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Provocatively subtitled "From Black Ops to Boardrooms..." Competitive Intelligence (Simon & Schuster/ $24) gives readers a thorough walkthrough on gathering and using business intelligence. Author and noted ex-Business Week reporter Larry Kahaner provides a highly entertaining and valuable account on the secret art of information espionage. Oops, did we say "information?" Kahaner notes that most managers still mistakenly think of information as intelligence. Try again. Comments: direct approach one expects from a seasoned business writer comparisons of intelligence gathering in 10 countries sections on cost justification and ethics