[5]'


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